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    Review of experience in engaging with non-state justice systems in East Africa

    Department for International Development, UK, 2003
    This report focuses on non-formal justice systems in the East Africa region, and is based on a review of relevant experience in three East African countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. It aims to help a better understanding of the range of non-formal justice systems in the region.
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    Review of experience in engaging with non-state justice systems in East Africa

    Department for International Development, UK, 2003
    This report seeks to help DfID understand the range of non-formal justice systems in the East Africa region, and to develop guidelines on how to work with such systems to make justice more accessible to poor people. The report is based on a review of relevant experience in three East African countries: Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.
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    National plans of action for orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa: where are the youngest children?

    Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
    Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despite their vulnerability.
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    Gender equity remains a dream

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Are women choosing non-traditional subjects at university level? Do they have the same career development opportunities as men? Focusing on access, curriculum transformation and staff development in higher education, new research in five higher education institutes in South Africa, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda finds that gender inequity still prevails.
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    Making Africa’s power sector sustainable

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2007
    This study assesses the sustainability of power sector in Africa by examining the socio-economic and environmental impacts of power sector reforms in 14 countries in the region. It uses the results of the assessment to determine the extent to which reforms have made the power sector in the regions sustainable.
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    Survival of the fittest. Pastoralism and climate change in East Africa

    Oxfam, 2008
    This paper analyses the policies required to enable pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change. 
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    Peaceful urbanisation in East Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Strong ethnic identities can impede urbanisation and the stability of the nation state in East Africa. The transplanting of rural tribal identities to urban capitals has often led to urban tension and even national violence in the past. Dar es Salaam, a major city and former capital of Tanzania, stands out as a striking alternative.
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    Public expenditure tracking surveys: lessons from Tanzania

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    This briefing look at the effectiveness of Public Expenditure Tracking Surveys (PETS). It particularly focuses on the PETS in Tanzania but also makes references to the way in which PETS worked in Uganda.
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    Adapting to flood risks in urban Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Volatile weather patterns are increasingly affecting urban slums in Africa. Climate change is already aggravating urban flooding. When floods occur, residents of marginalised areas have only a limited set of options. They need urgent help to reduce risk and improve prospects for emergency action and safe evacuation.
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    Exploring strategic priorities for regional agricultural R&D investments in East and Central Africa

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    This paper explains that given that many countries in the East and Central Africa region are small and face similar agro-ecological, climatic, and development challenges, relying on expensive national research and development (R&D) programs is bound to prove inefficient and costly. Instead, potential economies of scale can be derived through the regionalisation of R&D.

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