African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract▲	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84872616856	Floods and livelihoods: The impact of changing water resources on wetland agro-ecological product...	Leauthaud C., Duvail S., Hamerlynck O., Paul J.-L., Cochet H., Nyunja J., Albergel J., Grünberger O.	2013	Global Environmental Change	23	1	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.09.003	IRD, UMR LISAH, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France; Kenya Wetland Biodiversity Research Tea...	Leauthaud, C., IRD, UMR LISAH, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France, Kenya Wetland Biodiversi...	Wetlands are highly dynamic and productive systems that have been under increased pressure from c...	Food production; Human well-being; River water depletion; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sustainability; Wet...	agroecology; delta; ecosystem service; ethnic group; flood; food production; food security; land ...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33746454751	Impact of land use on vegetation composition, diversity, and selected soil properties of wetlands...	Walters D.J.J., Kotze D.C., O'Connor T.G.	2006	Wetlands Ecology and Management	14	4	10.1007/s11273-005-4990-5	Mondi Wetlands Project, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, WWF-South Africa, P.O. ...	Walters, D.J.J., Mondi Wetlands Project, Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa, WWF-So...	Wetlands provide the ecosystem services of enhancing water quality, attenuating floods, sequestra...	Carbon; Communal; Cultivation; DCA; Invasives; Oxbows; Plant diversity; South Africa	community composition; grazing pressure; land use; ordination; plant community; soil carbon; soil...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34548625221	Assessment of the impacts of land use changes on the hydrological regime of a small rural catchme...	Troy B., Sarron C., Fritsch J.M., Rollin D.	2007	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	32	15-18	10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.049	IRD, UMR G-eau, P.O. Box 542, Newtown 2113, Johannesburg, South Africa; Ecole Nationale Supérieur...	Troy, B., IRD, UMR G-eau, P.O. Box 542, Newtown 2113, Johannesburg, South Africa; Sarron, C., Eco...	Wetlands provide various environmental services and support livelihoods of poor populations in ma...	GR4J; Land use changes; Olifants River; Rainfall-runoff modeling; Wetlands	Catchments; Climatology; Hydrology; Mathematical models; Rain; Rivers; Runoff; Weather forecastin...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84904544191	The Impact of Common Property Right Forestry: Evidence from Ethiopian Villages	Gelo D., Koch S.F.	2014	World Development	64	None	10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.06.020	University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; University of Pretoria, Hatfield, South Africa	Gelo, D., University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa, University of Pretoria, Hatfield, So...	We use inverse probability weighting to examine the effects of a unique two-pronged common-proper...	Community forestry; Matching and Ethiopia; Treatment effects	agricultural land; common property resource; community resource management; forest management; la...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84857544257	Geostatistical inversion for 3D confidence evaluation of facies prediction: A Gulf of Guinea example	Araman A., Cadoret T., Pernia L., Minken D., Moyen R.	2011	SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts	30	1	10.1190/1.3627539	Total E and P, France; Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, Nigeria; CGG Veritas, France	Araman, A., Total E and P, France; Cadoret, T., Total E and P, France; Pernia, L., Total E and P,...	We use lithoseismic classification on geostatistical inverted seismic data to access multiple rea...	Africa; Inversion; Lithology; Reservoir characterization; Statistical	None	None	View
None	None	The Impact of Trade Credit on Customer Switching Behaviour: Evidence from the Tanzanian Rice Market	Hermes N., Kihanga E., Lensink R., Lutz C.	2012	Journal of Development Studies	48	3	10.1080/00220388.2011.615921	Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Faculty of Commerce, Mzu...	Hermes, N., Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Netherlands; Kihanga, E.,...	We use primary survey data to analyse the relationship between trade credit and customer switchin...	None	credit provision; financial market; market system; retailing; Tanzania	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34249281963	From pastoralism to tourism: The historical impact of changing land use practices in Namaqualand	Hoffman M.T., Rohde R.F.	2007	Journal of Arid Environments	70	4	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.05.014	Botany Department, Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cape Town, Private...	Hoffman, M.T., Botany Department, Leslie Hill Institute for Plant Conservation, University of Cap...	We use the concept of ecological revolutions to explain the environmental history of Namaqualand,...	Degradation; Environmental history; Human impact; Population; Repeat photography	anthropogenic effect; environmental history; historical geography; human settlement; land use cha...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861831370	Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa	Dinkelman T., Ranchhod V.	2012	Journal of Development Economics	99	1	10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.006	Dartmouth College, United States; University of Cape Town, South Africa	Dinkelman, T., Dartmouth College, United States; Ranchhod, V., University of Cape Town, South Africa	What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the introduction o...	Africa; Domestic workers; Informal sector; Minimum wage	developing world; domestic work; informal sector; law enforcement; legislation; minimum wage; Sou...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84905019402	Using clickers to facilitate interactive engagement activities in a lecture room for improved per...	Tlhoaele M., Hofman A., Naidoo A., Winnips K.	2014	Innovations in Education and Teaching International	51	5	10.1080/14703297.2013.796725	Teaching and Learning with Technology, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa; ...	Tlhoaele, M., Teaching and Learning with Technology, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, ...	What impact can interactive engagement (IE) activities using clickers have on students' motivatio...	class discussion; group discussion; individual effort; interactive engagement; personal response ...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84918586205	Use of the myocardial performance index as a prognostic indicator of adverse fetal outcome in poo...	Bhorat I.E., Bagratee J.S., Pillay M., Reddy T.	2014	Prenatal Diagnosis	34	13	10.1002/pd.4471	Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of Kwa...	