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  Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue

  Journal of Development Studies, 2006

  This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies that explores persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers aim to break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty. The articles integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using longitudinal data and country case studies.
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  Saying one thing and doing another? Donors and reproductive health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  While donors say they are committed to supporting integrated reproductive health services, evidence suggests that their actions cause programmes to remain as separate vertical programmes. What factors influence how donors operate and what are the implications for reproductive health services?
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  Can ICTs fight poverty in Africa?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Over half of the population in Africa cannot read or write. Information needs are critical both for personal development and educational achievement. However, few practical activities supporting information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance such skills are in place in African schools.
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  Integrating reproductive health: myth and ideology

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 1999

  This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, explores the gap between rhetoric on the integration of HIV and reproductive health services, and actual progress made. The paper compares the health systems of Ghana, Kenya and Zambia with that of South Africa to examine progress on integration since 1994.
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  Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2000

  This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, generates and analyses survey data on inequalities in child mortality in Brazil, Côte D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa and Viet Nam.
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  Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2003

  This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.
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  Unsafe schools: a literature review of school-related gender-based violence in developing countries

  US Agency for International Development, 2003

  In an attempt to counter the lack of systemic information on the prevalence and consequences of violence in formal educational settings, this report reviews a number of country-specific studies on school-related gender-based violence.
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  Briefing note on international migration of health professionals: levelling the playing field for developing country health systems

  Health Sector Reform Research Work Programme, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 2002

  The international movement of labour is greatest amongst those with a high level of skill. Health professionals form the biggest group of skilled migrants.
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  Developing and validating a methodology to examine the impact of HIV/AIDS on older caregivers

  Ageing and Life Course (WHO), 2001

  Project set in four countries in Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, South Africa and Tanzania. It aims to identify barriers that prevent older people from providing adequate and fulfilling care to their children dying from HIV/AIDS and, subsequently, to their orphaned grandchildren.

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