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  id21 viewpoint - AUVEC: using the virtual world to achieve real world gains in livestock care

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The importance of livestock to poor people is as obvious as the humps on a camel. However, the diseases that affect animals and their keepers do not get the attention they need.
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  Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?
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  Secondary schooling crisis in Africa: can NGOs help?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  African education policymakers have failed to meet growing demand for secondary schooling. Budgetary provision for secondary education has stalled or declined and fewer pupils are moving from primary to secondary level. Enrolments have been so slow to increase, that the gap between most African countries and other developing countries has widened.
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  Community based organisations in southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Community based organisations (CBOs) work for the welfare of local communities. Many are usually resource poor but are expected to achieve a lot. Several CBOs working on human rights and social justice issues emerged over the last 15 years in southern Africa. What are their strengths and weaknesses and their needs?
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  South African gender elections and media training report

  Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2005

  These country reports produced by Gender Links (GL) give a detailed overview of training workshops held in South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Angola and Mauritius, ahead of their elections in 2004 and 2005.
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  Aid does raise economic growth in Africa – indirectly

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Despite receiving large amounts of aid, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a poor economic growth record. This has led some observers to conclude that aid to Africa has been ineffective. But this is not the case. Aid has contributed to growth in Africa, mainly by financing investment, which in turn contributes to growth.
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  So this is democracy?: 2004 report on the state of media freedom in Southern Africa

  Media Institute for Southern Africa, 2004

  This report gives an overview of the state of the media in Southern African countries, namely Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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  Non-government secondary schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: exploring the evidence in South Africa and Malawi

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This research explores the development of non-government provision of secondary education in South Africa and Malawi, reviews experience in other Sub-Saharan African countries, and identifies lessons that can be learned of relevance to policy and practice.The research draws attention to some of the differences which exist in South Africa and Malawi and can be found in other SSA countries.
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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  Teacher mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: an update

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This short article is divided into two sections, the first part focuses on the situation in South Africa where there good quality information on HIV prevalence and mortality among teachers; the second part briefly reviews the available evidence for the remaining countries.Key conclusions from the review include:teacher mortality rates (from all causes) did not exceed one percent in Sout

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