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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- OVERVIEW -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SHORT- TERM PROSPECTS -- RESPONDING TO EXOGENOUS SHOCKS -- SUSTAINING GROWTH IN AFRICA -- MAKING REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS MORE EFFECTIVE IN AFRICA -- APPENDIX -- STATISTICAL APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- PUBLICATIONS OF THE IMF AFRICAN DEPARTMENT, 2003-05

While nearly one in every five people in the world today is Muslim, Islam is spreading most rapidly in Sub-Saharan Africa which is today home to over 150 million Muslims. Although immensely varied, African Islam, the authors demonstrate, is defined by three overarching beliefs

<p class="Pa5"><strong>Objectives: </strong>Many researchers continue to believe that urbanization is a major contributor to diabetes. We seek to demon­strate that the social status associated with urbanization has an impact on the preva­lence of diabetes in Libreville, Gabon in sub-Saharan Africa.</p><p class="Pa5"><strong>Methods: </strong>Our study was conducted in Li­breville, the capital of Gabon; the city has a population of 397,000. Our study analyzed data from the registries of patients hospital­ized in 2013 in the main diabetes center in Libreville.</p><p class="Pa5"><strong>Result: </strong>The results revealed that, for 2013, 798 patients were hospitalized with diabetes at a prevalence of .2%. We found differences (<em>P</em>&lt;.05) between women (423) and men (375). Mean age for women was 52.02 years and 48.88 years for men. The number of existing cases hospitalized was significantly more than new cases. All levels of society were represented in our study: students (42); military (36); administratives (99); technicians (180); unemployed (295); and retired (146). The results showed that the unemployed (36%), particularly women (29.40%) are most affected by diabetes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results show the impact of social status on the increase of diabetes in Libreville. We found that urbanization, associated with insecurity especially in women, had an effect on the prevalence of diabetes in Libreville. These results indicate that, apart from the non-modifiable fac­tors (age, race, ethnicity), insecurity is a modifiable factor that should be taken into account. <em>Ethn Dis. </em>2015;25(4):459-462; doi:10.18865/ed.25.4.459</p>

FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Part I--Report -- 1 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations for Furthering Research -- References -- Part II--Papers -- 2 Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Changing Demography of the Region--Victoria A. Velkoff and Paul R. Kowal -- 3 Demographic Impacts of the HIV Epidemic and Consequences of Population-Wide Treatment of HIV for the Elderly: Results from Microsimulation--Samuel J. Clark -- 4 The HIV/AIDS Epidemic, Kin Relations, Living Arrangements, and the African Elderly in South Africa--M. Giovanna Merli and Alberto Palloni -- 5 Older Adults and the Health Transition in Agincourt, Rural South Africa: New Understanding, Growing Complexity--Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Margaret Thorogood, Myles Connor, Michel Garenne, Mark Collinson, and Gillian Hundt -- 6 The Situation of Older People in Poor Urban Settings: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya--Alex C. Ezeh, Gloria Chepngeno, Abdhalah Ziraba Kasiira, and Zewdu Woubalem -- 7 Labor Force Withdrawal of the Elderly in South Africa--David Lam, Murray Leibbrandt, and Vimal Ranchhod -- 8 HIV/AIDS and Older People in South Africa--Victoria Hosegood and Ian M. Timaeus -- 9 Interactions Between Socioeconomic Status and Living Arrangements in Predicting Gender-Specific Health Status Among the Elderly in Cameroon--Barthélémy Kuate-Defo -- 10 Survey Measures of Health: How Well Do Self-Reported and Observed Indicators Measure Health and Predict Mortality?--Randall Kuhn, Omar Rahman, and Jane Menken -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B About the Contributors.

Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Brief Literature Review -- III. Stylized Facts -- IV. Empirical Analysis -- V. Unbundling Governance -- VI. Non-Linearity -- VII. Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- FIGURES -- 1. Corruption Perceptions and Governance in SSA and the World -- 2. Governance and Corruption Perceptions and Level of Development -- 3. Governance and Corruption Perceptions and Growth -- 4. Corruption Perceptions and Fiscal Outcomes -- 5. Sample Distribution of Governance and Corruption Perceptions -- 6. SSA Sample Attributes -- 7. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA -- 8. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA Controlling for Endogeneity -- 9. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Across Regions -- 10. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Across Country Groups -- 11. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth in SSA Controlling for Other Factors -- 12. Overall Effect of Governance on Growth Using 3-Year and 1-Year Averages -- 13. Overall Effect of Governance and Corruption Perceptions on Growth -- TABLES -- 1. Correlation Between Governance and Corruption Perceptions in SSA, 1995-2015 -- 2. Summary of Variables and Data Sources -- 3. Summary Statistics of Main Variables Used in the Regressions -- 4. Governance and Growth in SSA: OLS Regressions -- 5. Governance and Growth in SSA: Baseline System GMM Regressions -- 6. Alternative Measures of Governance: System GMM Regressions -- 7. Governance Channels and Growth: System GMM Regressions -- 8. Corruption Perceptions and Growth in SSA: System GMM Regressions -- 9. Governance and Corruption Perceptions: Non-linear Models

Overall, the book will interest all sociolinguists, language in education researchers and scholars, language policy makers in multilingual situations, and even politicians. Also, anyone interested in the complex African language context will find the book very informative, even stirring, while those involved with language issues in multilingual situations all over the world will find Language Attitudes in Sub-Saharan Africa interesting, stimulating, and valuable

Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), Infrastructure and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the extent to which, how, and how fast the infrastructure needs of the poor have been met in Sub-Saharan Africa. Estache and Wodon explore the extent to which some key policies have hurt or helped progress in trying to speed the expansions of coverage so clearly needed in the region. They focus on electricity, water, sanitation, and other services at the core of the day-to-day needs of the population, examining the extent to which reforms of the last 15-20 years have managed to reduce the infrastructure gap. They anchor their analysis on the evidence available about the macroeconomic importance of infrastructure for the region, the policies that have been adopted to accelerate coverage, and a detailed assessment of the poverty dimensions of infrastructure

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