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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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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  Can leprosy be eliminated by a single global campaign?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  In 1991 the World Health Assembly set a target to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000. The disease, which still caries a stigma, damages the skin and nerve endings and leads to ulcers and disability. A major World Health Organisation campaign has provided antibiotics to treat the disease in a number of countries. However a number of new cases have appeared in previously low priority countries.
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  Self reliance: the key to success for Mozambican refugees in South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Many refugees fled Mozambique’s civil war during the 1980s and settled in neighbouring South Africa. The then-Apartheid government in South Africa refused to recognise the settlers as refugees which meant international organisations were unable to offer support. What lessons can be learnt from this experience, where aid agencies and the regional government were unable to provide assistance?
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  Foreign direct investment by African countries

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from developing countries has risen sharply over the past two decades. Most FDI has been by Asian firms establishing footholds in other Asian countries but there has also been investment in developed countries such as the European Union. However, with the exception of South African investment, there is little FDI stemming from Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Ending legalised violence against children: report for the East and Southern Africa regional consultation

  Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2005

  This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment and deliberate humiliation of children in each state in East and Southern Africa.
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  Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.
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  Human rights, formalisation and women’s land rights in southern and eastern Africa

  Institute of Women's Law, University of Oslo, 2005

  Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This report sets out a human rights-based approach (HRBA) for gender-equal and non-discriminatory land reform.
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  Improving water resource governance in southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The main causes of disease and poor health in southern Africa are water related. Management of water resources is difficult however, because of low water availability and poor quality.
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  Refurbished computers for African schools: opportunity or threat?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Refurbishing used and second hand computers is one means among many for African schools to gain access to affordable information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, addressing Africa’s digital divide is not simply a matter of shipping unwanted computers from the developed world. Not every second-hand computer is suitable for re-use.

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