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Market potential of biobased chemicals: a qualitative network analysis of adoption dynamics in South Africa’s bioeconomy

Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.
Abstract The premise of a bioeconomy is the replacement of nonrenewable and unsustainable fossil‐derived resources and associated technologies with more sustainable alternatives. The adoption of biobased chemicals contributes toward the growth of a bioeconomy and is dependent on market and industry requirements.
Prisha Mandree, George Alex Thopil, Santosh Ramchuran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Análisis bibliométrico de la literatura publicada sobre SIDA en el Sur de África

Revista Española de Documentación Científica, 2002
El propósito de este trabajo es el de presentar los resultados de un proyecto de investigación bibliométrica realizado sobre SIDA en la región del Sur de África.
C. A. Macías-Chapula, A. Mijangos-Nolasco, J. J. Eguía Lis-Márquez, M. E. Ramírez Godoy, G. García-Hernández   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Green Banking Practices, Social, Health and Environmental Disclosures and Bank Financial Performance: The Role of Innovations and Corporate Governance

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regulators in the banking industry in the Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) region are progressively concentrating on corporate innovation and bank social, health and environmental disclosures (BSHED) as crucial corporate governance (CG) structures to improve bank financial performance (BFP).
Douglas A. Adu, Musa Mangena, Emmanuel Adegbite, Frank Boateng   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Assurance and Dividends: Evidence From 18 Countries in Africa

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) assurance on a firm's dividend payout policies within the unique African context. Using a staggered difference‐in‐differences (DiD) model, this study examines how voluntary third‐party assurance of ESG reports influences firms' dividend payout policies compared to ...
Samuel Karanja Kogi, June Cao
wiley   +1 more source

Crunch Time: The Transformational Universal Health Coverage Agenda for Zambia

Health Systems & Reform, 2018
There is a realization worldwide that health expenditure can be catastrophic, exacerbate inequalities between poor and rich households, and drive people into poverty.
Chitalu Chilufya, Mpuma Kamanga
doaj   +1 more source

‘We are not just a union, we are a family’ class, kinship and tribe in Zambia’s mining unions

Dialectical Anthropology, 2020
Trade unions in Zambia and in several other developing countries have been understood to create ‘detribalising’ class consciousnesses. In contrast, we argue that Zambian understandings of unionism have developed through similar political economic ...
Robby Kapesea, T. McNamara
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Continuous Flow Oxidation of Alcohols to Carboxylic Acids Using a Ternary Pd/C‐Pt/C‐Ru/C Catalyst and Molecular Oxygen. Application to the Synthesis of 2,5‐Frandicarboxylic Acid

ChemistryEurope, EarlyView.
A ternary metal catalyst system based on Pd/C, Pt/C, and Ru/C is found to be highly effective and robust for oxidizing alcohols to carboxylic acids using molecular oxygen. Combining the catalytic oxidation system with continuous flow, the conversion of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2,5‐furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), a bioplastics precursor, is ...
Mamoru Hyodo, Yusuke Takahashi, Yiyue Yao, Kinryo Cho, Takahide Fukuyama, Ilhyong Ryu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa

International Journal of Eating Disorders, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Studies reporting prevalence estimates of eating disorders in Southern Africa are scarce. To fill this gap, the present Research Forum reviews existing literature on the prevalence of eating disorders, including as assessed by clinical interviews, screeners, and self‐reported behaviors, among individuals in Southern Africa.
Bernou Melisse, Jojanneke M. Bijsterbosch, Lot Sternheim   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of principled engagement in public health policymaking: the case of Zambia’s prolonged efforts to develop a comprehensive tobacco control policy

Global Health Action, 2023
Background The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) requires countries to develop and implement multi-sectoral tobacco control strategies, including policies and legislation.
Adam Silumbwe, Miguel San Sebastian, Joseph Mumba Zulu, Charles Michelo, Klara Johansson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The access paradox: abortion law, policy and practice in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
Unsafe abortion is a major contributor to the continued high global maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Legal abortion frameworks and access to sexuality education and contraception have been pointed out as vital to reduce unsafe abortion rates. This
A. Blystad, Haldis Haukanes, G. Tadele, M. E. Haaland, Richard F. Sambaiga, J. Zulu, K. Moland   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source