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    Are science exams in Africa failing students?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is primary science assessment in anglophone Africa consistent and appropriate? Is there convergence between assessment systems in rich and poor countries? Are advances in assessment techniques reflected in African examinations? If not, do the reasons reflect differences in context?
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    Counting the cost of HIV in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Southern Africa is the region with the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. An estimated 9.4 million of the total population of 97 million were HIV-positive in 1999. What impact will the HIV/AIDS epidemic have on the provision of health services in the region? Is there any scope for improving access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in low-income countries?
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    Bigger AND better? Expanding community action on HIV/AIDS

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Slowing the spread of HIV and coping with the consequences of AIDS are major challenges for many developing countries. There are now many examples of successful small-scale responses to the disease. Could these strategies work for a larger population? How can non- governmental or community-based organisations (NGOs/CBOs) broaden the impact of their programmes?
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    Are governments out of the woods? Returning Africa’s woodlands to communities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    African governments have traditionally assumed that the main agents from which forest and woodlands need protection are the local inhabitants. As new constitutions and land laws recognising customary tenure come on stream, radical change is in the air. What progress has actually been made in implementing community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and joint forest management (JFM)?
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    Who's on Africa's payroll? Better personnel records for public sector management

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Computerised information systems are a strategic resource for civil service reform, but why do so many systems fail? What are the preconditions for success? What are the wider implications of computerised personnel records in the context of structural adjustment in Africa?
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    Facing the challenge: NGO experiences of mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2002
    This paper reports on a project designed to bring together the experiences of development workers in mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS.A number of interventions were selected for analysis and individuals who were involved in these interventions were invited to write up their experiences.
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    The informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

    International Labour Organization, 2002
    This report attempts to provide an analysis of available secondary data on the informal sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Improving agricultural research at universities in Sub-Saharan Africa: a study guide

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2003
    Universities in sub-Saharan Africa have been widely criticized for being too academic and remote from the practical needs of the societies that they are supposed to serve. Yet these universities often include among their faculty a great proportion of their country’s most highly trained researchers, and some of the best research facilities.
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    Where has all the education gone? Tracing the employment outcomes of African school-leavers and graduates

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    What happens when African students finish their education? Is there an excess supply of educated labour? What do school-leavers and graduates think about the relevance and quality of their education in light of their subsequent experiences of employment?
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    Democratic decentralization of natural resources: institutionalizing popular participation

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2002
    Series of case studies exploring the how natural resource decentralizations have taken place and their measurable social and environmental outcomes.

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