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analytical perspectives and emerging research on faith engagement in health in Africa from a range of researchers and …This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of … a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An …
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Definitions of poverty in developing countries used by most development organizations focus on household income or … terms and ideas to communicate what extreme poverty means to them. This paper discusses learning from the extreme poor in … the form of participatory approaches to fostering child health in Madagascar …
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Faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) commonly have as their stated mission a desire to provide quality health services to … representative household surveys in Africa, this paper suggests that when compared with public providers on a broad macro scale, FIIs … services more affordable. However, it suggests that in current African health contexts, FIIs may no longer be that different …
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This paper investigates the effects of shocks, predominantly climate shocks, on labor market outcomes in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). We focus on migration ows within the WAEMU countries to disentangle the differential effects of shocks on migrants and non-migrants. Our...
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estimates and profiles of poverty in West and Central Africa, seven case studies for Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Guinea, Mali … and the economic crisis that hit developing countries (including sub-Saharan Africa) in 2008-09, two of the eight studies …
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cereals as well as for milk, sugar and vegetable oils could lead to a substantial increase in poverty in many of the countries …. At the same time, the data suggest that the magnitude of the increase in poverty between different countries is likely to … be different. Finally, the data suggest that a large share of the increase in poverty will consist of deeper levels of …
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cereals as well as for milk, sugar and vegetable oils could lead to a substantial increase in poverty in many of the countries …. At the same time, the data suggest that the magnitude of the increase in poverty between different countries is likely to … be different. Finally, the data suggest that a large share of the increase in poverty will consist of deeper levels of …
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