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Moderation of social participation in the relationship between disaster exposure and depression among older adults: evidence from LASI Survey, 2017–18

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Background The two phenomena colliding in this twenty-first century are population ageing and climate change. Moreover, the surge in disaster recurrence, either natural or artificial, poses a challenge to older adults and will further aggravate their ...
Sumit Narayan Dwivedi, R. S. Reshmi, Samrat Sarkar   +2 more
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Program effects of DREAMS among adolescent girls and young women in Kisumu County, Kenya: Findings from DREAMS implementation science research

, 2020
As part of the DREAMS Initiative, the Population Council is conducting implementation research in Kenya to build needed evidence to inform decision-making around effective implementation of community-based, girl-centred interventions and to assess their ...
Population Council
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

The New Zealand population: A synopsis of trends and projections 1991 - 2016

, 2005
Although there are many excellent documents and online resources available on New Zealand population trends, it is useful to highlight some key trends in one short document. This paper provides a synopsis of trends with respect to population size and age
Hillcoat-Nallétamby, Sarah, Dharmalingam, Arunachalam, Baxendine, Sandra, Poot, Jacques, Cochrane, William   +4 more
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Examining the "Urban Advantage'' in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries [PDF]

, 2010
As the global urban population surpasses the rural, continuing growth in most developing countries means an inevitable increase in urban births. The majority of births in many countries will not be in remote rural areas, but in towns and cities [1].
Osrin, David, Matthews Zoë, Matthews, Zoe, Madise, Nyovani, Stones, W, Amos Channon, William Stones, David Osrin, Neal, S, Madise Nyovani, Stones, William, Channon, A, Channon Amos, Nyovani Madise, Osrin David, Neal Sarah, Channon, Amos, Zoë Matthews, Madise, N, Stones William, Osrin, D, Matthews, Z, Neal, Sarah, Sarah Neal, Channon, Andrew A.R.   +24 more
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Variations in urban population structure [PDF]

Demography, 1964
Hasta ahara no se ha prestado atencion suficiente, en materia de investigacion, al estudio sistematico y cuantitativo de la persisiencia y las variaciones en el tiempo de las caracteristicas espaciales de la distribucion y composicion de la poblacion. Utilizando datos de distritos censales para 1940 y 1960 en dos ciudades (Seatle y Rochester), el autor
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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New Zealand regions, 1986-2001: Population structures

, 2005
The age structure of a region’s population affects many areas of social and economic development across all sectors, including employment, housing, welfare, health and education.
Lindop, J., Pool, Ian, Baxendine, Sandra, Cochrane, William   +3 more
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Research in Indonesian demography : a bibliographic essay [PDF]

, 1970
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The purpose of this essay is to introduce the student of demography to some of the principal analyses of Indonesia’s demographic problems and to suggest areas of needed research.
McNicoll, Geoffrey, East-West Population Institute   +1 more
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source