What was the effect of the Industrial Revolution on society and culture? What resources did the Navajo use? What effect did trade have on the Kingdom of Ghana? What are the positive and negative impacts that result from wars? What were the difficulties of the hunter-gatherer economy?
Oil extraction, environmental degradation and poverty in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: a viewpoint In Nigeria, environmental problems are severe, particularly in the Niger Delta region of the country. In that region, crude petroleum activities damage the... E. C. ONWUKA - 《International Jo...
The article explores the implications of differing development strategies utilized in a region with enormous human and natural resources which suffers from grinding poverty. The causes of these conditions are identified and the competing impact of different development in...
Wealth and Poverty in the Niger Delta: Reflections on the History of Shell's Operations in Nigeria Royal Dutch/Shell has been extracting oil in the Niger Delta since 1958. Over the course of more than forty years this oil has produced enormous revenues, billions of dollars worth. By 2003 oi...
The shiny stuff (political scandals, celebrity nonsense, and more) in the long run, does not matter. We must turn away from the distractions, but it’s hard when those who “design” the distractions are very VERY good at it. The challenge with facing up to the mul...
Over 60 million marriages include a girl under the age of 18 years. The main forces that drive child marriage are poverty, the need to reinforce social ties,
3. What are the key sources of health funding and how do they vary by country? 4. What are the differences in allocation shares to RMNCH across countries and how are they related to the different rates of progress toward RMNCH outcomes? We assessed trends in total health and RMNCH fina...
We analyse actual uptake of solar home systems using household surveys for 11 developing countries. • Being rural, having a higher income, and lacking access to the grid are all identified as drivers of solar use. • We do not find evidence that households in sunnier areas are more like...
Abstract Access to clean energy is necessary for environmental cleanliness and poverty reduction. That notwithstanding, many in developing countries especially those in sub-Saharan Africa region lack clean energy for their routine domestic activities. This study sought to unravel the factors that influence...
Accelerated gains are possible and about a fifth of the existing burden of stunting can be averted using these approaches, if access is improved in this way. The estimated total additional annual cost involved for scaling up access to these ten direct nutrition interventions in the 34 focus ...