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Modeling a Pandemic (COVID-19) Management Strategy for Urban Slums Using Social Geometry Framework. [PDF]

Eur J Dev Res, 2020
Onditi F, Obimbo M, Muchina SK, Nyadera I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Electrification and Child Work: Direct and Spillover Effects in Ethiopia

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While electrification is often promoted for improving adults' labor supply, its effect on child work remains underexplored. Using four waves of Ethiopian panel data, we examine how electrification affects children's work time. By differentiating between households with and without own electricity access within electrified communities, we ...
Theresa Pieper, Thanh‐Tung Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Financial Inclusion Access and Female Labour Participation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The Moderating Role of Institutional Quality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nexus between financial inclusion, institutional quality, and female labor force participation in sub‐Saharan Africa over the period 1990–2023. Using panel data for 43 countries and employing OLS, FGLS, and dynamic GMM estimators, the analysis examines whether access to financial institutions and financial markets ...
Joshua Chukwuma Onwe, Busra Agan Celik, Sodiq Olaide Bisiriyu, Odunayo Magret Olarewaju   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong, Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu, Dietrich Darr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Impact of Income Inequality on Environmental Quality in Malaysia: Insights for Climate Action Using a Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology Framework

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic influence of income inequality on environmental quality in Malaysia and offers evidence‐based recommendations for climate action and policy. Using annual data from 1990 to 2022, the analysis utilizes the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology (STIRPAT) framework combined with ...
Masahina Sarabdeen, Ahmad Mohammadi, Rafia Afroz, Hawazen Zam Almugren   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living Through a Changing Climate: Stress, Trauma, and Gendered Resilience Among Women in Coastal and Northern Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change is reshaping everyday life in Ghana through coastal erosion, flooding, erratic rainfall, water scarcity, extreme heat, and agricultural insecurity. This study examines how these changes produce stress, trauma, and gendered resilience among women in Salakope and Choggu Yapalsi, two climate‐vulnerable communities in coastal and ...
Jacob Kwakye
wiley   +1 more source

Les médecins dans la mire du fédéral — encore une fois [PDF]

Can J Surg, 2017
europepmc   +1 more source

Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
wiley   +1 more source

Cyanogenic Compounds, Physicochemical Parameters and Metals in Water From Cassava Processing Areas: A Study in the Brazilian Amazon, Using Multivariate Analysis

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the water quality of artesian wells and effluents generated in cassava processing in a rural area of Bragança, Pará, with emphasis on physicochemical parameters, multielement composition, and cyanogenic compounds. The well water presented specific nonconformities, highlighting pH values below the recommended level and high
Alana Coêlho Maciel, Mariane Gama Nabiça, Luciana Pinheiro Santos, Thiago de Melo e Silva, Elivaldo Nunes Modesto Junior, Heronides Adonias Dantas Filho, Charles Miller de Souza Borges, Kelly das Graças Fernandes Dantas, Simone de Fátima Pinheiro Pereira, Ivan Carlos da Costa Barbosa, Beni Jequicene Mussengue Chaúque, Rosinelson da Silva Pena, Nayara Macêdo Peixoto Araújo, Alessandra Santos Lopes   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Embracing complexities in agricultural water management through nexus planning. [PDF]

Irrig Drain
Smith MD, Sikka A, Taguta C, Dirwai TL, Mabhaudhi T.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source