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  Child labour in the tea sector in Malawi: a pilot study

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2003

  This report provides an overview of exisiting knowledge of child labour practices in the Malawi tea sector and explores the needs and priorities for further research.The findings of the paper include:there is clear evidence that child labour does exist in the tea sector in Malawi, contrary to the opinion of the Tea Association of Malawi and the most dominant tea sector owner in Malawi
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  The role of education in promoting young people’s sexual and reproductive health

  Centre for Sexual Health Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, 2002

  This document outlines discussions from the Expert meeting for the Safe Passages to Adulthood programme, where researchers, practitioners and policy makers explored the potential of education to protect against HIV/AIDS, as well as the possible changes needed to enable the education system to respond more adequately.
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  Where has all the education gone in Malawi?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This report uses standard tracer survey techniques to investigate the labour market experiences of high school leavers and university graduates in Malawi, in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the education system and to explore changes in the labour market over the last twenty years.Areas of investigation include:changes in how gender and socio-economic affect access to education
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  The smoking business: tobacco tenants in Malawi

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2000

  This study of tobacco workers aims to share information on the labour conditions in the tobacco industry in Malawi. It specifically focuses on men, women and children as well as problems they face in asserting their labour rights.
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  Sustainable health care financing in Southern Africa

  World Bank, 1998

  This report summarises the findings of a five day conference on sustainable health care financing held in South Africa in 1996.
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  Report of the FAO/OXFAM GB workshop on women's land rights in Southern and Eastern Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This document reports on a workshop held in South Africa in June 2003 to address continuing insecurity of women's land rights. It brought together a broad group of participants covering NGO, grassroots, government, UN agency staff, researchers, activists, lawyers, and women living with HIV/AIDS.
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  Education and health care quality affect pregnancy outcomes in Malawi

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Of 585 000 maternal deaths worldwide each year, 99% are in developing countries. What factors underlie this striking imbalance? Research involving the Malawi College of Medicine and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine studied this issue in a rural community in southern Malawi. Maternal education and access to healthcare facilities influence pregnancy outcomes, it showed.
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  Study of selected Fredskorpset exchange projects

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2003

  This report evaluates volunteer exchange projects of young people between institutions of Norway and countries of the South, as well as directly between Southern countries.
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  Manual for the provision of general food distributions during emergency programmes in Malawi

  Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action, 2003

  This manual by the Joint Emergency Food Aid Programme (JEFAP) sets out guidelines for food distribution in Malawi during emergency programmes. It aims to provide guidance for those involved in the Joint Emergency Food Aid Programme (JEFAP) general food distribution programme in Malawi.
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  Trade liberalization and the structure of poverty in developing countries

  Global Trade Analysis Project, 2003

  This paper gives an analysis of the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and explores how national poverty rates could be affected by global trade liberalization.Some of the main findings from this analysis are:the poor tend to be more specialized in the earnings sources than the non-poor, which makes them more vulnerable to tra

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