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The pursuit of African continental governance: the stone that the builders "forgot"
(SAAPAM, 2014)
The African Union is an inter-governmental arrangement aimed at fostering democratic ideals and development on the African continent. The metamorphosis of inter-governmental arrangements has led to the need for the inclusion ...
Using an innovative mixed method methodology to investigate the appropriateness of a quantitative instrument in an African context: antiretroviral treatment and quality of life
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
The relationship between quality of life (QoL) and antiretroviral treatment (ART) has mainly been studied using quantitative scales often not appropriate for use in other contexts and without taking peoples' lived experiences ...
Adaptation in an era of vanishing territory – the political economy of the impact of clime change versus total migration, status of statehood and refugees in Africa
(Business Perspectives, 2014)
Mass migration as a way of adapting to climate change impact is not new. However, the total migration of a permanent population from a defined territory as a coping response to the impact of climate change is only emerging. ...
Migrant remittances provide resilience against disasters in Africa
(Springer Verlag, 2014)
How responsive are migrant remittances to various disasters, both natural
and human-made? Would remittances be affected by systemic financial crises, such as
the 2008–09 financial crisis, or more recent crises affecting ...
Mycotoxin exposure and infant and young child growth in Africa: what do we know?
(Karger, 2014)
Introduction: Infant and young child (IYC) growth impairment remains a public health ...
Stenopterobia cataractarum sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta), a new benthic diatom from a waterfall in Zambia, Africa
(Magnolia Press, 2014)
Rivers, streams and associated habitats have been sampled for diatoms in the relatively understudied Congo and Zambezi sister basins. The primary purpose of the sampling effort was to collect samples for biological monitoring ...
Using an innovative mixed method methodology to investigate the appropriateness of a quantitative instrument in an African context: Antiretroviral treatment and quality of life
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2014)
The relationship between quality of life (QoL) and antiretroviral treatment (ART) has mainly been studied using quantitative scales often not appropriate for use in other contexts and without taking peoples' lived experiences ...
The determinants of Indian FDI in Africa : a structural equation approach
(University of Johannesburg, 2014)
Much has been written in economic circles about the rising investment of the BRICS countries in Africa, yet there is scant literature on the determinants of FDI from these countries to Africa, and no studies have reported ...
Fiscal policy and revenue management in resource-rich African countries: A comparative study of Norway and Nigeria
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
This study assesses ways in which oil-rich countries can escape the ‘resource curse’ through the implementation of effective fiscal and revenue management policies. A comparative study of the policies of Norway and Nigeria ...
A revision of African helmeted terrapins (Testudines: Pelomedusidae: Pelomedusa), with descriptions of six new species
(Magnolia Press, 2014)
Using nearly range-wide sampling, we analyze up to 1848 bp of mitochondrial DNA of 183 helmeted terrapins and
identify a minimum of 12 deeply divergent species-level clades. Uncorrected p distances of these clades equal ...