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  1. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    December, 2014
    Eastern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa
  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    Peer-reviewed publication
    December, 2013
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

    T he Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) committed to the mitigation of the effects of climate change by signing the Kyoto Protocol for climate change and other related environmental management protocols. Since 1994, DRC has produced two national climate change communication documents (RDC, Ministère de l’Environnement, Conservation de la Nature, Eaux, et Forêts 2001; RDC, Ministère de l’Environnement, Conservation de la Nature et Tourisme 2009).

  3. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003

    Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects more than 3.5 people in the developing world. More than half of pregnant women (56 percent) and 44 percent of nonpregnant women are anemic (ACC/SCN 2000). IDA contributes to approximately 20 percent of maternal deaths in Africa and Asia (Ross and Thomas 1996). In Africa alone, some 20,000 maternal deaths per year could be prevented with anemia treatment.

  4. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Tanzania
  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015

    Water, sanitation, and hygiene can have a profound effect on health and nutrition. A growing base of evidence on the link between sanitation, child height, and well-being has come at an opportune time, when the issue of sanitation and nutrition in developing countries has moved to the top of the post-2015 development agenda.

  6. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa

    The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region. East Africa's populations is expected to grow at least through mid-century. The region will also see income growth.

  7. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015

    How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so. Second, for those who aren’t profitable, we need to help them shift to other economic pursuits.

  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Eastern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Kenya
  9. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2013
    Middle Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Rwanda
  10. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003

    This study examines the implications of gender differences in wealth transfers—farmland and education—on the lifetime incomes of men and women in the rural areas of Ghana, the Philippines, and Sumatra. Based on household surveys of three generations, we tested the hypothesis that parents bequeath their wealth to their sons and daughters in accordance with their comparative advantages in lowland and upland farming and in nonfarm jobs.

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