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Abstract Abstract Did the Egyptians Die in a Storm? F. M. Cross and D. N. Freedman have argued that Exodus 15,1–19 presents a version of the crossing of the Reed Sea in which the Israelites are pursued by the Egyptians across a storm‐tossed sea in boats, instead of across the dry seabed with the waters in walls on either side. The central argument hinges on the meaning of qp’ and nd (v 8) in the light of comparative philology; however, careful application of comparative philology does not support their thesis.
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ABSTRACT This discussion piece addresses two recent debates: entitlement theory and the resilience of rural systems. The authors find that in western Sudan entitlement theory provides a specific and useful framework for understanding the nature of the crisis confronting the society. Arguments about the resilience of rural systems, however, need to be more closely examined and will depend on site‐specific factors. The rural economy and society of western Sudan were not found to be resilient.
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Drought by itself does not lead to famine. That requires severe economic weakness, very poor national and/or external response and/or war. In practice, mass starvation does not happen in Africa in the absence of war. However, the degree of hunger and, perhaps even more, the speed of affected household livelihood recovery depend heavily on domestic and international strategic responses. The present standard donor political economy of response to crisis is one-off, short term, not...
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Drought by itself does not lead to famine. That requires severe economic weakness, very poor national and/or external response and/or war. In practice, mass starvation does not happen in Africa in the absence of war. However, the degree of hunger and, perhaps even more, the speed of affected household livelihood recovery depend heavily on domestic and international strategic responses. The present standard donor political economy of response to crisis is one-off, short term, not...
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This article presents the results of three surveys, which were undertaken in order to estimate the levels of organic and bacterial pollutions of the Ebrie lagoon banks in the urban area of Abidjan.
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(1993). Democratic Management and School Effectiveness in Africa: learning from Tanzania. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education: Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 289-300.
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ABSTRACT Debate about manpower forecasting has continued for 25 years or more. The investigation reported here is an attempt to add to the debate. It focusses on the provision of secondary technical education in Egypt and the demand for technical school graduates, especially graduates from courses in agriculture. Egypt's secondary school system is more strongly vocationally oriented than that in most other developing countries. The approach used in the investigation has two components:...