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    The politics of water: a Southern African example

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
    This report examines the political contradictions embedded in water reform processes across different levels in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique. It argues that implementing ideas on water reform often borrowed from extremely different contexts is not an automatic and unproblematic process, but involves complex local political negotiation.
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    Report of the South-South dialogue on defence transformation

    SSRonline, 2003
    This report summarises the findings and experiences of a conference that took place in Accra, Ghana, between the 27th and the 30th of May 2003. The objective of the conference was to promote the debate about defense transformation in the context of Ghana, inject local content and transparency, and enhance Ghana’s ability to gain ownership of the process.
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    From aid to partnership: a joint review of Norwegian - South African development cooperation 1995-2001

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003
    The study provides an overview and an assessment of the Norwegian development assistance to South Africa since the first democratic elections in 1994.The report finds that nearly one billion Norwegian kroner were disbursed from Norway to South Africa during the first seven years.
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    HIV/AIDS, economics and governance in South Africa: key issues in understanding response. A literature review

    Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2002
    This review of economic research on HIV/AIDS in South Africa states that its aims were: to identify completed and ongoing research conducted on the economic aspects of HIV/AIDS and its implications for governance in South Africaprovide a comprehensive bibliography of literature in the areamake a preliminary assessment of the quality of the existing research, to identify trends and
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    When do the rich willingly pay income tax?

    Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002
    Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks.They differ markedly in terms of the significance of income tax. Relatively little income tax is collected in Brazil (4% of GDP).
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    Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in East and Southern Africa

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
    Five questions central to public sector reform in East and Southern Africa, and consistent with their proclaimed thrust, are addressed in this paper:Has the size of government employment changed since the mid-1980s?Have government functions become more focused on 'core' activities, such as health and education, during this period?Have real wage levels changed?Has accountability

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