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    Could fuel substitution hurt the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Over two billion people in developing countries rely on biomass fuels to meet their household energy needs. It is increasingly recognised that cooking with firewood, charcoal, crop residues and animal dung is bad for the health and the environment.
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    Promoting infomediaries – how modern technology can package business information for microenterprises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Limited access to information constrains informal enterprise growth in many developing countries. Small businesses waste much time on accessing information in small doses from multiple sources. How could information and communication technologies (ICTs) be used to assist small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access vital business information?
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    A tale of four cities: does general education affect the risk of HIV?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Sexual behaviour and the ability to change that behaviour are likely to be linked to education level. But does schooling increase or decrease the risk of HIV infection? Research by the Study Group on Heterogeneity of HIV Epidemics in African Cities looks at the link between education and behaviour in Cotonou (Benin), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Kisumu (Kenya) and Ndola (Zambia).
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    Looking beyond numbers: measuring Africa’s progress towards gender equality in education

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Devising strategies to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of providing universal access to education for girls is complicated by the unreliability of data. The complex gender dynamics involved in education cannot be readily judged through simple measures based on inputs and outputs.
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    Between codes and practices: are African women getting a fair deal?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Tens of thousands of African women are employed in the export horticulture sector where fresh fruit, vegetables and cut flowers are grown for foreign, mainly European, markets. Many of these jobs are labour intensive and insecure, and characterised by long hours, hazardous working conditions and low pay.
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    Safe and sound? Testing anti-malarial drug combinations in African children

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the first choice drug for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in much of Africa. But increasing resistance means it might not remain useful for long. Research involving Liverpool University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked at the safety of an alternative drug combination, chlorproguanil-dapsone (CD), in five African countries.
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    Population and health dynamics in Nairobi’s informal settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2002
    This report documents demographic characteristics of health conditions of the slum residents of Nairobi City, Kenya, based on a representative sample survey of informal settlement residents carried out during February–June 2000.
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    Migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004
    This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa. It identifies the importance of migration to the poor, discusses migration policies, key issues and policy gaps in each country, as well as the region as a whole.
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    Population pressure, migration and urbanisation: impacts on crop–livestock systems development in West Africa

    International Livestock Research Institute, 2001
    Population growth and urbanisation are driving a livestock revolution. Mixed farming systems are the present and the foreseeable future of West African livestock systems, with concurrent changes in livestock feeding systems and the role of grazing, fodder and penning. The livestock economy has to be seen as part of a national economy in which urban and rural facets interact.
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    Empowering women and girls: challenges and strategies in gender equality

    World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2005
    This paper presents a collection of eight articles and case studies discussing the challenges, achievements and gaps in the empowerment of women and girls.

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