Early transition markers, opportunities, and limitations that define pathways into the labour market from adolescence to adulthood in South Africa [0.03%]
南非青少年至成年期劳动力市场早期过渡的标志、机遇与局限性及其定义的路径分析
Laura Rossouw,Kathryn Grace Watt,Furzana Timol et al.
Laura Rossouw et al.
Motivation: The transition from adolescence to adulthood encompasses key social changes. NEET status (Not in Education, Employment or Training) during this period disrupts this transition and alters an adolescent's life c...
Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the "informal sector" in sub-Saharan Africa [0.03%]
税收的执念：纳税登记与撒哈拉以南非洲的“非正规部门”
Mick Moore
Mick Moore
Motivation: There are three puzzling features of sub-Saharan African tax systems: tax administrations maintain records on vast numbers of small enterprises that actually provide no revenue; they continually invest resourc...
EdTech for Ugandan girls: Affordances of different technologies for girls' secondary education during the Covid-19 pandemic [0.03%]
乌干达女孩的教育科技：疫情期间不同技术对女童中学教育的影响
Kalifa Damani,Rebecca Daltry,Katy Jordan et al.
Kalifa Damani et al.
Motivation: This article discusses the use of educational technology (EdTech) in girls' education at PEAS (Promoting Education in African Schools) schools in rural Uganda during the Covid-19-related school closures. ...
Providing social assistance and humanitarian relief: The case for embracing uncertainty [0.03%]
应对不确定性的社会救助与人道主义援助：案例分析
Matteo Caravani,Jeremy Lind,Rachel Sabates-Wheeler et al.
Matteo Caravani et al.
Motivation: Social assistance, humanitarian relief, and disaster response increasingly overlap, especially where recurrent crises and persistent conflicts prevail. In such situations, distinctions between risk and uncerta...
Whose voice counts? Examining government-donor negotiations in the design of Ethiopia's large-scale education reforms for equitable learning [0.03%]
哪些人的声音被听取了？考察政府与资助者在设计埃塞俄比亚大规模教育改革以实现公平学习中的谈判情况
Shelby Carvalho,Amare Asgedom,Pauline Rose
Shelby Carvalho
Motivation: The Government of Ethiopia has a long-standing commitment to improving the quality of education. In recent years, this has shifted to include a more explicit focus on equity in learning outcomes. In this paper...
Nutrition-sensitive lockdowns: conceptual framework and empirical insights from Africa during COVID-19 [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情期间具有营养敏感性的封锁措施：非洲的理论框架与实证洞见
Thomas Daum,Hans Konrad Biesalski,Nikola Blaschke et al.
Thomas Daum et al.
Motivation: Countries facing challenges of nutrition security confront a trade-off when dealing with pandemics such as COVID-19. Implementing lockdown measures, widely used worldwide, can help "flatten the curve" (of dise...
Avinno Faruk,Ishmam Al Quddus
Avinno Faruk
Motivation: Mass adult immunization for COVID-19, coupled with the urgency, is a challenge for any lower-middle-income country (LMIC) like Bangladesh. Our analysis focuses on demand-side constraints early in the vaccinati...
Emma Blackmore,Alejandro Guarin,William Vorley et al.
Emma Blackmore et al.
Motivation: Around 80% of milk in Kenya is marketed informally, providing livelihoods and contributing to the food security and nutrition of low-income consumers. Government policy, however, is focused on formalization-pr...
Terence Wood,Sabit Otor,Matthew Dornan
Terence Wood
Motivation: The Pacific is the world's most aid-dependent region, yet available data suggest aid projects are less effective on average in the Pacific than elsewhere in the developing world. ...
Understanding the multifaceted impact of COVID-19 on migrants in Kerala, India [0.03%]
COVID-19对印度喀拉拉邦移民的多方面影响的理解
S Irudaya Rajan,Pooja Batra,R Sai Shiva Jayanth et al.
S Irudaya Rajan et al.
Motivation: COVID-19 has disrupted the lives of millions of people worldwide. Migrants in developing economies have been among the most affected. This vulnerable population faces a threat to their livelihood and way of li...