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Public Health Expenditure and Maternal Mortality Rate in Sub-Saharan African Countries
Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte EconomiceThe study looked at public health spending and maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The specific objectives were to: investigate the impact of public health expenditure on maternal mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa; determine whether there is a ...
Eze Afamefuna A. +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the influence of female directors on circular business performance (CBP), incorporating the mediating role of environmental orientation and the moderating roles of institutional pressure and stakeholder engagement. Drawing on Behavioral Agency Theory and the Natural Resource Based View, we argue that board gender diversity ...
Wu Ning +3 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Private equity (PE) firms increasingly integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in investment decisions and raise impact funds to address sustainability challenges. We review and integrate the growing body of literature on why, when, and how PE fund managers incorporate ESG factors into their investment strategies and ...
Tjarda Molenaar +2 more
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Causality between external debt and capital flight in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]
Over the past few decades, the foreign liabilities of the majority of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have grown dramatically, propelling most nations into the status of Highly Indebted Poor Countries, when these liabilities reached unsustainable levels ...
Fofack, Hippolyte
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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background The radial artery is the preferred access for performing diagnostic coronary angiograms (DCA). However, data on the safety and efficacy of radial compared to femoral access in low‐ and middle‐income countries is limited. Aims This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of radial versus femoral access in patients referred for
Khulasande Liso Ntaka +4 more
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Policy Reform in Sub Saharan Africa
Agricultural adjustment policies in sub Saharan Africa have not delivered substantial increases in agricultural growth. We examine alternative explanations for this and argue that transitions and thresholds in agricultural growth processes are not ...
Kydd, Jonathan, Dorward, Andrew
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Is There a Case for Formal Inflation Targeting in Sub-Saharan Africa? [PDF]
This working paper examines the question of whether inflation targeting monetary policy is an appropriate framework for sub-Saharan African countries. The paper presents an overview of inflation targeting, reviews the justification for the regime, and ...
James Heintz, Léonce Ndikumana
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Cereal Chemistry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Sitophilus zeamais (Mostschulsky), the maize weevil, and Prostephanus truncatus (Horn), the larger grain borer, are two notorious insect pests of farm‐stored products in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). The goal of this study was to determine whether there were interactions between P. truncatus and S. zeamais during storage.
Rashid Suleiman, Kurt A. Rosentrater
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Fertilizer Use and Maize Production in Sub-Saharan Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, greater use of mineral fertilizers is crucial to increasing food production and slowing the rate of environmental degradation. Regional growth rates in fertilizer consumption have never been particularly high, in part because the ...
Mwangi, Wilfred, Heisey, Paul W.
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