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Botanical Knowledge and its Differentiation by Age, Gender and Ethnicity in Southwestern Niger [PDF]

, 2008
Indigenous knowledge is unevenly distributed. Individual knowledge level may be affected by many factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, profession, religious and cultural beliefs, abundance and usefulness of the species.
Ayatunde, A.A., Briejer, M., Hiernaux, P., Tabo, R., Udo, H.M.J.   +4 more
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Do remittances affect poverty and inequality ? Evidence from Mali. [PDF]

Using a 2006 household survey in Mali, we compare current poverty rates and inequality levels with counterfactual ones in the absence of migration and remittances.
Gubert, Flore, Lessourd, Thomas, Mesplé-Somps, Sandrine   +2 more
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Divide and Rule or the Rule of the Divided? Evidence from Africa [PDF]

We investigate jointly the importance of contemporary country-level institutional structures and local ethnicity-specific pre-colonial institutions in shaping comparative regional development in Africa.
Elias Papaioannou, Stelios Michalopoulos
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A cross-sectional analysis of schistosomiasis case detection by rectal mucosal biopsy among patients attending the digestive endoscopy unit of the internal medicine department

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health
Introduction: The detection of schistosome eggs in stool or urine specimens is the most used technique in population-based studies, while the rectal mucosal biopsy is the commonly used technique in hospital setting.
Kaly Keïta, Stéphane Loique Djeugoué, Boua Daoud Camara, Alassane Alfousséni Doumbia, Cheick Oumar Kamissoko, Oumar Sandji, Adama Sinayoko, Abdoulaye Keïta, Maïmouna Togo, Charles Dara, Garan Dabo, Abdoulaye Mamadou Traoré, Ibrahima Amadou Dembélé, Djibril Sy, Djénèbou Traoré, Assétou Soukho Kaya, Mamadou Dembélé, Abdoulaye Kassoum Koné, Daouda Kassoum Minta, Hamar Alassane Traoré   +19 more
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Access and use of interventions to prevent and treat malaria among pregnant women in Kenya and Mali: a qualitative study. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Coverage of malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa is suboptimal. We undertook a systematic examination of the operational, socio-economic and cultural constraints to pregnant women's access to intermittent preventive ...
Achieng, Florence, Dellicour, Stephanie, Desai, Meghna, Diarra, Samba, Diawara, Sory I, Doumbo, Ogobara K, Hamel, Mary J, Hill, Jenny, Kayentao, Kassoum, Ouma, Peter, ter Kuile, Feiko O, Webster, Jayne   +11 more
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Koranic Schools in Senegal: An actual barrier to formal education? [PDF]

In Sahelian countries, non-religious public education systems prevent the inclusion of religious teaching in public schools, which is relegated to the informal sector.
Jean-Luc Demonsant, Pierre Andre
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Soninke of the Islamic Manuscripts: A comparative overview of a written register and modern (spoken) Soninke

, 2019
The written register used in various Soninke manuscripts differs in many ways from the modern Soninke spoken varieties. This presentation is a preliminary comparative overview of phonological, morphological and syntactic features identified in the written Soninke and in the Soninke dialects. The comparison will be based on the data from ten manuscripts,
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First steps towards the detection of contact layers in Bangime: a multi-disciplinary, computer-assisted approach. [PDF]

Open Res Eur, 2022
Hantgan A, Babiker H, List JM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Remittances and Credit Markets: Evidence from Senegal [PDF]

, 2015
This study investigates the impact of remittances on credit markets in Senegal. The findings show that remittances and credit markets are complements; namely, the receipt of remittances increases the likelihood of having a loan in a household.
Mbaye, Linguère Mously
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Education for all and for life? : An introduction into primary school education in Senegal [PDF]

, 2011
Generally, school participation in Senegal has achieved a lot of progress in recent years. However, several problems remain to be tackled for further improvement. Still, too many children never attend a school.
Graef, Steffen, Gönsch, Iris
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