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Agricultural Policy, Crop Failure and the 'Ruriganiza' Famine (1989) in Southern Rwanda: a Prelude to Genocide ? [PDF]

The paper analyses the agricultural policy of the Habyarimana regime, which ruled Rwanda from 1973 to 1994. Econometric analysis of rural household survey data is used to investigate the effects of the 1989 crop failure in southern Rwanda on children’s ...
Philip Verwimp
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Promoting Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Women and Young Girl's Project, Rwanda: Baseline Survey Summary Report [PDF]

, 2014
This document presents a report on promoting economic empowerment of adolescent women and young girls. In October 2008, the World Bank launched the Adolescent Girls Initiative, a public-private partnership to promote the transition of adolescent girls ...

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Comparison of Medicine Availability Measurements at Health Facilities: Evidence from Service Provision Assessment Surveys in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries. [PDF]

, 2013
With growing emphasis on health systems strengthening in global health, various health facility assessment methods have been used increasingly to measure medicine and commodity availability.
A Cameron, A Demirchyan, AK Rowe, J Robertson, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Paul Ametepi, The Glbal Fund: Monitoring and Evaluation Toolkit, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, Yoonjoung Choi   +11 more
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Cash, Credit, or Kin? Financing Pathways and the Uneven Sustainability of Off‐Grid Solar Electrification in Tanzania and Malawi

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Solar home systems (SHSs) are celebrated as a technological antidote to sub–Saharan Africa's chronic electricity deficits, yet the financial and social mechanisms that move them from warehouse to household remain underexplored. Drawing on 157 interviews with SHS owners in Tanzania and Malawi, this study examines the financial pathways used to ...
Nathanael Ojong, Annelise Gill‐Wiehl, Eyram Agbe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing and Implementing an Innovative SMS-based alert system (RapidSMS-MCH) to monitor pregnancy and reduce maternal and child deaths in Rwanda

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012
INTRODUCTION: With the continuous growth of mobile network coverage and unprecedented penetration of mobile devices in the developing world, several mHealth initiatives are being implemented in developing countries.
Fidele Ngabo, Judith Nguimfack, Friday Nwaigwe, Catherine Mugeni, Denis Muhoza, David R Wilson, John Kalach, Richard Gakuba, Corrine Karema, Agnes Binagwaho   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

World postpartum hemorrhage day: Renewing the global call to end deaths from postpartum hemorrhage

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
PPH Roadmap Advocacy Working Group, Natalie A Bailey, Mailys Bobin, Manuel Couffignal, Milka Dinev, Maria Donatelli, Daniella Drandic, Jacqueline Dunkley‐Bent, Cherrie Lynn Evans, Ioannis Gallos, David Gomez Canon, Celeste Hibbert, Rob Hucker, Anne–Beatrice Kihara, Etienne V Langlois, Frances Longley, Laura Meyer, Joyce Nganga, Angela Nguku, Lisa Noguchi, Olufemi T Oladapo, Claire Seaward, Jeffrey Michael Smith, Kadidiatou Toure, Andrew Weeks, Caitlin Williams   +25 more
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Balancing the Financial Trilemma: The Role of Financial Integration and Financial Development in Achieving Sustainable Development in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The financial trilemma (FT) highlights the challenge of balancing financial integration, financial development, and financial stability. A practical assessment of the FT is crucial for evaluating the current state of Sub‐Saharan Africa's (SSA) financial landscape and making substantial progress toward Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs ...
Michael Appiah, Emmanuel Baffour Gyau, Bright Akwasi Gyamfi, Simplice A. Asongu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fertilizer Response and Profitability in Rwanda: A Synthesis of Findings from MINAGRI Studies Conducted by The Food Security Research Project (FSRP) and The FAO Soil Fertility Initiative [PDF]

REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL RESOURCES, AND FORESTRYfood security, food policy, Rwanda, fertilizer, Agribusiness, Crop Production/Industries, Q18,
Kelly, Valerie A., Murekezi, Anastase
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A Systematic Scoping Review of Biogas as an Instrumental Technology for a Circular Economy and a Way Forward to Ensure Sustainable Development in the Context of Global South Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable development (SD) was introduced in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission report. This leads to the induction of the circular economy (CE). Within these two frameworks, biogas technology plays a crucial role in facilitating the transformation of organic waste into energy and organic fertilizer without producing non‐recyclable waste ...
Tewodros Tarekegn Lapiso, Hynek Roubík
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Climate Change and Women's Barriers to Credit: Global Firm‐Level Analysis of Gender Bias and Climate Risk Policy Thresholds

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this present study is to assess how climate risk mitigates the positive incidence of the female CEOs on credit access. Using the Climate Physical Risk Index (CPRI), we perform an empirical analysis on firm‐level data from over 38,500 firms in 130 countries observed over the period 2006–2020. We find that female entrepreneurs are
Simplice A. Asongu, Cherif Abdramane
wiley   +1 more source