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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Africa, sub-Saharan"”.
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Sustainability of Rural Water Services in Low-Income Countries: Case studies in sub-Saharan Africa
… for rural populations. Over the past few decades substantial amounts of money have been spent and efforts made to provide rural water supply services in various developing countries. However, the provision of such services to date is largely unsustainable and it is unlikely that the Millennium …
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Mapping and audit of information and communication technologies in Library and Information Science education in Sub-Saharan Africa
Technology is a key subject with in C2005-RNCS and is targeted as a learning area which will contribute towards preparing learners for their roles in society and in the world of work. School principals are tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that Technology as a learning area is successfully …
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Economic Development, Social Dislocation and Political Turmoil in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis and a Test of Causality
… and political turmoil in post-independence Sub-Saharan Africa. There has been a resurgence of interest in the region following the end of the Cold War. In 1997 U.S. president Bill Clinton took a 12-day tour of the region. In 1999 the U.S. Congress (106th Congress) passed the Growth and …
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Antiretroviral therapy(ART) and sexual behaviour among people living with HIV: A case study of Lusaka
Background: With thousands of the HIV infected Zambian population on ART, there are worries that people on ART may be engaging in high risk sexual behaviours thereby nullifying the impact of current HIV prevention efforts.Objectives: This study therefore investigated sexual behaviours among people …
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Antiretroviral therapy(ART) and sexual behaviour among people living with HIV: A case study of Lusaka
Background: With thousands of the HIV infected Zambian population on ART, there are worries that people on ART may be engaging in high risk sexual behaviours thereby nullifying the impact of current HIV prevention efforts.Objectives: This study therefore investigated sexual behaviours among people …
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African military intervention in African conflicts: an analysis of military intervention in Rwanda, the DRC and Lesotho
… examines three military interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa which took place in the mid and late 1990s in Rwanda, the DRC and Lesotho. These interventions took place despite high expectations of international and regional peace on the part of most analysts after the collapse of cold war in …
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Are they lemons? Unobservable quality, information, and mineral fertilizer demand
This Thesis was approved for publication on 2017-07-21 at 08:23.
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The Case of EFA In Sub-Saharan West Africa: How Notions of Human Capital Shape the Discourse of EFA Policymakers and EFA Teachers in Sub-Saharan West Africa
… at UNESCO, in Paris, France, and EFA teachers in Sub-Saharan West Africa. UNESCO, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) all operate as neocolonial powers which continue to exert control over former colonies. These institutions exert control through ideology and financial …
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Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Mali
<p>The world is experiencing the first effects of the water crisis and its importance will become more prevalent in the next few decades. In this study, the case is made that there are steps that can be taken that can improve the standard of living for people by addressing the water needs of both …
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Foreign direct investment and governance: an empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
… employed a panel data of 36 countries from sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1996-2000 to examine the impact of governance on foreign direct investment flows. Within the governance variable there are six sub-indices which are the rule of law, political stability, control of corruption, …
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Autos for Africa? : possibilities and pitfalls for an automotive industry in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has grown very rapidly over the last decade. Demand for light vehicles has rapidly increased in this period, albeit from a very low base. Growing demand is almost entirely supplied by the import of used vehicles from the developed world. This has led to an enormous …
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The impact of Independent Power Producers on electricity generation capacity, tariff and access in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the most electricity-poor region in the world with an estimated 62.5 percent or just above 600 million people without access to electricity and those who have access, are connected to an unreliable system that does not meet their energy needs. The introduction of Independent …
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Resource-Induced Coping Heuristics and Organizational Ambidexterity in Context of Weak Institutions and Underdeveloped Markets
The current study contributes to the understanding of the micro foundations of organizational ambidexterity from the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in weak institutions and underdeveloped markets by focusing on three issues. First, drawing from the conservation of …
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Resource-Induced Coping Heuristics and Organizational Ambidexterity in Context of Weak Institutions and Underdeveloped Markets
The current study contributes to the understanding of the micro foundations of organizational ambidexterity from the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in weak institutions and underdeveloped markets by focusing on three issues. First, drawing from the conservation of …
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Relationship Between West African monsoon precipitation characteristics and maize yields across Sub-Saharan West Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa faces significant challenges to its food security in the coming decades as climate change and rapid population growth strains its agricultural systems. In a region where crops are near exclusively rainfed, precipitation from the West African Monsoon (WAM) plays a significant role …
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Trends in contraceptive use in Tanzania, 1996-2016
Only one in four Sub-Saharan African women have access to contraceptive methods (Tilahun, 2016). Although birth rates are decreasing, and contraceptive use is increasing in much of the developed world, birth rates are classified as high and contraceptive use as very low in much of Sub-Saharan …
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Barriers and Facilitators to Implementing a Caregiver-Coaching Early ASD Intervention in South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a scarcity of research on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and available early interventions, as most of what is known about the disorder is from highincome countries. Early detection and intervention methods were found to have positive effects on developmental delays and …
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Outward foreign direct investment and firm internationalisation from Sub Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a region with a population of over 1 billion people and abundant natural resources. With a current GDP of about US$1.6 trillion and an average GDP growth of about 5% over the last decade, it is fast developing into a vibrant business region. Its firms are also rapidly …
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Post-conflict transitional negotiations: a comparative analysis of the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has been faced with an increase in levels of intra-state armed conflict since the last century. Intra-state conflicts have not only shown to be complex by their very nature, but have also shown numerous challenges in finding a solution that could be applied in an effective manner …