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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Institutional Analysis of Financial Market Fragmentation in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Risk-Cost Configuration Approach [PDF]

financial markets, institutions, risk-cost analysis, sub-Saharan ...
Aryeetey, Ernest, Nissanke, Machiko
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The potential impact of male circumcision on HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa. [PDF]

, 2006
\ud A randomized controlled trial (RCT) has shown that male circumcision (MC) reduces sexual transmission of HIV from women to men by 60% (32%-76%; 95% CI) offering an intervention of proven efficacy for reducing the sexual spread of HIV.
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor, Bright Owusu Asante, David Boansi, Victor Owusu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Tax Revenue Instability in Sub-Saharan Africa: Consequences and Remedies [PDF]

This paper focuses on the sources and consequences of the instability of tax revenue in Sub-Saharan African countries. We take advantage of a unique and extraordinarily rich dataset on the composition of tax revenues for a large number of countries ...
Hélène Ehrhart, Christian Ebeke
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Platform 2013 : getting evidence-based development research into use in Sub-Saharan Africa; accessible DRUSSA University research for policy-makers

, 2013
The Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa (DRUSSA) Programme “Platform 2013” publication provides a round-up of current evidence-based development research which can be used as a platform towards public policy influence.
Development Research Uptake in Sub-Saharan Africa (DRUSSA)
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Price Transmission and Leadership in the Global Poultry Market: Results From Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil and the United States account for more than 40% of global poultry exports, with China and South Korea among their major destination markets. This study examines price transmission and market linkages between Brazil and the United States using monthly poultry export price data from January 1990 to December 2024. It also assesses which of
Khondoker Abdul Mottaleb, Shaikh M. Rahman, Syed Imran Ali Meerza   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women’s Empowerment and Women’s Health in sub Saharan Africa

Scientific African
The paper analyses the association between women’s empowerment and health in sub-Saharan Africa. Existing literature suggests that women’s empowerment influences reproductive health outcomes like fertility, birth interval and contraceptive use.
Taka A, Tandrayen-Ragoobur V
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The Open‐Source Paradox: Africa's Digital Sovereignty and the Structural Limits of Artificial Intelligence Autonomy

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open‐source artificial intelligence is widely promoted as a democratising pathway to digital sovereignty for African states, offering access to frontier architectures without prohibitive capital investment. This paper investigates whether open‐source AI represents a credible route to autonomy or generates a new form of structural dependency ...
Ololade A. Shonubi
wiley   +1 more source