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Since the 1970s, the Government of Ethiopia has implemented villagization, whereby nomadic pastoralist groups are supported to develop sedentary lifestyles and livelihoods.

Dengue represents a substantial burden in many tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. We estimated the economic burden of dengue illness in Malaysia.

Land degradation is severe in the steep sloping highlands in eastern Africa; natural resource management is central to good governance and increasing enfranchisement of rural people.

While local adaptive capacity can evolve from place-based knowledge that governments often lack, communities need assistance from state powers to adjust to climate change and socioeconomic impacts.

This paper offers socio-ecological, situated perspectives on adolescent resilience derived from an application of interpretive

Health systems in many low-income countries remain fragile, and the record of human resource planning and management in Ministries of Health very uneven.

The demand for engineers and the under-employment of engineers seem to be simultaneous. This study looks for underlying reasons based on a review of existing literature.

The study examines the relationship between olfactory signals and nutrient rewards in 28 fruiting plant species in Madagascar.

The study employs an integrative multivariate approach which successfully examines what drives variation in fruit colour.

For a country like India with a primarily agrarian economy, limiting warming to 1.5 °C leads to two key questions: what does the global rise of temperature (1.5 °C and 2.0 °C) mean at the regional

This paper reflects critically on a vulnerability assessment process at the household and community levels in Sindh Province (Pakistan) using a quantitative vulnerabilities and capacities index (VC

In 2003, the World Summit on the Information Society declared its challenge “to harness the potential of information and communication technology to promote the development goals of the Millennium

Ecosystem services and their role in alleviating poverty are centered on a set of gendered social relations.

Improving land productivity is essential to meet increasing food and forage demands in hillside and mountain communities.

South American countries, and Chile in particular, endure some of the highest cigarette smoking prevalence rates globally.

In general, a higher proportion of alcohol was consumed in harmful drinking occasions by respondents in the middle-income countries than respondents in the high-income countries.

The article provides an overview of the CultiAF project (Cultivate Africa’s Future) “Expanding Business Opportunities for Youth in the Fish and Poultry Sectors in Kenya,” a joint undertaking by the

The paper documents the present condition (2016) of coastal agriculture in Bangladesh under the threat of climate change.

The study examines the similarities and differences of specific deltaic areas in parallel, under the project DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA).

This review focusses on the Volta delta (Ghana) with emphasis on biophysical processes and socioeconomic characteristics in terms of current environmental challenges.

This study explores the potential of using Regional Internet Search Frequencies (RISF) for air conditioning devices as an indicator for thermal discomfort, with the aim to quantify the adaptation p

The study uses the first comprehensive Indian income data to evaluate whether the “other family income” effect explains the negative relationship between women’s education and labor force participa

Maternal mortality in Nigeria is one of the highest in the world. This research proposal focuses on programme impact on maternal survival.

Health workers were interviewed from caregiver (parental and health provider) perspectives regarding therapeutic oxygen – Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (bubble CPAP) – and newborns.