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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies

Economics &Politics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
wiley   +1 more source

Foundational digital literacy training for frontline immunization officers: lessons from implementing the electronic stock management tool across selected comprehensive health centers in Sierra Leone

Frontiers in Digital Health
BackgroundSierra Leone has advanced its digital health agenda. However, digital literacy among frontline health workers remains low, with over 82% reporting limited confidence in using digital tools.
Iniobong Ekong, Tom Sesay, Regina Samuels, Edward Foday, Francis Smart, Desmond Kangbai, Agazi Ameha, Vandana Joshi, Alhassan Mayei, Tessa Lennemann   +9 more
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Managed decline: Muddling through with the Sterling (dis)Agreements, 1968–74

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract How do policymakers manage the decline of an international currency? This paper revisits the view that the ‘Sterling Agreements’ of 1968–74 – bilateral contracts between the UK and sterling‐holding governments – marked a successful paradigm shift towards sterling's managed ‘retirement’.
Alan de Bromhead, David Jordan, Francis Kennedy, Jack Seddon   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing a focused and impact-oriented second strategic National Action Plan for Health Security in Sierra Leone, 2025: process, best practices, and lessons learned

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
IntroductionThe National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) is a country-owned, whole-of-government, and all-hazards strategic plan for strengthening health security. In 2025, Sierra Leone developed its second NAPHS (2025–2029). We share the process,
Victor Caulker, Mustapha Jalloh, Robert Musoke, James Sylvester Squire, Mohamed Vandi, Foday Sahr, Michael Ndolie, George Ameh, Lily Kainwo, Sahr Gbandeh, Joseph Sam Kanu, Rachel Sandi, Mohamed Boie Jalloh, Saidu Bamayange, Foday Mohamed Sheriff, Momoh Massaquoi, Osman Baimba Koroma, Roland Wango, Dick Chamla, Ian Njeru   +19 more
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The Role of ESG in Shaping the Impact of Financial Development on Banks' Performance

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how financial development, divided into financial markets and financial institutions, affects banks' performance across 93 financially developed countries during the period between 2008 and 2023. The analysis highlights the role of environmental, social and governance readiness as core determinants that reshape ...
Noman Arshed, Yassine Bakkar, Marco De Sisto, Mubasher Iqbal, Shajara Ul‐Durar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Languaging of Research: Ecological Perspectives on Researcher Praxis

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reports a qualitative study that explored researcher thinking and practice (i.e., praxis) regarding the language dimension of doing research (i.e., researching multilingually). The study drew on a large interdisciplinary research project which explicitly foregrounded language considerations and problematised the languaging of ...
Susan Dawson, Richard Fay, Jane Andrews
wiley   +1 more source

Multinational enterprises’ contribution to gender equality: An integrative framework

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the progress made in recent years, inequalities between men and women persist. Gender equality (GE) is one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG5) that multinational enterprises (MNEs) can contribute most to. This is because SDG5 integrates directly into MNEs’ human resource practices, supply chain management and ...
Sonia María Suárez‐Ortega, Mar Suarez, Cristina López‐Duarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linkage Between Electoral Cycle and the Discouragement of African Firms in the Credit Market

International Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyzes the linkage between the electoral cycle and the discouragement of SMEs in the credit market of 14 African countries. It focuses on 12,145 firms over the period 2006–2020. The results obtained from Probit estimates show elections are negatively linked with the discouragement of firms in the credit market.
Cherif Abdramane, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of self-medication practices and safety profile of medicines utilisation among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multicentre cross-sectional study

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice
Background Despite the potential foetal and maternal risks of self-medication, studies on self-medication practice and the safety profile of medicines used during pregnancy are scarce in our setting. This study determined the self-medication practice and
Onome Thomas Abiri, Shakiratu Lawal, Joshua Coker, James Baligeh Walter Russell, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, N’falie Ibrahim Sesay, Joseph Sam Kanu, Foday Umaro Turay, Michael Lahai, Henry Edward Clarence Carter, Mohamed Bawoh, Mohamed Samai   +11 more
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The Epistemic Harms of Botched Apologies for Past Wrongs

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apologies often create expectations of meaningful change and repair. Yet when institutions or states deliver apologies for past wrongs that lack substantive reparative action, they risk deepening, rather than redressing, the harms they acknowledge.
Abraham Tobi
wiley   +1 more source