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Towards sustainable entrepreneurship and social development for rural women in Bangladesh

, 2011
Entrepreneurship today has become an important professional skill to reduce poverty among rural women in Bangladesh. Recent studies show that most rural women borrowers claim that their sustainable socio-economic development depends on current ‘micro ...
Simi, Shahin
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Effects of Outsourced Agricultural Extension Services on the Technical Efficiency and Financial Returns of Soybean Farms in Northern Cameroon

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the agricultural landscape of most developing countries, the last decade has witnessed the expansion of outsourced agricultural extension services. Private firms and nongovernmental organizations focused on delivering agricultural extension and advisory services to farmers have emerged.
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Doria A. Medondjeu, Dorothy E. Fon, Stefan Sieber   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regional Disparities in Case Volumes and Surgeon Distribution in Gastroenterological Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Regional disparities in surgical resources may influence the delivery and sustainability of gastroenterological surgery, particularly in countries experiencing rapid population aging and depopulation. Methods This nationwide cross‐sectional study used data from the Japanese National Clinical Database to examine temporal trends (2013–
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hiraku Kumamaru, Momoko Ara, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Hideko Yamauchi, Masafumi Inomata, Sadako Akashi‐Tanaka, Koji Ito, Shinji Itoh, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Kazumi Kawase, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Yuki Kiyozumi, Shogo Kobayashi, Ikuko Shibasaki, Chiyoe Shirota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chie Takasu, Aoi Fujikawa, Saki Bessho, Kiyomi Horiuchi, Kosei Maemura, Ayako Maruo, Takuya Miura, Yuji Miyamoto, Toshiki Yajima, Ayuko Yasuda, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Tadashi Iwanaka, Hideo Baba, Akinobu Taketomi   +30 more
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Place of Delivery Associated With Postnatal Care Utilization Among Childbearing Women in Zambia

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
ObjectivePostnatal care (PNC) utilization is critical to the prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality. Despite its importance, the proportion of women utilizing this service is still low in Zambia.
Charles Chungu, Charles Chungu, Mpundu Makasa, Mumbi Chola, Choolwe Nkwemu Jacobs   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing rural tourism in South Africa: a case of women and technology in Kwazulu – natal [PDF]

This paper contributes to a greater understanding of the linkages between women’s roles, responsibilities and the use of and access to technologies in marginalised rural communities in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
ROSELYNE N. OKECH, NOMPUMELELO P. GUMEDE
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Stress and Stressor of Women: A Cross-sectional Study from Rural Population in Central India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Introduction: A meta-analysis of gender differences in depression using nationally representative samples in the USA found that twice as many women as men are depressed.
Ranjan Solanki, Mubashshera F. Khan, Sneha A. Wangaskar, Pradeep R. Deshmukh   +3 more
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Effective Factors on the Participation of Mazandaran Province Rural Women in Rice Cultivation [PDF]

International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 2017
he purpose of this study was to identify factors which affect rural women's participation in rice cultivation (RWPRC) in Mazandaran Province, Iran. The population of this research consisted of all rural women in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Saeid Fealy Nahavand, Amir Ahmadpour
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Utilisation of Postnatal Care among Rural Women in Nepal [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Postnatal care is uncommon in Nepal, and where it is available the quality is often poor. Adequate utilisation of postnatal care can help reduce mortality and morbidity among mothers and their babies.
van Teijlingen Edwin R, Simkhada Padam P, Van Teijlingen R, Edwin, Stephens Jane, Dhakal, Sulochana, Chapman, Glyn N, Simkhada, Padam, Chapman Glyn N, Raja, Edwin Amalraj, Dhakal Sulochana, Simkhada P, Padam, van Teijlingen, Edwin, Stephens, Jane, Raja, Amalraj E., Glyn N , Chapman, Raja Amalraj E   +15 more
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source