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Climate Change, Agriculture, and Foodcrop Production in Ghana 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Alessandro De Pinto, Ulac Demirag, Akiko Haruna "Despite the recent transition to an industry and service sectors-led economy, agriculture still plays a fundamental role in Ghana. The sector comprise...
Implementing Development Corridors: Lessons from Maputo 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Cayley Bowland, Lisa Otto "The Maputo Development Corridor is the largest and most successful development corridor initiative thus far in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, if ...
Welfare Shifts In The Post Apartheid South Africa: A Comprehensive Measurement of Changes 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Haroon Bhorat, Carlene van der Westhuizen, Sumayya Goga The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive measure of shifts in welfare in postapartheid South Africa by examining changes in bo...
Nuanced Balancing Act: South Africa's National and International Interests and its 'African Agenda' 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Narnia Bohler-Muller "Since apartheid ended, much of South Africa’s positioning on the world stage has been informed by what has been described as an Afrocentric approach to foreign relations. This p...
Reducing HIV Infection Rates among Young Kenyan Women 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Laura Lee "In Kenya, HIV rates are much higher for women than for men. This gender differential is particularly pronounced for young women aged 15 to 24 years, who are four times more likely to contr...
Preventing Preventable Cervical Cancer in Kenya 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Phaedra Henley "Cervical cancer is a prevalent yet preventable cause of death among Kenyan women. Lack of viable vaccination, screening and treatment options, combined with a high incidence of risk a...
Improving the Mental Health Treatment Gap in Ghana 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Jenna Dixon "Mental health in Ghana, like most other developing countries, is severely under-funded by the national government and international donors. The mental disorder treatment gap (percentage ...
Spatial Analysis of Livestock Production Patterns in Ethiopia 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Helina Tilahun, Emily Schmidt "The livestock sector is a large contributor to the Ethiopian economy as well as a mainstay in the livelihoods of many Ethiopians. It comprised 11 percent of national GD...
An overview of Chinese Agricultural and Rural Engagement in Tanzania 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Deborah Brautigam, Xiaoyang Tang "The recent expansion of Chinese economic engagement in Africa is often poorly documented and not well understood. This paper is the second in an IFPRI-sponsored effo...
Nonlinear Dynamics of Livestock Assets: Evidence from Ethiopia 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
Bjorn Van Campenhout, Stefan Dercon "Recent research on the intertemporal dynamics of poverty using microeconomic data often hints at the existence of poverty traps, where some find themselves trappe...
