Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research : : A Decade of Development. / / Blom, Andreas |
Autore | Blom Andreas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 pages) |
Disciplina | 509.67 |
Collana | World Bank Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Technology - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Engineering - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Mathematics - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 1-4648-0701-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; A Report by the World Bank and Elsevier; Methodology; Key Findings and Policy Recommendations; Defining National Policies; Chapter 1 Methodology; Methodology; Notes; Chapter 2 Research Outputs and Citation Impact; Introduction; Key Findings; Research Output; Citation Impact; Research Per Capita; Novel Measures of Research Impact; Interpretation of Key Findings; Notes; Chapter 3 Research Collaboration; Introduction; Key Findings; International Collaboration; Citation Impact of Collaboration
Cross-Sector CollaborationTop Collaborating Institutions; Interpretation of Key Findings on Research Collaboration; Notes; Chapter 4 Researcher Mobility; Introduction; Key Findings; Researcher Mobility Model; Indicators; International Mobility; Cross-Region Comparisons; Interpretation of Key Findings on Researcher Mobility; Note; Appendix A Glossary; Note; Appendix B Data Sources and Methodology; Data Sources; Methodology and Rationale; Measuring International Researcher Mobility; Measuring Article Downloads; Notes; Appendix C Africa Region Classification; Appendix D Subject Classification Background on Scopus All Science Journal Classification SystemAppendix E International Researcher Mobility Maps; References; Boxes ; ES.1 Supporting High-Quality and Relevant Research: Uganda Millennium Science Initiative; 2.1 R&D Funding and Funding Mechanisms Matter: The Case of South Africa; 2.2 Growth Mirrors Allocation of Resources: Learning from Health in Sub-Saharan Africa GERD by Field of Science; 2.3 Researchers Are Concentrated in the Field of Medical and Health Sciences; Figures ES.1 Overall Number of Articles and Compound Annual Growth Rate for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12ES.2 Percentage of Total Article Output in the Physical Sciences and STEM Versus the Health Sciences for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2012; ES.3 Level of International Collaboration for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 2012, and Percentage of Nonlocal, Transitory Researchers for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 1996-2013; ES.4 Interregional Collaboration between Sub-Saharan Africa Regions 2.1 Overall Number of Articles for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-122.2 World Publication Shares for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.3 Percentage of Total Article Output by Subject Grouping for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, 2003 vs. 2012; 2.4 World Citation Share across All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.5 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Institutions, 2003-12 2.6 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for the Physical Sciences and STEM for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797710303321 |
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Sub-Saharan African Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Research : : A Decade of Development. / / Blom, Andreas |
Autore | Blom Andreas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (112 pages) |
Disciplina | 509.67 |
Collana | World Bank Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Technology - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Engineering - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Mathematics - Research - Africa, Sub-Saharan Education - Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | 1-4648-0701-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover ; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Executive Summary; A Report by the World Bank and Elsevier; Methodology; Key Findings and Policy Recommendations; Defining National Policies; Chapter 1 Methodology; Methodology; Notes; Chapter 2 Research Outputs and Citation Impact; Introduction; Key Findings; Research Output; Citation Impact; Research Per Capita; Novel Measures of Research Impact; Interpretation of Key Findings; Notes; Chapter 3 Research Collaboration; Introduction; Key Findings; International Collaboration; Citation Impact of Collaboration
Cross-Sector CollaborationTop Collaborating Institutions; Interpretation of Key Findings on Research Collaboration; Notes; Chapter 4 Researcher Mobility; Introduction; Key Findings; Researcher Mobility Model; Indicators; International Mobility; Cross-Region Comparisons; Interpretation of Key Findings on Researcher Mobility; Note; Appendix A Glossary; Note; Appendix B Data Sources and Methodology; Data Sources; Methodology and Rationale; Measuring International Researcher Mobility; Measuring Article Downloads; Notes; Appendix C Africa Region Classification; Appendix D Subject Classification Background on Scopus All Science Journal Classification SystemAppendix E International Researcher Mobility Maps; References; Boxes ; ES.1 Supporting High-Quality and Relevant Research: Uganda Millennium Science Initiative; 2.1 R&D Funding and Funding Mechanisms Matter: The Case of South Africa; 2.2 Growth Mirrors Allocation of Resources: Learning from Health in Sub-Saharan Africa GERD by Field of Science; 2.3 Researchers Are Concentrated in the Field of Medical and Health Sciences; Figures ES.1 Overall Number of Articles and Compound Annual Growth Rate for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12ES.2 Percentage of Total Article Output in the Physical Sciences and STEM Versus the Health Sciences for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2012; ES.3 Level of International Collaboration for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 2012, and Percentage of Nonlocal, Transitory Researchers for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions, 1996-2013; ES.4 Interregional Collaboration between Sub-Saharan Africa Regions 2.1 Overall Number of Articles for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-122.2 World Publication Shares for Sub-Saharan Africa and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.3 Percentage of Total Article Output by Subject Grouping for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa, 2003 vs. 2012; 2.4 World Citation Share across All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12; 2.5 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for All Subject Groupings for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Institutions, 2003-12 2.6 Field-Weighted Citation Impact versus World Article Share for the Physical Sciences and STEM for Sub-Saharan Africa Regions and Comparator Countries, 2003-12 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822957803321 |
