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  Determinants of personal demand for an AIDS vaccine in Uganda: contingent valuation survey

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004

  This study focuses on two issues concerning the introduction of a preventative HIV/AIDS vaccine in Uganda: what are the key factors that will lead adults to accept a vaccine; and what are possible behavioural responses to being vaccinated?
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  Poverty reduction strategies and relevant case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004

  This paper reports on a study that was carried out to explore how the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are reflected in policies and implementation plans through fund allocations in the ministries of education in Ethiopia, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  BioMed Central, 2003

  This study, published by BioMed Central, compares the impact of four different wealth indices on the measurement of health inequality among children in developing countries. The study uses the World Bank Asset Index and three other indices, all based on household assets, to analyse data from Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Owning the loan: poor countries and the MDGs

  African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2004

  This report, commissioned by Christian Aid and AFRODAD, investigates the links between debt management, the build-up of new loans, and the most sustainable ways of financing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, all low-income and highly indebted countries.Key points of the paper include:together, these countries face an estimated mi
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  Agricultural Biotechnology Research Partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa (Technology Policy Brief)

  United Nations University Institute for New technologies, 2004

  A widely accepted mechanism for providing developing countries with access to proprietary biotechnology products and tools is the formation of partnerships between Southern and Northern research institutions and multinational private companies.
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  The curse of remoteness: why some African households fail to benefit from economic growth

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Economic growth in some African countries has improved the well-being of the poorest. However, in remote areas poverty remains entrenched. New research argues that Africa’s economic growth will not be translated into poverty reduction until the poor are given better access to markets and to basic infrastructure, such as roads.
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  Mapping of sector wide approaches in health

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2003

  The purpose of this report commissioned for SIDA is to give an up to date picture of the status of Sector Wide Approaches (SWAps) in the health sector in the following countries: Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique, Senegal, Bangladesh, Zambia, Mali, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, and Malawi.
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  Implementing the right to adequate food: the outcome of six case studies

  Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Set of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (RTFG), FAO, Rome, 2004

  This paper attempts to explore the question of how the human right to adequate food can be implemented at the country level.
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  Gender and Telecenters: What Have we Learned (Panel Session: Gender and the Digital Divide - Assessing the Impacts of Telecenters, Washington: World Bank, March 7, 2002)

  World Bank, 2002

  In Africa there are now thousands of telecentres, providing a range of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. Donors have been excited about telecentres as a way to make the benefits of ICTs more accessible.
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  Behaviour and communication change in reducing HIV: is Uganda unique?

  Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2004

  In this paper from Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE), epidemiological and behavioural data from Uganda is assessed in comparison with other populations where HIV has declined. HIV prevalence declined from 21 percent to 9.8 percent in Uganda from 1991-98.

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