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    Coping with uncertainty - Petty producers in postwar Mozambique

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
    Since the early 1990s, Mozambican society has undergone significant changes. The Peace Accord in 1992 enabled demobilisation of most former soldiers and repatriation of almost two million refugees from the neighbouring countries, and the Government has launched an extensive programme of market-oriented reform and political reconciliation.
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    Sahel Weather and Crop Situation

    Global Information and Early Warning System, FAO, 1999
    Issued every month throughout the growing season, which lasts from June to October, by the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System on food and agriculture. The report describes weather conditions, pest infestations and crop prospects in this drought-prone zone.
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    Food supply situation and crop prospects in sub-Saharan Africa

    Global Information and Early Warning System, FAO, 1999
    Quarterly report of the Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS). It provides an assessment of the current food supply situation in sub-Saharan Africa, highlights the major food emergencies in the region and draws attention to the countries where the need for donor assistance is most urgent.
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on farming households in the Monze District of Zambia

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997
    This paper focuses on how HIV/AIDS undermines household responsiveness to cope with crises, such as new agricultural policy reforms, HIV/AIDS, years of drought, and death of cattle. It uses a collection of 32 household case-studies. It investigates how caring for a chronically ill family member impinges on household production and alters labour allocation between genders and generations.
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    Business development, social security or patronage? Zambia’s Agricultural Credit Management Programme.

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997
    The government that took power in Zambia in 1991 faced the challenge of fulfilling its promise to liberalise the economy while at the same time preventing any further increase in poverty and consolidating its hold on power. Part of its response was the launch, in 1994, of the Agricultural Credit Management Programme (ACMP).
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    Economic and social components of migration in two regions of Southern Province, Zambia

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997
    Paper addresses the migration process in the Zambia's Southern Province. Until recently when droughts and cattle diseases have begun to plague the area, Southern Province was known for its ideal farming conditions.
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    Agricultural change under structural adjustment and other shocks in Zambia

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997
    The agricultural sectors of many economies in Sub-Saharan Africa have been profoundly affected by policy changes comprising part of the wider process of structural adjustment. Government controls on exchange rates, interest rates, farm inputs and crop output prices have been liberalized.
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    Commercial Financing of Seasonal Input Use by Smallholders in Liberalised Agricultural Marketing Systems

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
    Paper reviews recent experience in providing seasonal credit, arguing that economic liberalisation leaves many questions unanswered, especially given the reluctance of commercial banks to provide this service, and weak private trading sectors in many countries.
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    Poverty and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

    HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998
    This paper, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), presents evidence on the incidence of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and analyses the relationships between HIV, AIDS, and poverty. It describes three particular types of relationships. Firstly, the poor are more likely to adopt behaviours which expose them to HIV infection.
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    The Urban Labour Market During Structural Adjustment: Ethiopia 1990-1997

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998
    Paper examines the effects of reform and structural adjustment on the urban labour market in Ethiopia using a combination of cross-section and panel data based on surveys conducted both pre- and post- reform. During this period Ethiopia has seen impressive growth in GDP but little in the way of private investment.

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