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  Using community conservation to achieve the MDGs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In many places, globalisation, inappropriate policies and malpractices in government and non-government organisations have resulted in the degradation of many ecosystems. Official conservation policies are often failing to stop this decline. Can community-based conservation efforts achieve better results?
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  Tackling climate change and aid in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Climate change is already affecting many developing countries. In Africa, over 70 percent of workers rely on small-scale farming dependent on direct rainfall. Even small changes to weather patterns can threaten food security and health. These impacts present a huge challenge to the coordination of aid efforts and the design of development policies.
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  The myths of the west african gas pipeline

  Friends of the Earth International, 2006

  This document presents and explores what it alledges are myths surrounding the West African Gas Pipeline. The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is a onshore and offshore pipeline that will transport natural gas from gas fields in the western Niger Delta of Nigeria to Benin Republic, Togo and Ghana.
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  Lessons learned to date from HIV/AIDS transport corridor projects

  Country Analytic Work, 2005

  This paper provides a summary of the lessons learned from the Abidjan-Lagos HIV/AIDS transport corridor project, and aims to disseminate this information in a user-friendly format to stakeholders.
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  Tax policy reforms in Nigeria

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  This paper is a case study on tax policy reforms in Nigeria.
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  Trade and markets in conflict development and conflict resolution in Nigeria

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  A number of trade-related issues could potentially lead to conflict. Also wider conflicts could spill over to affect trade. Conflict causes not just immediate trade losses, but also a loss of trust and confidence that affects social relationships and networks. Traders and other businesses can help to reduce conflict.
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  Polio vaccines: difficult to swallow: the story of a controversy in northern Nigeria

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This paper analyses the role of global actors and national governments in implementing effective immunisation campaigns. This is done using the case of northern Nigeria’s boycott of the polio vaccination campaign.
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  Encouraging pro-poor growth in the Nigerian food sector

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Where food marketing institutions are working to increase market access for poor people, there is potential to raise incomes, lower the cost of food for consumers and reduce vulnerability to poverty and hunger. However, there is little specific knowledge and understanding of formal and informal market institutions in Africa, particularly their impact on urban food systems.
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  Nigeria: political transition and the complexities ofgender empowerment

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2005

  The paper looks at the inherent gender constraints and the role of individuals as catalysts for change in the Nigerian political process through a biographical sketch of Representative Patricia Etteh.Nigeria experienced democratic transition in 1999 and a peaceful transfer of power from one elected government to another.
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  Mother tongue first: Children’s right to learn in their own languages

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Education is power and language is the key to accessing that power. A child who thrives at school and develops self-esteem and pride will have better employment opportunities and is more likely to realise his or her potential.

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