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  Sugar industries in least developed countries: profiting from ‘Everything but Arms’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Guaranteed high prices are increasing sugar production in many of the world’s least developed countries. The possibility of duty and quota free access to European markets in 2009 is attracting foreign investment. Proactive governments are now needed to maximise the opportunities that the ‘Everything but Arms’ (EBA) initiative brings.
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  Does informal housing land delivery work for urban poor people?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Between 50 and 70 percent of land for housing in African cities is supplied informally. The social institutions that regulate transactions in land and relations between the actors involved are a mix of formal, customary and informal rules. Attempts to improve urban land administration often fail, partly because the social rules governing how people act in land markets are poorly understood.
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  Migrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants.  A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.
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  The Global Fund: managing great expectations

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The Global Fund was set up in 2002 to provide funds for the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.  How successful has it been so far at attracting, managing and distributing additional resources?
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  Informal land delivery processes in African cities

  International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2005

  Informal 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.
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  Removing user fees for primary care in Africa: the need for careful action

  British Medical Journal, 2005

  This paper, published in the British Medical Journal, argues that African countries should move away from user fees for health, and outlines what actions should accompany their removal, drawing on experiences from South Africa, Zambia and Uganda.
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  Trade preference erosion: expanded assessment of countries at risk of welfare losses

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This paper assesses the situation of the preference-reliant countries seen as being most at risk of experiencing negative welfare effects from preference erosion as a consequence of multilateral tariff liberalisation, with a focus on Bangladesh, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.The paper finds that, while most developing regions experienced welfare gains as a consequ
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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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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.

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