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Two indisputable facts. Economic growth generates the resources for socio-economic development – it finances healthcare, education and infrastructure. Yet, economic growth comes at a cost – specifically environmental. How to have both growth and a healthy planet is proving to be a challenge for African countries. Lite Nartey explains how they can overcome it.
Carcasses heaped on benches under a makeshift shelter, leaking fluids onto the ground where children are playing… Unhygienic conditions like this are typical in Sierra Leone’s many informal markets, where wild animals are sold for meat. In this article, researchers propose what can be done to clean up the markets and prevent diseases from spreading to humans.
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Lite Nartey, INSEAD
African countries need to find an alternative that acknowledges that sustainable development and economic growth are interdependent.
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Jack Jenkins, Durham University; Hannah Brown, Durham University; Tommy Matthew Hanson, Njala University; Wahab Lawundeh, University of Basel
Reducing risk requires moving beyond heavy-handed solutions like banning bushmeat, and instead focusing on making markets safer.
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Christian Hamann, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
While a few new residential developments improve racial mixing, most other developments do not.
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Sam Filby, University of Cape Town; Corne van Walbeek, University of Cape Town
The number of smokers in Africa is on the rise. Research calculates the effect of tax-led price increases on the smoking habits of young people.
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Luis Gómez Romero, University of Wollongong
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Hugo Olierook, Curtin University; Hamed Gamaleldien, Curtin University
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Pedro DiNezio, University of Colorado Boulder
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Christel Nielsen, Lund University
Tattoos are extremely popular, but we still don’t know what the long-term risks are.
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