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Africa: U.S. Foreign Assistance Issues

Description: The United States provides assistance to 47 African countries, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has 23 missions in Africa. In recent years, U.S. assistance to Africa saw a major increase, especially in health-related programs. This report provides an overview of U.S. aid to Africa, including the strategic objectives that shape U.S. aid to Africa, information about specific aid programs and initiatives, and the Obama Administration's FY2011 foreign aid budget re… more
Date: October 6, 2010
Creator: Dagne, Ted
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Harambee (Celebration)]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 29, 1977, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Improving Market Access for Dryland Commodities in East Africa: Synthesis Report

Description: The report is based on the findings of a baseline survey carried out in four cross-border sites of global biodiversity significance in East Africa. The survey aimed to establish which dryland commodities might have sufficient market potential to lead to an improvement in livelihoods, while enabling sustainable natural resource development; and to identify processes by which this might be achieved.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Dawson, John
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A Top to Bottom Lithospheric Study of Africa and Arabia

Description: We study the lithospheric structure of Africa, Arabia and adjacent oceanic regions with fundamental-mode surface waves over a wide period range. Including short period group velocities allows us to examine shallower features than previous studies of the whole continent. In the process, we have developed a crustal thickness map of Africa. Main features include crustal thickness increases under the West African, Congo, and Kalahari cratons. We find crustal thinning under Mesozoic and Cenozoic rif… more
Date: October 31, 2006
Creator: Pasyanos, M
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Report on the petroleum resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Description: Nigeria ranks among the top 10 largest oil producers and exporters of the world, with production being as high as 2.4 million bbl/d. Its ultimately recoverable oil resources may range from 20.5 to 41.5 billion bbl, of which 6.1 billion bbl have already been produced through 1977. With accelerated exploration and development. Nigeria's production capacity could reach 3.0 to 3.3 million bbl/d and hold this level for 5 years. Probable production rate, however, is 2 to 2.5 million bbl/d for at… more
Date: October 1, 1979
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Design of generic coal conversion facilities: Indirect coal liquefaction, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Description: A comprehensive review of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) technology, including fixed, fluidized, and bubble column reactors, was undertaken in order to develop an information base before initiating the design of the Fischer-Tropsch indirect liquefaction PDU as a part of the Generic Coal Conversion Facilities to be built at the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC). The pilot plant will include a fixed bed and slurry bubble column reactor for the F-T mode of operation. The review encompasses current… more
Date: October 1, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Zoo bonds]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 30, 1985
Duration: 1 minute 50 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Design of Generic Coal Conversion Facilities: Indirect Coal Liquefaction, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Description: A comprehensive review of Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) technology, including fixed, fluidized, and bubble column reactors, was undertaken in order to develop an information base before initiating the design of the Fischer-Tropsch indirect liquefaction PDU as a part of the Generic Coal Conversion Facilities to be built at the Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center (PETC). The pilot plant will include a fixed bed and slurry bubble column reactor for the F-T mode of operation. The review encompasses current… more
Date: October 1, 1991
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Documentation of the status of international geothermal power plants and a list by country of selected geothermally active governmental and private sector entities

Description: This report includes the printouts from the International Geothermal Power Plant Data Base and the Geothermally Active Entity Data Base. Also included are the explanation of the abbreviations used in the power plant data base, maps of geothermal installations by country, and data base questionnaires and mailing lists.
Date: October 1, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical Potential of Solar Energy to Address Energy Poverty and Avoid GHG Emissions in Africa (Poster)

Description: Approximately 1.6 billion people worldwide do not have access to electricity, and roughly 2.4 billion people rely on traditional biomass fuels to meet their heating and cooking needs. Lack of access to and use of energy - or energy poverty - has been recognized as a barrier to reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and other targeted efforts to improve health and quality of life. Reducing reliance on traditional biomass can substantially reduce indoor air pollution-related morbidity a… more
Date: October 1, 2008
Creator: Cowlin, S.; Heimiller, D.; Bilello, D. & Renne, D.
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[News Script: Sir Thomas Beadle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Chief Justice of Southern Rhodesia, Sir Thomas Hugh William Beadle, coming to Dallas as part of the State Department's Foreign Leader Program nationwide tour.
Date: October 30, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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Final Report. SFAA No. DEFC02-98CH10961. Technical assistance for joint implementation and other supporting mechanisms and measures for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation

Description: IIEC, a division of CERF, has developed an extensive base of experience implementing activities that support climate action by developing USIJI projects in transitional countries within Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, and southern Africa. IIEC has been able to provide a range of technical and policy assistance to governments and industry in support of sustainable energy use. IIEC continues to work in key countries with local partners to develop and implement energy efficiency p… more
Date: October 15, 2001
Creator: Knight, Denise
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: UT regents]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 10, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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U.S. Trade and Investment Relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act and Beyond

Description: This report presents perspectives on African economic trends and provides an overview of U.S. trade and investment flows with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It discusses the provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the changes that have occurred since its enactment. It concludes with a brief discussion of issues of congressional interest.
Date: October 28, 2008
Creator: Langton, Danielle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Art]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story.
Date: October 4, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: UT regents]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 11, 1985, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Kenya geothermal private power project: A prefeasibility study

Description: Twenty-eight geothermal areas in Kenya were evaluated and prioritized for development. The prioritization was based on the potential size, resource temperature, level of exploration risk, location, and exploration/development costs for each geothermal area. Suswa, Eburru and Arus are found to offer the best short-term prospects for successful private power development. It was found that cost per kill developed are significantly lower for the larger (50MW) than for smaller-sized (10 or 20 NW) pr… more
Date: October 1, 1992
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Director`s series on proliferation

Description: This series is an occasional publication of essays on the topics of nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile proliferation. Essays contained in this document include: Key issues on NPT renewal and extension, Africa and nuclear nonproliferation, Kenya`s views on the NPT, Prospects for establishing a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the middle east, effects of a special nuclear weapon materials cut-off convention, and The UK view of NPT renewal.
Date: October 17, 1994
Creator: Bailey, K. C. & Price, M. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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African Debt to the United States and Multilateral Agencies

Description: This report provides statistical information and possible solutions to the multilateral and bilateral debt of Africa. Possible solutions include debt forgiveness options, yet this comes with the consequence of limited future aid from multilateral agencies.
Date: October 4, 2002
Creator: Sanford, Jonathan E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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AIDS Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC): Problems, Responses, and Issues for Congress

Description: This report discusses the issue of children that have been left as orphans due to AIDS taking their parents lives. Moreover, the report details that between 2001 and 2003 the number of children orphaned from AIDS increased by 3.5 million. The rate of orphaned children is only expected to increase in the future if massive spending is not issued to curb the problem.
Date: October 26, 2005
Creator: Salaam, Tiaji
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dating Studies of Elephant Tusks Using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Description: A new method for determining the year of birth, the year of death, and hence, the age at death, of post-bomb and recently deceased elephants has been developed. The technique is based on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry radiocarbon analyses of small-sized samples extracted from along the length of a ge-line of an elephant tusk. The measured radiocarbon concentrations in the samples from a tusk can be compared to the {sup 14}C atmospheric bomb-pulse curve to derive the growth years of the initial a… more
Date: October 3, 2002
Creator: Sideras-Haddad, E & Brown, T A
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Digital Readiness Assessment of Countries in Africa: A Case Study Research

Description: Conference paper seeking to answer these questions: What is the current state of digital readiness in African countries? Do existing digital readiness assessment tools, indicators, or metrics, help to assess the digital readiness of countries in Africa?
Date: October 13, 2021
Creator: Assefa, Shimelis; Rorissa, Abebe & Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
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