energy poverty and sustainability in developing countries through a gender lens

... Nigeria, and Mombasa, Kenya) and in Latin America (such as Caracas, Venezuela) Figure depicts one of the major low-elevation coastal zones of China near Shanghai and Tianjin, two of the world’s fastest -developing ... Carl Haub and O.P Sharma No Immigration: Shaping and Reshaping America by Philip Martin and Elizabeth Midgley Population bulletin 64.2 2009 www.prb.org iii Urban Poverty and Health in Developing ... with intimate-partner violence and its links to alcohol abuse and women’s mental health Analysis of community-based data for eight urban areas in the developing world indicates that mental and...

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... Subrahmanyam, Bharat Prasad, Piya Pal and Gerelt Tserenjigmid for making my stay at Caltech a memorable one I would also like to thank my parents and sister for always supporting me and helping ... head in a nearly isothermal manner The condensed metal vapors are absorbed by a wick and the cycle repeats Andraka et al at Sandia National Labs [102] have reported an increase of heat transfer efficiency ... the fluid In Beta configuration, the displacer and power piston are inline in one chamber In Gamma configuration, the displacer and power piston are offset and are contained in two different chambers...

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... has increased significantly since 1970 (Mehra and Gammage 1999) In regions where it has stayed the same or fallen slightly, such as East Asia and Africa1, female participation rates were already ... that both this and Glick and Sahn's results may be explained in ways that not involve intrahousehold bargaining and differential preferences of wives and husbands See Glick and Sahn (2000) for ... human and labor rights; in the standard taxonomy the former would instead be classified as ‘cash standards’.47 Above it was noted that financing childcare and other family services out of tax...

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... little about the actual costs from poor IAQ in buildings This paper reports on the results of a literature search of buildings-related, business and legal databases, and interviews with insurance and ... Electricity Generation: The Case of Thailand”, Thanh and Lefevre (2000) Abstract: They apply the impact pathway approach (IPA) to estimate health impacts and corresponding damage costs of sulfur ... benefits were estimated using monitoring data and population/ recipient data from urban and rural areas in Hungary together with exposure-response functions and valuation estimates mainly from western...

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... increased substantially in Afghanistan and Guatemala and the application of active management of third stage of labor (AMTSL) in several countries including Niger, Mali, Afghanistan, and Ecuador increased ... Rural Senegal Benin, Mali, Uganda, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador Afghanistan and Mali with high unmet demand for postpartum family planning G What is a learning session? A learning ... prepare and plan for spread  Selecting and orienting collaborative improvement sites and QI teams  Developing or adapting tools for QI teams and coaches, such as training plans and materials...

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... western and developing countries affecting solid waste management are in terms of income, standard of living, consumption patterns, institutional capacity and capital available for urban investments ... between informal and formal waste management actors: Various characteristics of the informal sector, such as the ad hoc and reactive character of informal operations or the lack of insurances and bankruptcy ... areas because the content of recyclable materials is remarkably lower than in high income areas and the chances to gain an extra income by selling recyclables, gaining tips or providing extra...

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... and Central Africa, and Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Page of 10 (page number not for citation purposes) International Journal for Equity in Health 2006, ... Central & Western Africa Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Nigeria Togo Eastern & Southern Africa Kenya Madagascar 10 Malawi 11 Mozambique 12 Tanzania 13 Uganda 14 Zambia 15 Zimbabwe ... inadequate income, shelter and assets for individuals and households, and inadequate provision of infrastructure and basic services such as health services, roads, schools and vocational training...

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... Significant difference Number of countries Marriage Africa Asia Latin America/ Caribbean Total Premarital Sex Africa Asia Latin America/ Caribbean Total Having Sex Africa Asia Latin America/ Caribbean ... Madagascar C .A. R Nigeria Mozambique Zambia Ghana Rw anda Cameroon Togo Malaw i Namibia Egypt Uganda Kenya South Africa Zimbabw e Haiti Nicaragua Dom Republic Brazil Guatemala Colombia Paraguay ... Comoros Namibia Malaw i Uganda Cameroon Tanzania Zambia Nigeria Ghana Egypt Kenya South Africa Zimbabw e Africa Brazil Guatemala Nicaragua Haiti Dom Republic Colombia Paraguay Bolivia Peru Latin America...

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... uncertainty about the mechanisms whereby smoke causes emphysema and airway disease Oxidative stress may be a component, as oxidizing radicals are present in tobacco and biomass smoke and are released ... implicated as a cause of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (100), although this is not a consistent finding (101) A case-control study in Brazil found that oral cancer was associated with tobacco, alcohol and ... et al Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia and Hong Kong National Cancer Institute Monographs, 1985, 69: 203–207 102 Franco EL et al Risk factors for oral cancer in Brazil: a case-control...

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... self-sufficiency and agro-biodiversity at the local level among many areas of Asia, Latin America and Africa [21] In addition, the reliance on chemical fertilisers has not only led to a major environmental ... conserve and enhance the natural resource base of crops, animal husbandry, forestry, inland and marine fisheries [19] Swaminathan’s definition captures both the complexity and the multi-dimen sionality ... the standard Multilateral Transfer Agreement (MTA) and in providing for a meeting of legal experts assigned the task of evaluating the procedures and operating mechanisms of the Governing Body...

