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Ecology and management of alien plant invasions in South African fynbos: Accommodating key complexities in objective decision making
Roura-Pascual N.; Richardson D.M.; Krug R.M.; Brown A.; … - 2009
operations are urgently needed. This study sought to develop a robust conceptual framework for effective management of the most … Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) tool were used to design a strategy for prioritizing management actions. This strategy …. Efficient management of IAPs is constrained by multiple interacting environmental and socio-economic factors. Factors related to …
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Does Openness Matter for Financial Development in Africa?
David, Antonio; Mlachila, Montfort; Moheeput, Ashwin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
This paper analyzes the links between financial and trade openness and financial development in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. It is based on a panel dataset using methods that tackle slope heterogeneity, cross-sectional dependence and non-stationarity, important econometric problems that...
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Research policy studies : discussion paper
Forskningspolitiska Institutionen <Lund> - Lund : Inst. - Nachgewiesen 147.1982 -
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AWLAE series
Wageningen : Wageningen Acad. Publ. - 1.2004 -
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Black Africa : Africa South of the Sahara from pre-history to independence
Howe, Russell Warren - 1966
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Designing self sustaining support for micro-enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa : a pilot
Dalglish, Carol L.; Matthews, Judy H. - 2009
Small and micro-enterprises play a significant part in most economies. However, in developing countries these enterprises have often been planned and implemented from a poverty alleviation perspective, rather than as entrepreneurial activities and growing businesses (Mead & Liedholm 1998, Toye...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438144
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Regional marriage patterns and trends in Northern Sudan
Abdelrahman, Abdelrahman Ibrahim - 1989
Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life cycle of individuals; for society at large it represents the creation of a new unit of production, consumption, distribution and exchange of goods and services. In most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438848
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Demographic trends in Sub-Saharan Africa
van de Walle, Etienne; Kekovole, John - 1986
The study of demographic trends in sub-Saharan Africa though crucial in the assessment of the impact of population size and growth on the overall socio-economic development in the region, has received the least attention due to lack of reliable data for most of the countries. This paper focuses...
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A Family of Flexible Parametric Duration Functions & their Applications to Modelling Child-Spacing in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus; Gyimah, Stephen Obeng - 2004
The birth-interval approach to the study of fertility reflects two aspects of the process of reproduction: (1) the quantum of fertility as indicated by the proportion of women who move to the next higher parity; and (2) the tempo of fertility, as measured by the time it takes to make the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447238
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Reserves Accumulation in African Countries: Sources, Motivations, and Effects
Elhiraika, Adam; Ndikumana, Léonce - 2007
accumulation and to design optimal reserve management strategies to minimize these costs and maximize the gains from resource … countries, especially those endowed with natural resources, need to adopt a more pro-growth approach to reserve management. …
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