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Contradicting commitments: how the achievement of Education For All is being undermined by the International Monetary Fund
ActionAid International, 2005This paper intends to demonstrate the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) role in constraining countries from increasing public expenditure in education to meet the Education For All (EFA) goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).DocumentDesigning an exchange rate regime for growth and competitiveness in Nigeria
African Institute for Applied Economics, Nigeria, 2005In many developing countries, few macroeconomic issues have the tendency to exacerbate the tension between economics and politics as much as (or more than) the determination of the exchange rate.This paper attempts to evaluate options in exchange rate management in Nigeria and recommends an exchange rate regime based on the country’s current and anticipated fundamentals and macroeconomic structDocumentInformal land delivery processes in African cities
International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2005Informal 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.DocumentIs private education good for the poor?
E.G West Centre for Market Solutions in Education, UK, 2005This report argues that private, unaided schools, can play important role in reaching the poor and satisfying their educational needs. Private education has an important role in helping the government meet its ‘education for all’ targets.DocumentThe migration of physicians from sub-Saharan Africa to the United States of America: measures of the African brain drain
Human Resources for Health, 2004This Human Resources for Health paper details the characteristics and trends in migration to the United States (US) of physicians trained in sub-Saharan Africa. Findings reveal that more than 23 per cent of US physicians were trained outside of the US, with a majority trained in low-income or lower middle-income countries.DocumentResponding to HIV/AIDS in Africa: a comparative analysis of responses to the Abuja Declaration in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe
ActionAid International, 2004This ActionAid publication compares the achievements and challenges of four African countries – Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Zimbabwe – in relation to the 2001 Abuja Declaration. The primary goal of the Abuja Declaration was to reverse the rate of HIV infection, TB and other related infectious diseases.DocumentArmed and aimless: armed groups, guns, and human security in the ECOWAS region
Small Arms Survey, 2005This study looks at the armed groups and small arms in the 15 member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. Armed groups in this report are defined as groups that have the capacity to challenge the state’s monopoly of legitimate force.DocumentIn focus: poverty and the city
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s people will live in cities. Such growth is bound to outstrip the capacity of poorly resourced governments and feeble urban economies to absorb new residents and provide them with adequate jobs, shelter and services.DocumentAdaptation opportunities, barriers and strategies in developing countries: focus on drought management in Nigeria
Eldis Document Store, 2004Nigeria is frequently affected by disasters as a result of natural processes. Three quarters of these are related to extreme weather and climate events, including droughts, floods, extreme temperatures, thunderstorms, and desertification. Changes in global climate patterns will have serious implications for Nigeria, as most socioeconomic activities are extremely sensitive to climate variability.DocumentAbsent voices, missed opportunity: the media’s silence on ICT policy issues in six African countries
Rhodes University, South Africa, 2005This study was conducted to gauge the quality of media coverage of contemporary ICT policy issues in policy-influential media in Africa.Media was evaluated based on interest in ICT policy issues, what the approach is in coverage of these issues, i.e.Pages
