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  Changing business as usual: assessing development policy and practice in the Sahel from a resilience lens

  CARE International, 2015

  Every year, over 20 million people suffer from chronic hunger, and are trapped in a debt and hunger cycle from which they cannot escape. Substantial humanitarian and development action is required in 2016 and beyond, yet this crisis is still ongoing despite increases in humanitarian aid from under $200 million dollars in the years prior to 2008, up to almost $1 billion dollars in 2013.
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  Social media as instrument of global mobilisation: a textual analysis of the 'bring back our girls' campaign

  2015

  The abduction of over 200 female students from Chibok in April, 2014, by the outlawed Boko Haram insurgents attracted global condemnation which went viral on social media.
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  Social media as instrument of global mobilisation: a textual analysis of the 'bring back our girls' campaign

  2015

  The abduction of over 200 female students from Chibok in April, 2014, by the outlawed Boko Haram insurgents attracted global condemnation which went viral on social media.
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  Women’s Rights Online: Translating Access into Empowerment

  2015

  This research, based on a survey of poor urban men and women across nine developing countries, found that while the majority of men and women own a mobile phone, women are still nearly 50% less likely to access the Internet than men in the same communities.
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  Determinants of expected poverty among rural households in Nigeria

  African Economic Research Consortium, 2008

  Vulnerability measures are becoming tools for evolving proactive steps to alleviate poverty. Against this backdrop, this study examined the determinants of expected poverty (a measure of vulnerability) among rural households in Nigeria. 
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  Improving skills development in the informal sector: strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2013

  This study examines the role played by education and skills development in achieving sub-saharan Africa’s full potential.
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  Higher education in Nigeria: a status report

  2003

  The government of Nigeria initiated higher education policy reforms intended to bring its university system more in line with international good practices. The reforms promote increased institutional autonomy, greater system differentiation, strengthened governance, and mechanisms for quality assurance.
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  Skills development in the informal sector of sub‐Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2008

  This study examines the role played by education and skills development in achieving this objective.
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  Non-profit food distribution: working with businesses to reduce undernutrition in Nigeria

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  In Nigeria, undernutrition is causing vast social and economic damage. To address this, poor people must have better access to a diet rich in essential nutrients. Markets are a key source of food for a growing proportion of poor people, but a number of constraints prevent businesses from providing nutrition-rich foods that reach the poorest communities.
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  Team of researchers from Bayero University Kano receives grant to compare feeding practices of mothers of stunted and non-stunted children

  Operational Research and Impact Evaluation, 2015

  In March 2015, a team in the Department of Community Medicine of Bayero University Kano led by Professor Zubairu Iliyasu received a research grant for a new research project to compare the feeding practices of mothers with stunted and non-stunted children.

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