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Green grabs and rural development
Roy Maconachie
Feb 01, 2019
In Sub-Saharan Africa, now dubbed the ‘Green OPEC’ of the global bioenergy economy, biofuels have been hailed as a ‘new profitability frontier’ that will provide ‘win-win’ outcomes and deliver development to poor communities....
The Effect of Foreign Aid on Political Violence: Learning From Case Studies of Nigeria and Sierra Leone
Charlotte Rohrer
Jan 01, 0001
Policymakers in OECD countries regularly cite reducing political violence as a fundamental purpose of foreign aid. For example, countries such as Pakistan and Iraq have received considerable amounts of aid meant to address the...
Foreign Aid Sierra Leone Nigeria political violence RUF boko haram Human Rights extremism African Studies Defense and Security Studies economic policy Growth and Development International Relations Peace and Conflict Studies Political Economy Political Science Social and Behavioral Sciences Terrorism Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Dispossession, exploitation or employment? Youth livelihoods and extractive industry investment in Sierra Leone
Roy Maconachie
Oct 01, 2014
The impacts that increased transnational extractive industry investments are having on local populations in natural resource-rich regions of sub-Saharan Africa are diverse, far-reaching and complex. A surge of recent investment...
You’re in the Army Now:
Alex Neads
Dec 31, 2020
Military integration is intended to facilitate postconflict stabilization by creating unified armed forces from formerly antagonistic armed groups. However, integrated armies often struggle to overcome the factional identities...
Dispossession, exploitation or employment? Youth livelihoods and extractive industry investment in Sierra Leone
Roy Maconachie
Oct 01, 2014
The impacts that increased transnational extractive industry investments are having on local populations in natural resource-rich regions of sub-Saharan Africa are diverse, far-reaching and complex. A surge of recent investment...
Rapid outbreak sequencing of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone identifies transmission chains linked to sporadic cases.
Armando Arias, Simon J Watson, Danny Asogun, Ekaete Alice Tobin, Jia Lu, My VT Phan, Umaru Jah, Raoul Emeric Guetiya Wadoum, Luke Meredith, Lucy Thorne, Sarah Caddy, Alimamy Tarawalie, Pinky Langat, Gytis Dudas, Nuno R Faria, Simon Dellicour, Abdul Kamara, Brima Kargbo, Brima Osaio Kamara, Sahr Gevao, Daniel Cooper, Matthew Newport, Peter Horby, Jake Dunning, Foday Sahr, Tim Brooks, Andrew JH Simpson, Elisabetta Groppelli, Guoying Liu, Nisha Mulakken, Kate Rhodes, James Akpablie, Zabulon Yoti, Margaret Lamunu, Esther Vitto, Patrick Otim, Collins Owilli, Isaac Boateng, Lawrence Okoror, Emmanuel Omomoh, Jennifer Oyakhilome, Racheal Omiunu, Ighodalo Yemisis, Donatus Adomeh, Solomon Ehikhiametalor, Patience Akhilomen, Chris Aire, Andreas Kurth, Nicola Cook, Jan Baumann, Martin Gabriel, Roman Wölfel, Antonino Di Caro, Miles W Carroll, Stephan Günther, John Redd, Dhamari Naidoo, Oliver G Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Paul Kellam, Ian Goodfellow, Matthew Cotten
Jun 13, 2018
To end the largest known outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa and to prevent new transmissions, rapid epidemiological tracing of cases and contacts was required. The ability to quickly identify unknown sources...
Green grabs and rural development
Roy Maconachie
Feb 01, 2019
In Sub-Saharan Africa, now dubbed the ‘Green OPEC’ of the global bioenergy economy, biofuels have been hailed as a ‘new profitability frontier’ that will provide ‘win-win’ outcomes and deliver development to poor communities....
You’re in the Army Now:
Alex Neads
Dec 31, 2020
Military integration is intended to facilitate postconflict stabilization by creating unified armed forces from formerly antagonistic armed groups. However, integrated armies often struggle to overcome the factional identities...
'New agriculture' for sustainable development? Biofuels and agrarian change in post-war Sierra Leone
In sub-Saharan Africa, commercial bioenergy production has been hailed as a new form of ‘green capitalism’ that will deliver ‘win-win’ outcomes and ‘pro poor’ development. Yet in an era of global economic recession and soaring...
