and yet we do not understand why sovereign debt is hidden. However, recent research has shed new light on an ideal opportunity to study the dynamics of hidden debt: Chinese credit. China is a major bilateral creditor and has lent billions of dollars to less- developed countries ...
It turns out that this is like saying, “Wingsuit flying, or meteorology, is the sport of flying through the air using a wingsuit.” Meteorology is the study of what happens in the atmosphere, which includes how wind works, and wingsuit flying is a process that harnesses the wind—and you...
The study findings reveal that lower the education of women, lower the likelihood of institutional delivery practice. A study done in Nepal showed that poor maternal education and multi parity were important independent factors in determining choice of home delivery [27]. DHS 2006 also indicated tha...
Malaria is a preventable and treatable disease; however, it remains one of the most devastating global health problems of our time. An estimated 207 million cases of malaria occurred in 2012, of which 627,000 resulted in fatalities—most of them being children under the age of five in sub-...
While there are many (very many) development problems that need to be solved, the notion that the majority of the countries in Africa are barely developed, poor backwaters is just very far from the current reality. “Africa is Full of Diseases” ...
Like many other parents, Denis mentioned a perceived “lack of follow-up” by CPS of the development of children placed in OoHC, which arguably contributed to maladaptive behaviours and overall poor OoHC outcomes. This partly explains why many parents repeated the phrase “this is not why we ...
increased taxes on poor people. The EU is using the EPA negotiations to push through agreements on investment, government procurement and competition policy that developing countries rejected at WTO negotiations in 2003. These agreements would reduce the policy space available to ...
The tropical conifer Widdringtonia whytei Rendle is an endangered species endemic to Mulanje Mountain in Malawi. A study was conducted for the first time under controlled conditions in order to assess the effects of temperature and light on germination and viability of W. whytei seeds. Seeds inc...
resourced facilities, poor functioning health systems and negative staff attitudes. In contrast the reasons given for being adherent related to the level of illness, support received at home and healthcare facilities, a belief in the health system and positive experiences in the health service includi...
It is widely accepted that a major cause of the sector's poor performance has been the combination of a public sector monopoly of seed supply and a weak capacity of the public sector organisations in charge (Tripp and Rohrbach 2001). In recent years, many African governments have liberalised...