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  Higher education reform in East Africa

  Center for International and Development Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003

  This brief report looks at the educational reforms which are transforming higher education in East Africa. An overview is given on privatisation, expansion, standardisation, and technological development.Despite positive trends in the developments of education reform, and the strong desire for education and improvement in the region, challenges remain.
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  Microfinance and the MDGs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.
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  Coping with paediatric referral: Ugandan parents’ experience

  The Lancet, 2004

  This article, published in The Lancet, reports on a study examining the constraints faced by caretakers in completing referrals of severely ill children to hospital in Uganda. The study found that only 28 per cent of children had completed referral after two weeks, and at an average cost of US$8.85.
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  The poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSP) and resource allocation to the health sector in Uganda

  Uganda Debt Network, 2004

  This report reviews the effects of the poverty reduction strategy paper (PRSP) prepared in Uganda in 1997 on investment in the health sector, drawing on other studies and interviews with government representatives, civil society organisations, and donors.It finds that: improvements in the health arena since 1999 have included a reduction in HIV prevalence; increased coverage of health f
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  HIV/AIDS resource guide for extension workers

  Integrated Support to Sustainable Development and Food Security Programme, 2004

  This resource guide is aimed at building the capacity of extension workers and services working with communities affected by HIV/AIDS.
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  Providing security for people: security sector reform in Africa

  SSRonline, 2003

  This document is a collection of articles about Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Africa. They emphasise the importance of viewing SSR programmes in a multi-disciplinary way, and as a practice that involves the sequencing of many programme areas.The paper argues that SSR sequencing strategies can be better guided by macro-level strategic policy, which also helps develop more local integration.
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  Communication strategies in the age of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services: lessons from two African experiences

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This paper describes the challenges of decentralisation and privatisation of rural services from the perspective of communication strategy development. The author argues that the wave of decentralisation and privatisation in rural services worldwide has created a challenge for rural communities, service providers and local governments.
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  Lakes and livelihoods: integrated lake management in Uganda

  Marine Resource Assessment Group, 2004

  This report describes experiences and lessons from the implementation of the integrated lake management (ILM) approach in Uganda.
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  Teacher and health care provider absence: a multi-country study

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper looks at the incidence and causes of absenteeism in public health workers and teachers in eight countries. Research was based on unannounced visits to a random sample of health care facilities and schools.
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  Projects – no way to deliver development?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  The conventional project based approach is a tried-and-tested, convenient and simple mechanism for the transfer of aid resources. However, development practitioners are increasingly realising that implementing a project is not an effective way to address the needs of poor people.

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