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Board Gender Diversity and Environmental Credit Risk in Banking: A Global Study of Bank Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and environmental credit risk in the global banking sector. Using a panel dataset of 345 publicly listed banks from 75 countries over the period 2018–2022, we find that greater female representation on bank boards is significantly associated with lower environmental credit
Kenza Mouti, Erhan Kilincarslan, Jiafan Li   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pricing Basket Weather Derivatives on Rainfall and Temperature Processes

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2019
This paper follows an incomplete market pricing approach to analyze the evaluation of weather derivatives and the viability of a weather derivatives market in terms of hedging.
Nelson Christopher Dzupire, Philip Ngare, Leo Odongo   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing the Energy Trilemma: The Role of Entrepreneurship, Regulation, and Climate Finance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Balancing energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability has become increasingly challenging as economies pursue low‐carbon growth amid climate risk and persistent disparities in access to modern energy. Although entrepreneurship is widely recognized as a driver of innovation, its role in addressing the energy trilemma ...
Kingsley Imandojemu, Aliyu Akorede Rufai, Felix Orole, Romanus Osabohien   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controlling stormwater at the source: dawn of a new era in integrated water resources management

Applied Water Science
Published results on rainwater management systems revealed a lack of holistic science-based design principles. A new approach to rainwater management is proposed. Its necessity and feasibility are discussed.
Tebogo Vivian Siphambe, Bayongwa Samuel Ahana, Abdurrahman Aliyu, Amans Tiwangye, Hermann Fomena-Tchinda, Coretta Tchouandem-Nzali, Tulinave Burton Mwamila, Esther Laurentine Nya, Chérifa Abdelbaki, Willis Gwenzi, Chicgoua Noubactep   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A novel machine learning approach for predicting the compressive strength of high-strength concrete containing gum Arabic and corn cob ash

Hybrid Advances
The complex concrete behaviour is based on several interrelated parameters such as age, curing conditions, pozzolanic materials, admixtures, and cement content.
David Sinkhonde, Derrick Mirindi, Ameyric Ouedraogo, Tajebe Bezabih, Ismael Dabakuyo, Fatiha Abba, Frederic Mirindi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

We-versus-They

Politikon, 2015
This paper seeks to analyze how Rwandan paradigm community can be formed following two decades of unfulfilled promises of true democracy, justice and reconciliation.
Marobe Wama Marobe
doaj   +1 more source

Consideration of applications for subventions submitted by the Pan-African Youth Movement [PDF]

, 1975
Council of Ministers Twenty-Fourth Ordinary Session Addis-Ababa, February 1974This request is presented by the Pan-African Youth Movement to the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity requesting for a Grant of 170,000 US dollars that ...
Organization of African Unity
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Africa's Biodiversity Will Not Be Saved by Protected Areas Alone

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Luca Luiselli
wiley   +1 more source

Does Climate Risk Affect Employment Decisions? International Evidence

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effect of climate risk on corporate employment decisions. Using a large sample from 41 countries, we find a positive association between climate risk and underinvestment in labor, notably manifesting as excessive employee layoffs.
Claude Francoeur, Faten Lakhal, Hamza Nizar, Zvi Singer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks. [PDF]

Nat Med, 2023
Christoffels A, Mboowa G, van Heusden P, Makhubela S, Githinji G, Mwangi S, Onywera H, Nnaemeka N, Amoako DG, Olawoye I, Diallo A, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Oyola SO, Adu B, Mvelase C, Ondoa P, Dratibi FA, Sow A, Gumede N, Tessema SK, Ouma AO, Tebeje YK.   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source