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Increasing the availability of health workers in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of rural pipeline programmes

Human Resources for Health, 2023
Introduction Rural pipeline approach has recently gain prominent recognition in improving the availability of health workers in hard-to-reach areas such as rural and poor regions.
Delphin Kolié, Remco Van De Pas, Laurence Codjia, Pascal Zurn   +3 more
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The Invisible Poor : A Portrait of Rural Poverty in Argentina

, 2010
Many of the poorest Argentines are invisible in official statistics. Four million rural residents and another 12 million in small urban areas lie outside the reach of the Permanent Household Survey (EPH),
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The Impact of Hurricane Strikes on Short-Term Local Economic Activity: Evidence from Nightlight Images in the Dominican Republic

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2019
The Dominican Republic is highly exposed to adverse natural events that put the country at risk of losing hard-won economic, social, and environmental gains due to the impacts of disasters.
Oscar A. Ishizawa, Juan José Miranda, Eric Strobl   +2 more
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Root cause of groundwater colouration in coastal districts of Bangladesh: findings from a preliminary study

Environmental Pollutants & Bioavailability, 2021
The study characterises the straw-colour in groundwater of coastal areas of Bangladesh. The study design was exploratory to have a better understanding of straw colouration.
Ahammadul Kabir, Alauddin Ahmed, Mizanur Rahman, Ibrahim Md Taimur, Shamsuddin Ahmad, Mohammed Mahmud Khan, Mohammad Saifur Rahman, Abdun Noor   +7 more
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Molecular Bases of Heat Stress Responses in Vegetable Crops With Focusing on Heat Shock Factors and Heat Shock Proteins

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The effects of the climate change including an increase in the average global temperatures, and abnormal weather events such as frequent and severe heatwaves are emerging as a worldwide ecological concern due to their impacts on plant vegetation and crop
Yeeun Kang, Kwanuk Lee, Ken Hoshikawa, Myeongyong Kang, Seonghoe Jang   +4 more
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Scaling-Up the Impact of Good Practices in Rural Development : A Working Paper to Support Implementation of the World Bank’s Rural Development Strategy

, 2003
A key thrust in the implementation of the Bank's new rural development strategy is identifying and "scaling-up good practice investments and innovations in rural development." Historically, successful ...
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From World Development Indicators

, 2017
The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2017 uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related to each of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Farmland accumulation and rural household income: evidence from the Red River Delta region of Vietnam

Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON), 2023
We identify the factors affecting the participation in land accumulation of rural households by using a multinomial logit model and assess the income effects of participation in land accumulation by using the propensity score matching (PSM) method.
Thi Long Vy Le, Truong Lam Do, Huu Nhuan Nguyen, Trung Thanh Nguyen   +3 more
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World Development Indicators 2010

, 2010
The 1998 edition of world development indicators initiated a series of annual reports on progress toward the International development goals. In the foreword then, World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn recognized
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Enhancing Vietnam’s Nationally Determined Contribution with Mitigation Targets for Agroforestry: A Technical and Economic Estimate

Land, 2020
The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of several non-Annex I countries mention agroforestry but mostly without associated mitigation target.
Rachmat Mulia, Duong Dinh Nguyen, Mai Phuong Nguyen, Peter Steward, Van Thanh Pham, Hoang Anh Le, Todd Rosenstock, Elisabeth Simelton   +7 more
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