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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"the Democratic Republic of the Congo"”.
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Factors Influencing Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
<p>The agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is still struggling to cope with its post-independence political and structural instability. From 1961 to 2000, the DRC experienced a decrease of 34% and 37% in daily caloric intake and protein intake, respectively. The DRC’s …
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Public service delivery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo : a case study approach
This study examines service delivery in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It focuses specifically on the effectiveness of the Congolese Customs and Excises Office (OFIDA) in the provision of customs services. The main focus of this study is to examine the need of addressing the end product …
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The implementation of the right to education in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigeria
This dissertation is a comparative analysis of the implementation of the right to education in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. The context is that of education in schools and other educational institutions. The right to education is protected in numerous international and regional …
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The 'formalisation dilemma' of artisanal and small-scale mining: an analysis with reference to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This thesis contributes to the discussion about the impact and dynamics of the informal Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sector in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The debate around ASM's informality in sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly …
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Resource Control and Political Development in Africa: The Cases of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Botswana
Ironically, it appears that the countries with the greatest resource wealth have often had the hardest time achieving political and economic stability. Is there a direct correlation between the way in which natural resources are controlled within a country and its democratic process? How do other …
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The contribution of female military peacekeepers towards operational effectiveness in United Nations Organization Stabilization mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The literature has shown that armed conflict has a disproportionate impact on women and children and makes them more vulnerable to various security risks such as displacement, sexual violence, trafficking, and both physical and psychological abuse. Additionally, feminists argue …
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Pregnancy in Peril: The impact of conflict on antenatal care and skilled birth attendant utilization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi
As of 2019, over two billion people globally reside in conflict-affected areas, and as a result, face negative health implications. Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among those countries classified as fragile and conflict-affected situations, resulting in disproportionally high …
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Police My Internet Presence: The Demobilization of Social Movements through Social Media
… change in todays digitized society. As the internet has become a hubcap for democracy and free speech, the means of revolutionizing has become easier, cheaper, and more readily available for ordinary citizens signaling a shift into what I call the Social Media Screen. However, while …
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Wetlands Characterization in the Congo River Basin Using Multi-source Remotely Sensed Data and Field Survey
<p>The present dissertation reports wetlands characterization results in the Central African Congo River Basin. Multi-source and multi-resolution remote sensing data are used along with a state-of-the art decision tree classification method to map the wetlands extent in the Democratic Republic of …
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The Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical Expansion and Institutional Instability in the DRC and Sri Lanka
… and strategically located states, specifically the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sri Lanka, generates domestic and geopolitical instability. Despite their distinct regional and historical contexts, both countries exhibit structural vulnerabilities that allow external actors to …
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Exhumation, rift-flank uplift, and the thermal evolution of the Rwenzori Mountains determined by combined (U-Th)/He and U-Pb thermochronometry
Rising over 5 km along the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Rwenzori Mountains represent an extreme example of basement rift-flank uplift in the western branch of the East African Rift, a phenomenon common throughout the East African Rift System and characteristic of …
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The international covenant on economic social and cultural rights: a critical examination of the relative importance of resource constraints on benchmarks and benchmarking processes in the African context
… away colonial ties and bursting into an era of independence, freedom and development, African states welcomed the international movement for the development of a global human rights system in the 1950s and 60s. The pillars of this system ushered in rights that, it was hoped, would fully sever …
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Building an Open Source Platform for Forensic Medical Documentation of Human Rights Violations
… is a virtual platform for secure documentation of medical records, currently deployed by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) in Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to forensically and clinically document sexual violence. Its uses in documenting of sexual violence have allowed for the …
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Description of interactions of Ebola virus with a putative reservoir species using next-generation sequencing
Ebola virus (EBOV) causes a severe, often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates. Recently, EBOV has caused two very large outbreaks, one of which is ongoing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bats are the likely reservoir of EBOV, but little is known of their relationship with the …
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Understanding Refugee Women at Risk Experiences in Light of Social Protection Initiatives and Policy Interventions in Uganda
… qualitative phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of Congolese RWaR in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda. It traced their journeys from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)and the challenges faced during displacement. The research examined the risks they encounter, how …
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Internally displaced children and HIV in situations of armed conflict in the DRC : a study of the obligations of the government and selected non-state actors
The mini-dissertation analyses the international law obligations of the government and nonstate actors regarding the protection of internally displaced children living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war and armed conflicts in the Eastern DRC have exacerbated the vulnerability …
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The ICC-African union relationship: in the interest of justice, or a continuation of politics by other means?
This thesis examines the evolving relationship between the African Union (AU) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), with a specific focus on issues of head of state immunity, sovereignty, and the principle of complementarity. The study centers on ICC interventions in African countries with …
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The reconfiguration of the global supply chains of critical materials: behaviours and outcomes in the cobalt sector
… raw material supply chains structured as they are? This dissertation explores what shapes the supply chains of ‘critical materials’, metals and minerals which are of high economic importance and are at risk of supply shortage. The research focusses on cobalt, a metal mined mostly in the …
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The role of host cues in the transmission of sleeping sickness
Tsetse (Glossina spp.) transmit species of Trypanosoma which cause trypanosomiases in livestock and humans. To improve the cost-effectiveness of baits used to control tsetse, studies were made of the host-oriented behaviour of the following Palpalis-group species: Glossina tachinoides and G. …
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Etude géologique du Sous-groupe de Mpioka dans le massif de Nionga. (Bas-congo, RDC)
The massif of Nionga is located in the province of Bas-Congo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The subgroup of Mpioka is lithostratigraphiquement to Group West-Congolien (566 Ma). And Zadinien, Mayumbien and West-Congolien together form what is called the supergroup West Congo (L. Tack et …
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