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The Research ICT Africa Network conducts research on ICT policy and regulation that facilitates evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social dev - Document
Field-based models of primary teacher training: case studies of student support systems from Sub-Saharan Africa
Department for International Development, UK, 2006Field-based training is seen as a low-cost means to achieve meet the increased demand for primary teachers in Africa but, this paper warns, will prove ineffective without the serious investment and planning for local-level support and assessment for student teachers.DocumentPutting gender in southern African sanitation policies
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Access to sanitation is a universal need and a basic human right. However, 2.4 billion people – 40 percent of humanity – still have no access to sanitary means of excreta disposal, and 2.2 million people die annually from diarrhoea. Women and girls suffer most, but still gender is not mainstreamed in sanitation planning and implementation.DocumentThe link between primary education and democracy in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007It is argued that democratically elected governments may have a greater incentive than authoritarian regimes to provide their citizens with primary schooling. It is also argued that democracy may be reinforced by primary education encouraging democratic attitudes. Is there evidence of any truth in these statements in African countries?DocumentDeveloping flexible models for primary teacher training in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007In Africa, at least 20 countries are at risk of failing to meet the Education for All target. If reasonable student to teacher ratios are to be put in place, increasing the number and quality of teachers in primary education is essential. As the trend in training shifts away from traditional institutions, a more flexible approach is emerging in Africa.DocumentReforming maize markets and regional food security
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2006This policy brief encourages greater civil society involvement in debates around national grain (particularly maize) policies and regional food insecurity in Southern African Development Community countries.DocumentSaying one thing and doing another? Donors and reproductive health
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006While 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?DocumentThe ability of select Sub-Saharan African Countries to utilise TRIPs flexibilities and competition law to ensure a sustainable supply of essential medicines: a study of producing and importing countries
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2006This paper examines the implementation of the WTO Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) flexibilities related to access to essential medicines. The report specifically looks at three countries: Kenya, Zambia and South Africa.DocumentEducation access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection
Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.