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Showing 1 to 20 of 48 for “"The Gambia"”.
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Healthcare provision in the Gambia : the role of health informatics
… and telecommunications are revolutionising the way many organisations work, healthcare systems in The Gambia are very much lagging behind. No proper patient records or filing systems are in place. Delivery of effective healthcare depends on availability of routinely collected, good quality …
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Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria in The Gambia: Prevalent Species, Carriage and Disease
… of its increased recognition especially in the elderly and immunocompetent population. This is an emerging problem of public health significance. With the increasing incidence of case reports and series from diverse countries and regions of the world, the distribution of NTM species isolated …
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Balancing the need for investment and environmental protection : a case study of The Gambia
… of assuring economic growth and development. The case is no different for The Gambia who has constantly made it its priority to boost its economy and improve the standard of living of its citizens. However, recent economic downturns and global economic instabilities all indicate that The …
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Mosquito Species Abundance, Diversity and Arbovirus Prevalence across Different Land-use in The Gambia
… remains limited in many countries, including The Gambia. This study investigates mosquito species abundance and diversity, as well as the arbovirus prevalence across human, agricultural, and sylvatic habitats in The Gambia, accounting for ecological and seasonal variation. Adult mosquito …
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Where Market Meets Community: An Economic and Gender Study of Microfinance in The Gambia
In The Gambia, financial sustainability and poverty alleviation have been largely based on the assumption that analysis of macro level growth will bridge the gap between the formal and informal sectors; alleviate poverty and exclusion, ignoring other important factors such as political, social, …
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Agricultural tenancy and contracts: an economic analysis of the strange farmer system in the Gambia
This dissertation explores, both theoretically and empirically, the role of strange farmers in the Gambia's mono-cash crop economy and analyzes the structure of strange farmer contracts within the context of rural production relations; ie. the relations of economic agents to resources of production …
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A comparative analysis of off-grid photovoltaic (PV) systems & businesses performance in The Gambia and Kenya
This thesis addresses a critical challenge in the off-grid energy sector of the Developing World, aiming to uncover the root causes of the frequent failures of solar photovoltaic energy systems(PVESs) and related businesses in off-grid rural communities (OGRCs) (Bhattacharyya, 2013;Onasanya, 2017). …
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An Examination and Analysis of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach
… of Bank Corporate Governance Regulation in The Gambia: A Grounded Theory Approach Abstract The purpose of this research is to carry out an empirical investigation of bank corporate governance regulation in The Gambia. The aim is to determine what contributions, if any, effective governance …
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Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia
… AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS FOR KAFUTA: A VILLAGE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE GAMBIA Committee Chair: John Goodburn Extensive interviews with a sample of 21 government and non-governmental workers in the natural resource field, as well as random surveys of 18 households (i.e. 18 women and 16 men) …
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Assessment of potential agroforestry systems for Kafuta: A village in the Western Division of The Gambia
… AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS FOR KAFUTA: A VILLAGE IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE GAMBIA Committee Chair: John Goodburn Extensive interviews with a sample of 21 government and non-governmental workers in the natural resource field, as well as random surveys of 18 households (i.e. 18 women and 16 men) …
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IMPACT OF HOUSE DESIGN ON THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF INSECT DISEASE VECTORS IN THE GAMBIA
The impact of house design on the entry and exit of insect vectors of disease in The Gambia House design may affect the exposure of the residents to vector-borne diseases in rural areas in Africa. Improving a house by simply closing the eaves gap or by installing a ceiling could go a long way to …
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The Impact of State Violence on Women During the 22 Years of Dictatorship in The Gambia
<p>This thesis investigates the gendered dynamics of dictatorship in The Gambia by exploring the impact of state sanctioned violence on women during former President Yahya Jammeh’s twenty-two years of tyranny in the country. During the two-decade long brutal reign under Jammeh, Gambians from all …
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Information support for district health care planning and decision making in The Gambia: A holistic approach
… area was motivated by a desire to understand the role of different health informatics applications for an effective and efficient health care delivery in developing countries. These applications range from the use of medical expert systems for clinical diagnosis to epidemiological systems at …
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THE PROMOTION OF THE AFRICAN HUMAN AND PEOPLES' RIGHTS SYSTEM IN THE GAMBIA, A CROSS CULTURAL & AFRICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Primarily, this study seeks to examine the means and effectiveness of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, African human and Peoples' rights organizations, and the government of the Gambia in their efforts to propagate the institutions and legal instruments of the African Human and …
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A study of food insecurity and rural development in the Gambia: the impact of rural weekly markets (Lumos)
… challenge and is a matter of extreme urgency for The Gambia, where more than half of the population lives below the poverty line. Although extensive research confirms the problems of food insecurity in Africa, no research has concurrently advanced a bottom-up and top-down neo-endogenous …
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The contradiction of south-south sustainable development in Chinese-Mauritanian fishmeal factories and environmental violence in the Gambia
… and development practitioners, especially in the global South, push discourses that target increased investments in this industry using South-South Cooperation discourses. In The Gambia, factories target bonga fish as a raw material to produce fishmeal as a feed input for the global …
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Unravelling the dynamics of authoritarian strategies : a comparative study of Suharto’s new order in Indonesia and Jammeh’s rule in the Gambia
The dynamics of authoritarian power consolidation is receiving more attention today than it has ever been before as a result of rising authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. However, there exists an undertheorized and variations on autocrat’s decision calculus for prioritizing repression over …
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The emotional reactions of parentally aids-bereaved young people: a qualitative study of bereaved young people, carers and professionals in the Gambia
… AIDS-bereaved young people’s perspectives about their grief and perceptions of adults (health professionals and carers) about the young people’s reactions to loss is under-developed. This qualitative study therefore explores the emotional reactions of AIDS-bereaved young people and social factors …
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Girls' Education as a Means or End of Development? A Case Study of Gender and Education Policy Knowledge and Action in the Gambia
Girls’ education has been promoted by the international development community for over two decades; however, it has proven harder to promote gender equality through education than it has been to promote gender parity in education. Of significance is the global circulation and co-existence of two …
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