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Washington, D.C. : , : The World Bank, , 2015 | ||
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Trends in marriage and contraception in sub-Saharan Africa : a longitudinal perspective on factors of fertility decline / / Michel Garenne |
Autore | Garenne Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF International, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xvii, 146 pages) : illustrations |
Collana | DHS analytical studies |
Soggetto topico |
Childbirth - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Birth control - Africa, Sub-Saharan Marriage - Africa, Sub-Saharan Marriage age - Africa, Sub-Saharan Fertility - Africa, Sub-Saharan Birth control Childbirth Marriage |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Statistics.
Vital statistics. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Trends in marriage and contraception in sub-Saharan Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711981703321 |
Garenne Michel
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Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF International, , 2014 | ||
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Trends in nutritional status of adult women in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Michel Garenne |
Autore | Garenne Michel |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calverton, Maryland, USA : , : ICF Macro, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 96 pages) : illustrations, map |
Collana | DHS comparative reports |
Soggetto topico |
Demographic surveys - Statistical methods
Health surveys - Statistical methods Women - Nutrition - Africa, Sub-Saharan Body mass index - Africa, Sub-Saharan Stature - Africa, Sub-Saharan Women - Nutrition |
Soggetto genere / forma | Statistics. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711834503321 |
Garenne Michel
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Calverton, Maryland, USA : , : ICF Macro, , 2011 | ||
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U.S. election support in Africa : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, March 18, 2015 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 77 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Economic assistance, American - Africa, Sub-Saharan Democracy Economic assistance, American International relations Politics and government |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | U.S. Election Support in Africa |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910708197403321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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UNAIDS legal and regulatory self-assessment tool for male circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (20 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.19746300967 |
Soggetto topico |
Circumcision
Medical policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-27395-7
9786612273957 92-9173-821-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | COVER; COPYRIGHT; TITLE; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. INSTRUCTIONS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455239003321 |
Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
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UNAIDS legal and regulatory self-assessment tool for male circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (20 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.19746300967 |
Soggetto topico |
Circumcision
Medical policy |
ISBN |
1-282-27395-7
9786612273957 92-9173-821-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | COVER; COPYRIGHT; TITLE; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. INSTRUCTIONS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778538503321 |
Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
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UNAIDS legal and regulatory self-assessment tool for male circumcision in Sub-Saharan Africa [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (20 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.19746300967 |
Soggetto topico |
Circumcision
Medical policy |
ISBN |
1-282-27395-7
9786612273957 92-9173-821-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | COVER; COPYRIGHT; TITLE; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. INSTRUCTIONS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823498303321 |
Albany, N.Y., : World Health Organization, 2008 | ||
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The unfolding crisis in Burundi : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, July 22, 2015 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 70 pages) |
Soggetto topico |
Human rights - Africa, Sub-Saharan
Human rights Politics and government |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Unfolding crisis in Burundi |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704180203321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2015 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Using household survey data to explore the effects of improved housing conditions on malaria infection in children in Sub-Saharan Africa / / Lia Florey, Cameron Taylor |
Autore | Florey Lia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF International, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 35 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
Collana | DHS analytical studies |
Soggetto topico |
Health surveys
Malaria - Africa, Sub-Saharan Housing and health - Africa, Sub-Saharan Children - Health and hygiene - Africa, Sub-Saharan Household surveys - Africa, Sub-Saharan Children - Health and hygiene Household surveys Housing and health Malaria |
Soggetto genere / forma | Statistics. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910711643303321 |
Florey Lia
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Rockville, Maryland, USA : , : ICF International, , 2016 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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