Building conflict uncertainty into electricity planning: A South Sudan case study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2019.01.003
Abstract: This paper explores electricity planning strategies in South Sudan under future conflict uncertainty. A stochastic energy system optimization model that explicitly considers the possibility of armed conflict leading to electric power generator damage is presented.… read more here.
Keywords: south sudan; conflict; conflict uncertainty; electricity planning ... See more keywords
Terrestrial oil spill mapping using satellite earth observation and machine learning: A case study in South Sudan.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113424
Abstract: Terrestrial oil spills are a major threat to environmental and human well-being. Rapid, accurate, and remote spatial assessment of oil contamination is critical to implementing countermeasures that prevent potentially lasting ecological damage and irreversible harm… read more here.
Keywords: oil spill; machine learning; terrestrial oil; oil spills ... See more keywords
The Raven's test performance of South Sudanese samples: A validation of criticisms of the utility of Raven's among Sub-Saharan Africans
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DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.02.018
Abstract: Abstract It has been argued that Raven's tests are problematic in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. No discussion of Raven's in South Sudan, one of the least developed countries in Africa, has been presented. We… read more here.
Keywords: sudanese samples; sub saharan; raven south; test ... See more keywords
MODELLING AND MONITORING MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE IN SOUTH SUDAN
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DOI: 10.1017/s0004972720000908
Abstract: Reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) is considered by the international community as one of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). South Sudan is amongst the countries with the highest MMR. The risk of a… read more here.
Keywords: south sudan; mortality rate; maternal mortality; modelling monitoring ... See more keywords
Governing Unclear Lines: Local Boundaries as a (Re)source of Conflict in South Sudan
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DOI: 10.1080/08865655.2017.1294497
Abstract: ABSTRACT South Sudan’s administrative boundaries stem from the colonial period. Since it gained independence in 2011, subsequent rounds of reshuffling of the political system, internal borders, and power relations have been a source of confusion,… read more here.
Keywords: conflict; source; unclear lines; lines local ... See more keywords
What we talk about when we talk about leadership in South Sudan
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DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1662770
Abstract: ABSTRACT It is important to think critically about how we develop leaders, particularly in highly unpredictable countries like South Sudan. This article gives an account of a yearlong reflective and experiential programme in Juba which… read more here.
Keywords: leadership; leadership south; talk leadership; talk talk ... See more keywords
South Sudan power-sharing agreement R-ARCSS: The same thing expecting different results
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DOI: 10.1080/10246029.2019.1680402
Abstract: ABSTRACT To date, two power-sharing agreements have been signed since civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013. The first agreement collapsed just after one year when renewed fighting broke out in July… read more here.
Keywords: power sharing; power; sharing agreement; sudan power ... See more keywords
Learning in Africa: China’s Overseas Oil Investments in Sudan and South Sudan
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DOI: 10.1080/10670564.2017.1305489
Abstract: Abstract In the past two decades, China’s national oil companies have become new players in the international oil industry. When they first entered the global scene in the 1990s, Chinese NOCs held few competitive advantages… read more here.
Keywords: sudan south; learning africa; south sudan; africa china ... See more keywords
Assessing the utility of risk management theory in the governance of new states: lessons from South Sudan
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DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2019.1569089
Abstract: Abstract South Sudan was born amid great hope for a country that boasted vast natural wealth. Inheriting a virtually lunar political and economic landscape, this hope quickly gave way under kleptocratic governance and corruption, a… read more here.
Keywords: risk; risk management; assessing utility; governance ... See more keywords
Health work and skills in the last mile of disease elimination. Experiences from sleeping sickness health workers in South Sudan and DR Congo
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DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2092175
Abstract: ABSTRACT Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is considered a highly promising candidate for elimination within the next decade. This paper argues that the experiential knowledge of frontline health workers will be critical to achieve this goal.… read more here.
Keywords: congo; health; south sudan; health workers ... See more keywords
Contesting the militarization of the places where they met: the landscapes of the western Nuer and Dinka (South Sudan)
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DOI: 10.1080/17531055.2017.1288408
Abstract: ABSTRACT Decades of militarized, violent conflict and elite wealth acquisition have created a common rupture in shared landscapes between communities of the western Dinka and Nuer (South Sudan). Through the remaking of these landscapes, governments… read more here.
Keywords: contesting militarization; landscape; nuer dinka; places met ... See more keywords