Keyword: developing countries

Found 852 papers in total
An agent-based model to understand the multiple uses of land and resources around drillings in Sahel
An agent-based model to understand the multiple uses of land and resources around drillings in Sahel
2006,
In Sahel, land and resources are used, according to the seasons, by various actors...
Improving allocation of irrigation water in southwest India
Improving allocation of irrigation water in southwest India
2006,
Irrigation schemes in southwest India are heterogeneous in crops, area of irrigation...
Bridging Zambia's water service gap: NGO/community partnerships
Bridging Zambia's water service gap: NGO/community partnerships
2006,
Although the world's urban population has in the last 50 years increased fourfold,...
Ranking irrigation planning alternatives using data envelopment analysis
Ranking irrigation planning alternatives using data envelopment analysis
2006,
Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a Multicriterion Decision Making...
Optimization model for the Aguas Group drinking water production and main distribution network
Optimization model for the Aguas Group drinking water production and main distribution network
2005,
A model based on mixed-integer network optimization is developed and applied to the...
Benefits of IT-based decision-making in developing countries
Benefits of IT-based decision-making in developing countries
2000,
Despite the irritatingly slow progress of economic and social development in the...
An Investigation of the use of methods within information systems development projects
An Investigation of the use of methods within information systems development projects
2005,
The development of information systems has always been and remains a volatile...
A framework for culturally influenced information systems management
A framework for culturally influenced information systems management
2006,
This paper presents a framework for culturally influenced Information Systems...
Is there a relationship between ICT, health, education and development? An empirical analysis of five West African countries from 1997–2003
Is there a relationship between ICT, health, education and development? An empirical analysis of five West African countries from 1997–2003
2006,
For more than a decade, key international organizations such as the World Bank,...
ICT infrastructure expansion in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of six West African countries from 1995 to 2002
ICT infrastructure expansion in sub-Saharan Africa: An analysis of six West African countries from 1995 to 2002
2006,
A decade has passed since many African countries started consistently investing in the...
Bridging the digital divide in Caribbean group decision making
Bridging the digital divide in Caribbean group decision making
2004,
Caribbean organizations, like their counterparts in developed countries, engage in...
Structural adjustment and African industry
Structural adjustment and African industry
1995,
A recent World Bank study comes to optimistic conclusions about the impact of...
Microfinance in Africa: Is it either the problem or the solution?
Microfinance in Africa: Is it either the problem or the solution?
1997,
This article is based on research undertaken on micro enterprises in the informal...
Controlling fiscal corruption
Controlling fiscal corruption
1999,
This paper examines the issue of how to control fiscal corruption by providing...
Improving design and performance of group lending: Suggestions from Burkina Faso
Improving design and performance of group lending: Suggestions from Burkina Faso
2002,
We summarize lessons learned by a credit program for women in Burkina Faso. Three...
Mathematical programming formulations for the examinations timetable problem: The case of the University of Dar es Salaam
Mathematical programming formulations for the examinations timetable problem: The case of the University of Dar es Salaam
2004,
The Examinations Timetabling Problem (ETP) is the problem of assigning courses to be...
The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers
The production efficiency of intercropping annual and perennial crops in southern Ethiopia: A comparison of distance functions and production frontiers
2006,
This study measures the efficiency of intercropping systems of annual and perennial...
Economics of the impact of alternative rice cropping systems on subsistence farming: Whole-farm analysis in northern Ghana
Economics of the impact of alternative rice cropping systems on subsistence farming: Whole-farm analysis in northern Ghana
2006,
Reducing fallow periods with sown leguminous plants (i.e., Callopogonium mucunoides )...
The adoption of intensive monocrop horticulture in southern Cameroon
The adoption of intensive monocrop horticulture in southern Cameroon
2004,
Results from a 1997 survey of 208 households in the humid forest zone of southern...
A village-level economic model of land clearing, grazing, and wood harvesting for sub-Saharan Africa: with a case study in southern Senegal
A village-level economic model of land clearing, grazing, and wood harvesting for sub-Saharan Africa: with a case study in southern Senegal
2001,
A village-level dynamic, stochastic, and non-linear programming model, incorporating...
Decision support systems for small scale agroindustrial investment promotion in rural areas
Decision support systems for small scale agroindustrial investment promotion in rural areas
2000,
A series of decision support systems (DSSs), developed as part of a government program...
Stochastic dominance analysis of soil fertility restoration options on sandy Sahelian soils in southwest Niger
Stochastic dominance analysis of soil fertility restoration options on sandy Sahelian soils in southwest Niger
2005,
The poor fertility of sandy Sahelian soils remains one of the major constraints to...
Economic cost of non-adoption of Bt-cotton in West Africa: with special reference to Mali
Economic cost of non-adoption of Bt-cotton in West Africa: with special reference to Mali
2005,
A major public policy issue in West Africa is whether or not, and how, to introduce...
A conceptual framework for ecologically and socially sustainable land management and agricultural development in Africa
A conceptual framework for ecologically and socially sustainable land management and agricultural development in Africa
2006,
Agricultural development in Sub-Saharan Africa witnessed an initial period of growth...
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