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    Access to credit and its impact on welfare in Malawi

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    This report analyzes the determinants of access to credit in Malawi and its impact on farm and nonfarm income and on household food security and seeks to quantify the relationship between the demand for formal loans and that for informal loans.Key obsevervations of this study include:the contribution of rural microfinance in-stitutions to the income of smallholders can be limited or out
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    Pro-Poor Tourism strategies: making tourism work for the poor: a review of experience

    Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2001
    This report reviews practical experience of ‘pro-poor tourism strategies’ in order to identify useful lessons and good practice.
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    Aid and reform in Africa: lessons from ten case studies

    World Bank, 2001
    This article explores comparatively, the effect and effectiveness of aid in different African countries (10 case studies).More specifically the article investigates the following questions:are there common characteristics of successful and failed reformers that enable us to understand better the political economy of reform?do donors tailor their assistance to different types of coun
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    Financing corruption and repression: the case of Kenya and the IFIs

    Jubilee Research, 2001
    This article attempts to show that in Kenya the IMF’s Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRSP) is less a strategy for poverty reduction and civil society participation; more a strategy for providing security and guarantees for foreign investorsThe article indicates that:far from challenging the rule of Daniel Arap Moi, international creditors, through the IMF and World Bank, have helped to pr
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    Drug pricing [in South Africa]

    Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2001
    Improving access to necessary drugs requires attention to all four component parts of the access equation – ensuring rational selection, providing sustainable financing and efficient systems to distribute and use the drugs and making sure that prices are affordable.However, comparing drugs’ prices across countries and health systems is not always easy.
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    Environmental impact of refugees in Guinea (pre-assessment report)

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2000
    Report on the findings of the pre-assessment of the environmental impacts of the refugee situation in Guinea.Observations and conclusions:high population densities in the rural areas has resulted in high pressure on natural resources in southern Guinea.
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    The Lesotho Highland Water Development Project: what went wrong? (or, rather: what went right? For whom?)

    International Rivers Network, 2000
    This article takes a critical look at the discussion regarding 19 corporate and individuals accused of bribing a top official in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in order to gain project contracts.The aim of the article is to examine how the actions (and inactions) of the public institutions involved in this project may have aided and abetted bribe giving, regardless of whether or not any br
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    Inclusion and deafness: linking the family, school and community

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2001
    This article deals with the role of the family and community in creating a more inclusive space for deaf people .The article asserts that:the core of any community is the family.
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    Strategic approaches to HIV prevention and AIDS mitigation in rural communities and households in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
    This paper aims to provide a suggested framework of action for FAO' s engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention and impact-mitigation in rural Sub Saharan Africa at the community and household level.
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    Structural adjustment and intersectoral shifts in Tanzania: a computable general equilibrium analysis

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    This study analyzes the effect of stabilization and structural adjustment policies on overall economic growth, sectoral performance, welfare,and income distribution in Tanzania. It reviews policy programs implemented and economic performance achieved since the beginning of the reforms, highlighting economic fluctuations under changing political conditions.

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