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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Sub-Sahara Africa"”.
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Do Oil Economies in Sub-Sahara Africa
<p>The African continent provides majority of the world’s raw material for technology and fine jewelry. Countries dependent on their extractive industries lag behind on developmental goals. Their GDPs are high as well as their national poverty levels. This paper explores the factors in which a …
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Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Sahara Africa.
… Investment (FDI) in the economic development of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It is motivated by the recent rise of inward FDI from both developed and developing countries into SSA, considering the attendant impact of foreign ownership on the performance of domestic firms. The study has four main …
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Ex-Ante Welfare Effects From Scale-Neutral Productivity Growth for Semi-Subsistence Orphan Crops: Genetically Modified Cassava in Sub-Sahara Africa
… a point estimate of producers' welfare effects substantially different from that of an alternative model, and may slightly underestimate welfare gains for lower-income cassava producers. Policy makers in the least developed countries may be able to make more informed decisions on public …
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THE INTERSECTION OF FRENCH AND POLITICS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA A LINGUISTIC SHIFT ECHOING A NEW POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC BEAT IN EAST AFRICA
… how such an extensive use of French in East Africa for over a century could be silenced by the presence of other languages in less than a decade. The question of political intersections within language choices will bring us to reflect on how the framework of colonial dynamics promoting French …
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Modelling natural gas market for sub-Sahara African region: investment and regulatory approaches
The study is modelling a natural gas market for sub-Sahara Africa. The abundance of natural gas amidst energy poverty in sub-Sahara Africa has been a concern. It is this concern that persuades the conduct of this research. Literature review indicates that this case of natural gas abundant resources …
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Fertility, birth intervals, and their proximate determinants in Zimbabwe
… studies on the nature of fertility tansitions in sub-Sahara Africa, and would particularly be useful in explaining observed differences in fertility transitions between countries in the region.
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Women’s occupational mobility in the Nigerian service sector through a radical feminist perspective
… growing empirical study within the context of Sub-Sahara Africa with a particular focus on Nigeria, this study investigates the impact of institutionalisation of organisational practices in the leadership experience and participation of women in the service sector. Through a radical feminist …
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A retrospective analysis of semen samples and reproductive hormones in Africa and the middle east
… as the study did not include any data from Africa and Middle East. Therefore, the current cohort study was designed to provide retrospective data on semen quality (Africa and Middle East) and reproductive hormones (Middle East) in patients who underwent semen analysis and endocrine …
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ELVIS iLab : a flexible platform for online laboratory experiments in electrical engineering
… collaboration between MIT and universities in sub-Sahara Africa to exploit the value of iLabs in the developing world. The main goal of this project is to develop software that will exploit the value of the National Instruments Educational Laboratory Virtual Instrumentation Suite (ELVIS) system …
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Social entrepreneurship a solution to societies problem's : can social entrepreneurship contribute, to the sustainability og Children's homes in Ghana?
The subject of this thesis is to explore the potential contribution that social entrepreneurship can make to the operations of children’s homes in Ghana. I will research on recent trend in child care services and the severity of the problem of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Ghana. After …
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The regulation on trade barriers under SADC and EAC: assessing the effectiveness of their legal framework
… integration initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa than anywhere else in Sub-Sahara Africa. These include Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East Africa Community (EAC), Southern African Development Community (SADC), Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) and …
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Assessment of biomas fuel use and its association with acute respiratory infections among under-five children in Zambia
… wastes, charcoal, coal and dung. Up to 81% of Sub Sahara Africa (SSA) relies on biomass fuel for cooking. In Zambia, about 98% of rural households and 63% in urban areas use biomass fuel as their main source of cooking energy. Research indicates that, extended exposure to high levels of biomass …
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Orchestrating backward linkages from the extractive sector to other productive value adding sectors : a case study of the mining and the manufacturing industries in Zambia
… has continued in many countries, particularly in Sub Sahara Africa. Zambia, a resource rich country, mainly dependent on copper for its exports, has been trying to industrialise with limited success. Recently, there has been renewed emphasis on leveraging the growth recorded in the mining industry …
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Association of gender based violence and depressive symptoms with neurocognitive functioning in HIV positive individuals
… to be disproportionally affected by HIV in sub- Sahara Africa. In Zambia for instance, the epidemic now has taken a ‘female face’ with the prevalence rate of 14.3% among women aged between 15 – 49 years (UNAIDS, 2007). Gender Based Violence (GBV) and depression are being recognized as global …
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Rural electrification in Ghana: issues of photovoltaic energy technology utilisation
… populations in developing countries, especially Sub-Sahara Africa, whilst also helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Notwithstanding this great advocacy, the literature on the dissemination of this technology has been incomplete in fostering understanding on the discourses surrounding its …
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Blood pressure variation and its association with outdoor temperature among adults with hypertension in a primary care setting in South Africa
… people living with and cared for hypertension in Sub-Sahara Africa. We investigate the relationship between outdoor temperature and blood pressure in a primary care setting with limited control of indoor climate in Cape Town, South Africa. Method – The study uses blood pressure data from 2494 …
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The role of midwives in the implementation of maternal death review (MDR) in health facilities In Ashanti region, Ghana
… challenges in monitoring maternal deaths in Sub-Sahara Africa including Ghana, is the lack of adequate information for the accurate estimation of the maternal mortality rate (MMRate), and to identify causes of death. The World Health Organization (WHO) developed strategies and guidelines to …
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Socio-economic analysis of community-based micro hydro electricity schemes in Kenya
… of Kenya. Kenya is one of the countries in Sub-Sahara Africa currently faced with low rural electricity access rates, but with abundant micro hydro resources spread across vast rural locations. Although majority of financial resources are channeled to grid extension in developing countries …
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Educators' attitudes towards HlV/AIDS at rural schools
… 200 million people have already died. Sub- Sahara Africa is the most affected with South Africa severely affected with an estimated 6 million HIV positive South Africans and 2.5 million already dead from AIDS or related illnesses. This study, located at several primary and secondary …
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