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Preferential trading in agriculture: New insights from a structural gravity analysis and machine learning

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Preferential trade agreements (PTAs) contain various non‐tariff provisions, yet identifying their trade effects remains challenging because these commitments are high‐dimensional and strongly correlated within agreements. We estimated a theory‐consistent structural gravity model with domestic flows for 26 agricultural subsectors over 1988–2017
Dongin Kim, Sandro Steinbach
wiley   +1 more source

Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler, Hope Michelson, Sarah Janzen, Christopher Magomba   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occurrence of Heinrich stadials in the West Mediterranean and West African regions and their connections to atmospheric circulation changes

Communications Earth & Environment
During the last glacial period, Heinrich Stadials disrupted North Atlantic circulation and induced major continental climate shifts. However, their spatial variability and latitudinal intensity remain poorly constrained.
Jon Camuera, Edward Armstrong, Paul Valdes, Francisco Jiménez-Espejo, Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, Antonio García-Alix, Leena Ruha, Miikka Tallavaara, Heikki Seppä   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beyond the classroom: how parents view motivation as a key to self-directed learning in township schools

Frontiers in Education
Numerous researchers have emphasized the critical role of self-directed learning (SDL) in education, particularly in township schools, where academic challenges contribute to high failure and dropout rates.
Tebogo Siziba, Tebogo Siziba, Bernadette Geduld, Bernadette Geduld, Charlene Du Toit-Brits, Charlene Du Toit-Brits   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

West Africa no. 2879 Week-ending 25th August 1972 [PDF]

, 1972
This is the West Africa Magazine no. 2879 Week-ending 25th August 1972■ Amin and Africa- Because of the difficulties which will arise if some 50,000 British citizens suddenly arrive in Britain from Uganda ■ Nigerian officials in business ■ Ghana's ...
West Africa magazine
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

West Africa no. 2881 Week-ending 8th September 1972 [PDF]

, 1972
This is the West Africa no. 2881 Week-ending 8th September 1972■ Cholera and Politics- It was in August 1970 that the first cases of cholera in Africa south of the Sahara were recorded.
West Africa magazine
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Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
wiley   +1 more source

West Africa Magazine 3278, 19 May, 1980 [PDF]

, 1980
Issue 3278 of West Africa Magazine (May 19, 1980) tackles Africa's complex relationships, military power plays, and nuclear ambitions. Published in London/distributed in Apapa, it covers President Senghor's criticism of French neo-colonialism, Uganda's ...
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Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source