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Government and non-state sector collaboration to reach EFA
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007The Education For All (EFA) agenda and Millennium Development Goals emphasise increasing access to basic education. Non-state providers could possibly contribute to expanding access to education. In what ways do states collaborate with these providers to ensure that poor children are not denied access to education?DocumentPolitical parties in Africa: challenges for sustained multiparty democracy
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007This paper analyses the status of multiparty democracy in Africa, looking particularly at the role of political parties.DocumentMicro-entrepreneurs and the ‘mobile divide’: new benefits and old inequalities in Nigeria's informal sector
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Mobile phones are starting to penetrate the informal sector in developing countries. Do they bring benefits? Do they reinforce inequalities? Do they do both?DocumentRecovering the costs of rural water supply: community initiatives in Nigeria
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Inadequate water supply and poor sanitation are serious problems for rural communities in Cross River State, southern Nigeria. Concern Universal works with these communities to strengthen their capacity to manage water and sanitation facilities.DocumentFake medicines kill hundreds of thousands of people every year
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Counterfeit medicines are a serious problem in developing countries. The World Health Organization states that 25 percent of all drugs used in developing countries are illegal imitations. Hundreds of thousands die each year as a result of using these drugs.DocumentChop fine: the human rights impact of local government corruption and mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria
Human Rights Watch, 2007This Human Rights Watch report examines the misuse of public funds by local officials in the Rivers State of Nigeria’s. It is based on interviews in Rivers state with government and donor agency officials, civil servants, health care workers, teachers, civil society groups and local residents.DocumentVoices from Nigeria: Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders speak out about the Same-Sex Bill
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, 2006In January 2006, the Nigerian Minister for Justice presented to the Nigerian Federal Council a bill that would create criminal penalties for anyone engaging in same-sex marriage or relationships, and which launches a vigorous attack on freedom of expression, assembly, and association.DocumentEducational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.DocumentTeacher education at a distance: impact on development in the community
Department for International Development, UK, 2006Does training teachers by distance education (DE) assist development in the wider community?DocumentShell: use your profits to clean up your mess - report on how Shell should fund local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its projects
Friends of the Earth International, 2007This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed.Pages