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  Poverty and employment in Kenya

  Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2004

  Despite numerous studies on poverty measurements and profiles in Kenya, little is known about the relationship between poverty and employment. Past studies have found that most unemployed persons were not members of poor households, and most poor households had no unemployed workers. However, they also found a compelling link between low-income self-employment and poverty.
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  Crop wars: can obstacles to genetically modified crops be removed?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Controversy continues over safety standards for biotechnology products such as genetically modified (GM) crops. Although benefits have been documented for a number of GM crops, most developing countries have denied permission to plant GM seeds.
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  Informal sector versus informal contracts in Nairobi, Kenya

  Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2005

  From official records, it would appear that the labour market significantly shifted from the formal to the informal sector in Kenya.
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  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: children first!: a case study on PRSP processes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia

  Kindernothilfe, 2005

  This study aims to contribute to an assessment of Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) processes in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia from a child rights perspective. It links up with a previous study, titled "Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: blind to the rights of the (working) child?", which showed that the majority of the PRSPs did not deal with child labour.
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  Informal land delivery processes in African cities

  International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2005

  Informal systems for land delivery, which have in many cases evolved from earlier customary practices, still account for over half the land supplied for housing in African cities and are a particularly important channel for the poor.
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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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  Occasional papers on parliamentary government: democracy in the global village

  Parliamentary Centre, Canada, 2005

  Although produced by the Canadian Parliamentary Centre, this paper focuses on parliamentary governments globally, and highlights the links between the Centre’s work in Canada and elsewhere around the world.The paper contains four separate articles:the first discusses recent African experience as it relates to proportional representation (PR).
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  How do pastoralists cope with increasing pressure on land?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  As human and animal populations increase, competition for land also increases. The effects of this pressure are both ecological and social. Soil degrades, farming systems change and the laws and customs which govern land rights are stretched to breaking point. Nowhere are these issues more pressing than the marginal pastoralist areas of southern Kenya.
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  Nine African budget transparency and participation case studies

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  The findings from this study explore budget transparency from the ordinary citizen's perspective. It sheds some light on information required to engage meaningfully with budgetary and other decisions involving public resources from the ordinary citizen's perspective.
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  Does low external input agriculture reach the poor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Many agricultural development projects support low external input technology (LEIT) as a way to combat rural poverty and unequal access to agricultural technology. However, is LEIT suitable to the conditions of resource-poor farmers?

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