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... approach to develop a vaccine against Theileria parva, the parasite that causes East Coast fever in African cattle A novel strategy for developing vaccines against bloodsucking parasites involves ... transferred globally, mainly in dairy cattle, with 62% being transferred in North America and Europe, 16% in South America and 11% in Asia The main potential advantage of MOET for developing countries ... Molecular characterisation of the virus serotypes causing foot and mouth disease has helped in the vaccination and control programmes in Asia In Japan and Taiwan, DNA testing is being used to diagnose...

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... by age were detected for the third DPT and the measles vaccinations In six countries one in Africa (Uganda), two in Latin America (Nicaragua and Peru) and three in Asia (Bangladesh, India and Indonesia)—infants ... (Ethiopia, Uganda, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia and Nepal) or language spoken at home (Bolivia and Peru) None of these variables was available for Nicaragua Sex of the infant was included in the ... mothers in Latin America were still in school at the time of the surveys (12% in Bolivia and Brazil) In Africa and Asia, most women lived in rural areas (71–91%) In Latin America, especially in Bolivia,...

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... painkillers from aspirin to opiates, Table Costs and Benefits of Once -in- a Lifetime Screening for Cervical Cancer in Brazil and Madagascar (in international dollars*) Country and category Visual inspection ... Table 1) Both are cheaper than the traditional screening approach—the Papanicolaou (Pap) smear—conducted in higher-income countries with more advanced laboratories and infrastructure The main ... diagnosis, but because treatment of that Breast cancer screening can include mammography, clinical breast examination, and breast self-examination Most of the available cost-effectiveness data on these...

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... for and challenges facing programs? No statistical analysis No statistical analysis No statistical analysis Ratings have coincided with higher rates of compliance among participating plants in Indonesia ... al (2000), Hartman et al (1997), and Ser a da Motta (2006) all find that multinational status does not help explain environmental performance Finally, Hartman et al (1997) and Pargal and Wheeler ... Developing Countries: Informal, Informational, and Voluntary Allen Blackman Abstract In developing countries, weak environmental regulatory institutions often undermine conventional command -and- control...

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... China/Beijing, Guangzhou Shanghai, Shenyang, Xian PhilippineslDavao, Manila Thailand/Bangkok Ghana/Accra India/Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi Indonesia/Jakarta Pakistan/Lahore SC, SI CCR, SR CCC, SR 110 300 ... Metropolitan Environment Improvement Program (MEIP) of the World Bank Through examination of four Asian cities (Bombay, Jakarta, Katmandu, and Manila) , URBAIR is preparing guidelines and action plans ... in nonsmoking women who cook with biomass in India and Nepal (39) CANCER Many chemicals in biomass smoke are known to cause cancer in laboratory animals and are found in mixtures known to cause...

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... contaminated dander and feathers + + Virus Lameness, tendosynovitis + + Avian chlamydiosis Bacterium # Infections of the spleen, liver and airsacs Humans – precautions at autopsy! + Contaminated ... 43–48 Australian Veterinary Poultry Association Bagust, T.J 1999 Poultry health research and education in China for sustainable and profitable production Y2000+ Proceedings of the First International ... concerned Avian veterinarians should also have pivotal roles in the poultry industry, through protecting both poultry and human health (see Information Note on “Veterinary Roles in Health and Knowledge...

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... Data for all sectors and years available Data for all sectors and years available Data for all sectors and years available Data for all sectors and years available LATIN AMERICA Argentina Education ... Costa Rica Data for all sectors and years available Dominican Rep T&C Ecuador Agriculture Data for all sectors and years available El Salvador Data for all sectors and years available Guatemala ... Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Morocco, Nigeria, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe We included 11 countries from Asia: Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar,...

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... create a large body of information in developing countries related to health care spending, social transformations, disability and mortality patterns and the like Assuming the data were available, ... medical care spending: Standard and non-standard effects.” Working Paper #6866 Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research Dang, Thai Than, Pablo Antolin, and Howard Oxley 2001 “Fiscal ... growth and inflation; Combination of econometric, smoothing and international average methods Norway Antolin and Suyker (2001) 2000-2050 Ontario (Canada) and 15 OECD countries Denton, Gafni and...

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... Jamaica and Dominica, the Central American countries: Honduras and Nicaragua and the Asian countries: Viet Nam and Mongolia 27 Unfortunately, for some of the countries no data after 2003 was available ... constant Savings and investment in this approach balance via changes in nominal incomes and prices If realized investment demand is higher than the savings households plan to make even at the ... Demirgüç-Kunt A, Beck T and Honohan P (2008) Finance for all? Policies and Pitfalls in Expanding Access Washington, DC, World Bank Dullien S (2004) The Interaction of Monetary Policy and Wage Bargaining in...

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... Fungal and Mycotoxin Contamination of Nigerian Foods and Feeds Olusegun Atanda, Hussaini Anthony Makun, Isaac M Ogara, Mojisola Edema, Kingsley O Idahor, Margaret E Eshiett and Bosede F Oluwabamiwo ... Darling, 1963, Haliday, 1965, 1966 and Halliday and Kazaure, 1967) McDonald and Harkness (1965) found aflatoxins in groundnut samples from Zaria, Kano and Mokwa, in Northern Nigeria Bassir and ... Southeast Asia, peanuts and peanut products in Africa, nuts in West Africa, and patulin in apple juice and pistachio nuts in South America (FAO/IAEA2001) A number of HACCP schemes for wheat-based...

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