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Leveraging probabilistic models to enhance soybean cultivar recommendation in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

BMC Plant Biol
Chagas JTB, Araújo MS, Martinez M, Pavan JPS, Mwadzingeni L, Mukaro R, Henderson A, Mutimaamba C, Scaboo A, Leles EP, Santos MF, Diers BW, Goldsmith P, Pinheiro JB.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Shameful or shameless? Anxieties about mothers and women's autonomy on the Central African Copperbelt, 1956–1964

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article deals with anxiety about and the shaming of modern urban mothers and wives on the mines of the late colonial Central African Copperbelt. Women's various labours and public presence lead to ambivalent depictions, such as the ‘careless mother’, that were part of a broader array of anxieties about women's autonomy on the mines ...
Stephanie Lämmert
wiley   +1 more source

Time to diagnosis for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer in Zimbabwe and South Africa: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

BMJ Glob Health
Moodley J, Scott SE, Day S, Guzha BT, Chirenje ZM, Ataguba JE, Parmar D, Pazukhina E, Myles J, Sills VA, Govender S, Walter FM, AWACAN-ED collaborator team.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Lived experiences of ethical dilemmas in pricing life-saving medicines among private-sector pharmacists in Zimbabwe. [PDF]

Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Sibanda D.
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Does Inequality Blur Class Lines? Meritocratic Attitudes in Comparative Perspective

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars of inequality generally find that lower‐class individuals are more skeptical of meritocratic narratives that link economic success to individual work effort. However, past research has yielded inconclusive findings about how economic inequality affects meritocratic attitudes across different class groups.
Roshan K. Pandian, Ronald Kwon
wiley   +1 more source

Disability, spirituality and the politics of belonging in postcolonial Zimbabwe. [PDF]

Afr J Disabil
Sande N.
europepmc   +1 more source

De‐Dollarization Is a Plausible Outcome of the New Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A trend towards de‐dollarization of the global economy in which the US dollar ceases to be used as the world's reserve currency for international transactions confronts some of the existing structures of international economic law, built upon the rules set out by US‐led organizations like the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. This article will
David Collins
wiley   +1 more source

Illness explanatory models of depression among young people in low-resource settings: A qualitative study in Ghana and Zimbabwe. [PDF]

PLoS One
Gudyanga D, Jopling R, Kumwenda M, Glozah F, Mushonga R, Dambayi E, Ayuure C, Dodd S, Attah D, Maramba A, Anyorikeya M, Owusu L, Tawiah G, Adde K, Achana F, Aborigio R, Danese A, Abas M, Weobong B, Chibanda D.   +19 more
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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source