Bhorat, I.E., Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, Uni...	What is known about the topic?Fetal complications in gestational diabetes without microvascular c...	None	adult; clinical trial; cross-sectional study; female; fetus heart; heart function test; human; pa...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-29144485903	Evaluation and application of the ROMS 1-way embedding procedure to the central california upwell...	Penven P., Debreu L., Marchesiello P., McWilliams J.C.	2006	Ocean Modelling	12	42371	10.1016/j.ocemod.2005.05.002	Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-15...	Penven, P., Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles,...	What most clearly distinguishes near-shore and off-shore currents is their dominant spatial scale...	Boundary conditions; Coastal upwelling; Eddy kinetic energy; Embedding; Mesoscale eddies; Ocean m...	Algorithms; Approximation theory; Boundary conditions; Kinetic energy; Mathematical models; Numer...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883459818	Performance measures for dynamic multi-objective optimisation algorithms	Helbig M., Engelbrecht A.P.	2013	Information Sciences	250	None	10.1016/j.ins.2013.06.051	Meraka Institute, CSIR, Scientia, Meiring Naudé Road, 0184, Brummeria, Pretoria, South Africa; De...	Helbig, M., Meraka Institute, CSIR, Scientia, Meiring Naudé Road, 0184, Brummeria, Pretoria, Sout...	When algorithms solve dynamic multi-objective optimisation problems (DMOOPs), performance measure...	Dynamic multi-objective optimization; erformance measure	Algorithm's performance; Dynamic multiobjective optimization; erformance measure; Performance mea...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84958102539	Monitoring of Extraction Efficiency by a Sample Process Control Virus Added Immediately Upon Samp...	Ruhanya V., Diez-Valcarce M., D’Agostino M., Cook N., Hernández M., Rodríguez-Lázaro D.	2015	Food and Environmental Virology	7	4	10.1007/s12560-015-9214-4	Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Food Technology Sec...	Ruhanya, V., Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Diez-V...	When analysing food samples for enteric viruses, a sample process control virus (SPCV) must be ad...	Enteric viruses; Molecular detection; Quality control; Real-time PCR; Sample process control; Sto...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78649773344	Estimating expenditure impacts without expenditure data using asset proxies	Wittenberg M.	2011	Economics Letters	110	2	10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.009	School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa	Wittenberg, M., School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa	When asset indices are used in regressions the coefficients obtained are typically difficult to i...	Asset index; Attenuation; Obesity; Proxy variables	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-71949099485	Indicator patches: Exploiting spatial heterogeneity to improve monitoring systems	Stokes C.J., Yeaton R.I., Bayer M.B., Bestelmeyer B.T.	2009	Rangeland Journal	31	4	10.1071/RJ08021	Department of Botany, Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, University of Natal, P/Bag ...	Stokes, C.J., Department of Botany, Research Unit for Plant Growth and Development, University of...	When choosing which environmental attributes to monitor in assessing disturbance, it is important...	Karoo; Plant demographics; Rangeland	Harness; Ovis aries	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84907330626	A framework for monitoring social process and outcomes in environmental programs	Chapman S.	2014	Evaluation and Program Planning	47	None	10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2014.07.004	Institute for Monitoring and Evaluation, Section of Organisational Psychology, University of Cape...	Chapman, S., Institute for Monitoring and Evaluation, Section of Organisational Psychology, Unive...	When environmental programs frame their activities as being in the service of human wellbeing, so...	Adaptive co-management; Collaborative adaptive management; Community based natural resource manag...	adaptive management; comanagement; community resource management; conceptual framework; conservat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84863038121	Investigation of factors influencing the determination of discount rate in the economic evaluatio...	Park S.-J., Matunhire I.I.	2011	Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy	111	11	None	University of Pretoria, South Africa	Park, S.-J., University of Pretoria, South Africa; Matunhire, I.I., University of Pretoria, South...	When evaluating mining investment opportunities, one should consider the risks associated with mi...	Discount rate; Economic evaluation; Mine development; Risk factors	Cash flow analysis; Degree of risks; Discount rates; Economic evaluation; Economic evaluations; I...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77952564124	Signal level Simulator for netted text radar waveforms evaluation	Paichard Y., Brooker M., Inggs M.	2010	IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine	25	3	10.1109/MAES.2010.5463953	Radar AndRemoe Sensing Group, University of CapeTown, South Africa	Paichard, Y., Radar AndRemoe Sensing Group, University of CapeTown, South Africa; Brooker, M., Ra...	When evaluating the performances of radar waveforms, it is crucial to understand how the signal i...	None	Arbitrary number; Arbitrary waveform; Continuous waves; Flexible simulators; Multi-static; Multip...	None	View
WoS	WOS:000297213800001	When does rigorous impact evaluation make a difference? The case of the Millennium Villages	Clemens, Michael A.,Demombynes, Gabriel	2011	JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVENESS	3	3	10.1080/19439342.2011.587017	The World Bank, Ctr Global Dev	"Demombynes, Gabriel: The World Bank",	When is the rigorous impact evaluation of development projects a luxury, and when a necessity? Th...	evaluation,"millennium development goals",PACKAGE,VILLAGE,ECONOMICS,KENYA,RANDOMIZATION	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77956741731	Measuring quality performance of cadastral survey and deeds registration work processes	Chimhamhiwa D., Mutanga O., van der Molen P.	2011	Land Use Policy	28	1	10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.04.007	University of KwaZulu Natal, Land Information Management Programme, Centre for Environment, Agric...	Chimhamhiwa, D., University of KwaZulu Natal, Land Information Management Programme, Centre for E...	When land parcel boundaries are surveyed for purposes of registration in most southern African co...	Cadastral survey examination; Deeds examination; Process yield; Quality performance; Root causes	administration; cadastre; land registration; quality control; surveying; Namibia; South Africa; Z...	None	View

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