Strategic leadership in post-conflict states: A study of The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Onchocerciasis control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): challenges in a post-war environment.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate onchocerciasis control activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first 12 years of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI). METHODS Data from the National Programme for Onchocerciasis (NPO) provided by the National Onchocerciasis Task Force (NOTF) through the annual reports of the 21 CDTI projects for the years 2001-2012 were reviewed retros...

network of phonological rules in lori dialect of andimeshk: a study within the framework of post-generative approach.

پژوهش حاضر ارائه ی توصیفی است از نظام آوایی گویش لری شهر اندیمشک، واقع در شمال غربی استان خوزستان. چهارچوب نظری این پژوهش، انگاره ی پسازایشی جزءمستقل می باشد. این پایان نامه شامل موارد زیر است: -توصیف آواهای این گویش به صورت آواشناسی سنتی و در قالب مختصه های زایشی ممیز، همراه با آوانوشته ی تفصیلی؛ -توصیف نظام آوایی گویش لری و قواعد واجی آن در چهارچوب انگاره ی پسازایشی جزءمستقل و معرفی برهم کن...

The Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo:

The purpose of this essay is twofold. First is to analyze the role of insurgent groups in the anti-Kabila civil war in the Congo within the statist approach, which endows the state with considerable autonomy in defining the nature of states’ preferences and developing solutions to them. The essay also contends that the statist approach is not sufficient, however. Once enmeshed in a stalemated w...

A critical analysis of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Implementing REDD+ in a Conflict-Affected Country: A Case Study of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Due to their carbon sequestration potential, tropical forests are a focal point for mitigation of climate change through Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) contains the largest part of the Congo Basin, the second largest rainforest in the world, and has become a main focus for REDD+ initiatives. However, DRC’s ongoing ins...