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Investigating the political economy of social protection expansion in Africa: at the intersection of transnational ideas and domestic politics
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2015Recent years have seen increasing interest in social protection as a means of reducing poverty and promoting development within the development industry and among growing numbers of developing countries.DocumentNorway’s municipal international cooperation - results achieved and lessons learnt
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2015Municipal International Cooperation (1997-2014) was a programme involving municipalities in Norway and the Global South. It was managed by the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS) and financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This report sums up results and identifies lessons to be learnt for a possible future scheme.DocumentEconomic governance: African Women's Engagement in Trade Agreements
2012How are trade agreements formulated, and who exactly is involved in the negotiation processes? These are the questions addressed in this short documentary, produced by FEMNET with support from Trust Africa.DocumentEconomic governance: African Women's Engagement in Trade Agreements
2012How are trade agreements formulated, and who exactly is involved in the negotiation processes? These are the questions addressed in this short documentary, produced by FEMNET with support from Trust Africa.DocumentHelpdesk Report: Contraceptive prevalence rate increases
Department for International Development, UK, 2011Based on UN MDG data for married women, countries that achieved a 3% or 5% increase in a year or a similar average over more years include The Gambia, Malawi, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. Statistics from other sources include increases shown in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Afghanistan.DocumentReproductive Health Commodity Security (RHCS) country case studies synthesis: Cambodia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zambia
DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2006Secure and sustained access to quality and affordable commodity supplies is a critical driver of reproductive and sexual health,as it is for child health and communicable disease treatment and prevention. Improved access to these commodities is essential for the success of wider efforts to scale up health services,in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.DocumentLegislation on the for-profit private health sector in east and southern Africa
EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2013International evidence shows that, if left unregulated, the for-profit sector may lead to distortions in the quantity, distribution and quality of health services, as well as anti-competitive behaviour (Marriott 2009).DocumentPreventing and punishing sexual violence: the work of the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region
African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2013The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) seeks to coordinate the efforts of a regional security community while simultaneously addressing the difficult and deep-rooted problems of sexual and gender-based violence in its member states.DocumentToo poor to care?: the salience of aids in Africa
Afrobarometer, 2011Sub-Saharan Africa is the part of the world that is most severely affected by HIV/AIDS, yet surveys of attitudes to AIDS across African countries show that most people do not attach great importance to the issue. The current paper argues that the salience of AIDS is low in Africa because many people are too poor to consider the disease important.DocumentThe political participation of Africa’s youth: turnout, partisanship and protest
Afrobarometer, 2011The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilisation in Africa, but very little is known about the political participation of Africa’s youth. The current paper focuses on different modes of political participation among the youth living in Africa’s more democratic regimes.Pages