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The importance of project in underdeveloped countries 项目在欠发达国家的重要性

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0692

E. U. Adams

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Assessing the economic impacts of foreign aid expenditure in West Africa: An empirical analysis of the effects of aid expenditure on economic growth 评估西非外国援助支出对经济的影响：援助支出对经济增长影响的实证分析

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2024-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0691

Francis Davis James

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Leadership characteristics in a volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) environment, a case study of Zimbabwe hospitality industry during Covid 19 era 波动性、不确定性、复杂性和模糊性(VUCA)环境中的领导力特征——以2019冠状病毒病时期津巴布韦酒店业为例

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0674

Mwenje Judith, Manyanga Francis

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Tragedy of urban green spaces depletion in selected sub-Sahara African major cities 撒哈拉以南非洲主要城市城市绿地枯竭的悲剧

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-07-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0682

Appiah-Opoku Seth, K. M. Kwaku, Osei Asibey Michael, Amponsah Owusu

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Access to credit and financial services on marketing of farm produce in Benue State, Nigeria 在尼日利亚贝努埃州，农产品营销获得信贷和金融服务

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0681

Kuma S. Shima, Umoh D. Boniface, Asogwa T. Henry, Uzochukwu Amakom, R. U. Ezebuilo, Ukwueze, Asogwa K. Angela, Azu Benedict

{"title":"Access to credit and financial services on marketing of farm produce in Benue State, Nigeria","authors":"Kuma S. Shima, Umoh D. Boniface, Asogwa T. Henry, Uzochukwu Amakom, R. U. Ezebuilo, Ukwueze, Asogwa K. Angela, Azu Benedict","doi":"10.5897/jasd2023.0681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jasd2023.0681","url":null,"abstract":"The central bank of Nigeria recently introduced a cashless policy which impacted various facets of life in the country. This however motivated this study to examine the extent to which access to credit and financial services policies have impacted the marketing of agricultural products in an agro-based economy of Benue State, -a sub-national state with limited access to credits and financial services among farmers. The limiting factors against smallholder farmers’ financial inclusion were also examined in relation to smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity in the state. The study adopted the World Bank micro data on financial Inclusion 2021 known as the Global Findex database and three major analytical methodologies, namely: descriptive statistics, correlation coefficients index, principal component analysis, and Logit estimation techniques were used. Findings showed how financial inclusion of smallholder farmers’ agricultural productivity in Benue State was constrained through access to financial products and services, marital status, gender, own business, and trade, the use of mobile phone or tablets to manage financial activities, and households use of mobile money operators’ services among others were socioeconomic factors affecting smallholder farmers. The strategic policy of the financial inclusion plan needs to be more inclusive across rural areas as the cash crunch exposed the failure of deposit money banks in Nigeria. There is a need to create more mobile agents across rural areas so as to encourage employment generation, crime reduction, and better living standards in the state.","PeriodicalId":255248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Studies and Development","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127468703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effectiveness of transitional justice processes in peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: The case of national peace and reconciliation commission 津巴布韦建设和平中的过渡司法进程的有效性:以国家和平与和解委员会为例

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2023.0677

Coster Chinyonga Bazel, K. Jeffrey

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Influence of strategy formulation on the performance of catholic parishes in Kenya 战略制定对肯尼亚天主教教区业绩的影响

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2022.0668

D. Kariuki, D. Kitonga, Robert M. Arasa

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Breaking the glass ceiling: A study of single academic women in one Zimbabwean university 打破玻璃天花板:对津巴布韦一所大学的单身女学者的研究

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2023-01-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2022.0667

Etwin Machibaya, G. T. Ndamba

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In their own voices- understanding GBV in Zimbabwe: Evidence from a survivors perspective 用他们自己的声音——理解津巴布韦的性别暴力:来自幸存者视角的证据

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2022.0665

E. Siziba, J. Mapuva, John Bowora, Tendai Samukange, Manford Gomo

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Integration of traditional ecological knowledge and western science in natural resources management in the Okavango Delta, Botswana 博茨瓦纳奥卡万戈三角洲自然资源管理中传统生态知识与西方科学的结合

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0649

R. Gondo

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