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Financial Inclusion and Household Wellbeing in Sub Saharan Africa

Vallis Aurea
This study provides evidence of the power of financial inclusion (access, quality and usage) on household wellbeing using data from teachers in primary schools of central and western Uganda. By means of a questionnaire approach to collect data, the study
Harriet Kyokunda , Samuel Mafabi , Joseph Mpeera Ntayi , Munene Kigozi   +3 more
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Economic liberalization and constraints to development in sub-Saharan africa [PDF]

This paper critically reviews the impact of globalization on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the early 1980s. The large gains expected from opening up to international economic forces have, to date, been limited, and there have been significant adverse ...
Rudiger von Arnim, Jomo Kwame Sundaram
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Seeds of change: The impact of Ethiopia's direct seed marketing approach on smallholders' seed purchases and productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract While multiple factors explain low adoption rates of improved varieties by small‐scale farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa, a key supply‐side constraint is the limited availability of seed embodying new traits in the volume, quality, price, and timeliness required by farmers. This constraint is partly attributable to classical failures in the market
Dawit Mekonnen, Gashaw T. Abate, Seid Yimam, Rui Benfica, David J. Spielman, Frank Place   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Context Matters – Rethinking the Resource Curse in Sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war.
Matthias Basedau
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CGIAR Task Force on Sub-Saharan Africa: Progress Report

, 1986
Report of the first meeting of the Task Force on Sub Saharan Africa, held in Paris in September 1986, with the participation of the Sub-Committee of Center Directors on Sub-Saharan Africa and co-chaired by Guy Camus and Laurence Stifel.
CGIAR Task Force on Sub-Saharan Africa
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Better 10‐Year Cerebrovascular Outcome After Transplant Than on Standard‐Care in Sickle Cell Anemia: DREPAGREFFE Trial

American Journal of Hematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Management of cerebral vasculopathy in sickle cell anemia (SCA) includes standard‐care, that is, chronic transfusion (CT) or hydroxyurea, and hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). DREPAGREFFE‐1 (December 2010/June 2013), a French multicenter trial, was the first prospective trial comparing standard‐care to match sibling donor (MSD)‐HCT in ...
Francoise Bernaudin, Suzanne Verlhac, Elisabeth Ducros‐Miralles, Cécile Arnaud, Isabelle Genty, Marie Petras, Catherine Paillard, Gonzalo De Luna, Benoit Meunier, Isabelle Thuret, Annie Kamdem, Corinne Pondarré, Giovanna Cannas, Christelle Chantalat‐Auger, Nadia Firah, Sophie Pertuisel, Laure Joseph, Florence Missud, Mariane de Montalembert, Corinne Guitton, Claire Pluchart, Valentine Brousse, Monique Elmaleh, Vincent Gajdos, Emmanuella Leveillé, Ekaterina Belozertseva, Mabel Gaba, Catherine Poirot, Virginie Barraud‐Lange, Philippe Chadebech, France Pirenne, Myriam Bernaudin, Bénédicte Neven, Pierre Frange, Marie Angoso, Karima Yakouben, Bénédicte Bruno, Nathalie Dhédin, Jean‐Hugues Dalle, Regis Peffault Delatour, Camille Jung   +40 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rise of China in Sub-Saharan Africa: its Ambiguous Economic Impacts [PDF]

The paper analyses the economic relationships between China and Sub-Saharan African countries, including original contractual relationships that link exports from Sub-Saharan Africa to China and investment by Chinese firms in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Nicole Alice Sindzingre
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Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert, Guillermo Bravo Morante, Viktoria A. Krenn, Cédric Cordey, Nicole Torres‐Tamayo, Kaspar Staub, Nicole M. Webb, Martin Haeusler   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards Understanding Contemporary Gambling Advertising in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Public Health Challenges
Gambling advertising has become ubiquitous in sub‐Saharan Africa influencing social norms and attitudes towards gambling. The delay or failure of governments to effectively regulate gambling advertising poses a significant threat to public health.
Emmanuel Badu
doaj   +1 more source

Heat Stress in Quail: Impacts on Health and Productivity, and Mitigation Strategies

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Heat stress disrupts physiological homeostasis in quail, inducing oxidative stress, immune dysregulation, and metabolic imbalance, which impair growth, reproduction, product quality, and welfare. Integrating nutritional, environmental, and genetic–epigenetic strategies enhances thermotolerance, sustains productivity, and supports climate‐smart quail ...
T. A. Eletu, I. A. Anjola, L. O. Fasasi, D. P. Fadipe, A. T. Afuye, F. O. Fasanya, O. E. Oke   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source