Artisanal mining, mechanization and human (in) security in Sierra Leone
In recent years, as alluvial mineral deposits in many regions of West Africa have become ‘worked out’, new methods of extraction have become increasingly prevalent. In the case of Sierra Leone, traditional artisanal and...
Politics, development and the instrumentalisation of (de)centralisation in Sierra Leone
Felix Marco Conteh
Mar 27, 2017
The politics of decentralisation reforms in Sierra Leone are unpredictable and instructive. This article, based on fieldwork, analyses party politics within the context of decentralisation, arguing that the imperatives of...
'New agriculture' for sustainable development? Biofuels and agrarian change in post-war Sierra Leone
In sub-Saharan Africa, commercial bioenergy production has been hailed as a new form of ‘green capitalism’ that will deliver ‘win-win’ outcomes and ‘pro poor’ development. Yet in an era of global economic recession and soaring...
Artisanal mining, mechanization and human (in) security in Sierra Leone
In recent years, as alluvial mineral deposits in many regions of West Africa have become ‘worked out’, new methods of extraction have become increasingly prevalent. In the case of Sierra Leone, traditional artisanal and...
Politics, development and the instrumentalisation of (de)centralisation in Sierra Leone
Felix Marco Conteh
Mar 27, 2017
The politics of decentralisation reforms in Sierra Leone are unpredictable and instructive. This article, based on fieldwork, analyses party politics within the context of decentralisation, arguing that the imperatives of...
Delivering Higher Education in Public Health Emergencies
Thomas Songu
Jan 01, 2022
With the general closure of universities and schools in Sierra Leone due to the COVID-19 pandemic, digital learning has become a credible alternative to maintain students in educational, training, and research links. The study...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Spaces for contestation
Across mineral-rich sub-Saharan Africa, it has become increasingly common for mining companies to support development schemes in host communities where resource extraction takes place. The negotiation of so-called ‘community...
How the Environment Shapes Tactile Sensing
The mechanical properties of a sensor strongly affect its tactile sensing capabilities. By exploiting tactile filters, mechanical structures between the sensing unit and the environment, it is possible to tune the...
Mining for change? Youth livelihoods and extractive industry investment in Sierra Leone
R Maconachie
Oct 01, 2014
Over the past two decades, neoliberal reforms, soaring commodity prices and heightened global resource demands have led to significant growth in extractive industry investment across sub-Saharan Africa. A surge of investment has...
Mining for change? Youth livelihoods and extractive industry investment in Sierra Leone
R Maconachie
Oct 01, 2014
Over the past two decades, neoliberal reforms, soaring commodity prices and heightened global resource demands have led to significant growth in extractive industry investment across sub-Saharan Africa. A surge of investment has...
'The war whose bullets you don’t see’
This paper reflects critically on the transformational impacts the recent Ebola epidemic has had in diamond-rich areas of rural Sierra Leone. It focuses specifically on the country's ‘diggers’, a sizable group of labourers who...
Coevolution of internal representations in physical human-robot orchestration – models of the surgeon and the robot in robotic surgery
Abstract
In teleoperated Robot-Assisted Minimally-Invasive Surgery (RAMIS), a surgeon controls the movements of instruments inside the patient’s body via a pair of robotic...
Artisanal mining policy reforms, informality and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals in Sierra Leone
In recent years, governments, donors and policy makers across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have increasingly realised the potential of formalizing and supporting artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low tech, labour-intensive...
First Woman to Lead a U.S. Military Academy Will Visit Winthrop Feb. 6
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Rear Admiral Sandra Stosz is the first woman to lead a United States Military Academy. Her visit will be Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. in Dina's Place. It is a free cultural event.
Published by: Winthrop University
'Kinetic Canvas'' Concert Combines Dance with Sculpture
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Faculty members Sandra Neels and Gary Larsen will participate in UNC-Charlotte's "Kinetic Canvas" March 28-April 1. Neels will present "Transitory Souls," and Larsen will perform "Set in Stone."
Published by: Winthrop University
Artisanal mining policy reforms, informality and challenges to the Sustainable Development Goals in Sierra Leone
In recent years, governments, donors and policy makers across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have increasingly realised the potential of formalizing and supporting artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low tech, labour-intensive...
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