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  ICT sector performance in Africa: a review of seven African countries

  Research ICT Africa Network, 2004

  The country performance reviews summarised in this volume were conducted in 2003, The studies assess the performance of the countries’ telecommunications sectors (and reform strategies adopted) against their respective national objectives. The countries covered are:Cameroon Ethiopia Kenya Rwanda South Africa UgandaZambiaBoth the summary report and the co
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  Multiple public-private job-holding of health care providers in developing countries: an exploration of theory and evidence

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004

  This review examines the systemic and individual causes of multiple jobholding (MJH) and evidence on its prevalence through an analysis of country-level conditions. The paper places MJH in the context of health systems and government policies in low and middle-income countries, including Zambia, Indonesia, Egypt, Bangladesh, India, Poland, Kenya and Mexico.
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  Gender and the social and economic impact of drought on the residents of Turkana district in Kenya

  Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia, 2003

  This study seeks to assess the adaptive strategies used by men and women from different social and economic backgrounds to cope with drought in the Turkana district of Kenya.Economic activity in this district is mainly characterised by pastoralist livestock production with a gendered division of activities.
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  A comparative study of the socio-economic implications of rural women, men, and mixed self-help groups: a case of Kakamega District

  Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Ethiopia, 2003

  This paper examines the differences between mixed-sex, women-only and men-only self-help groups in Kakamega District, Kenya.
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  Successful community nutrition programming: lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

  LINKAGES Project, 2002

  This report presents the main findings of a series of assessments of successful community-based nutrition programs carried out in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Advocating for adolescent reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa

  Advocates for Youth, 1998

  This guide, produced by Advocates for Adolescents, is designed to help advocates in sub-Saharan Africa develop the skills to advocate for young people’s reproductive health education and services. It describes the main steps of an advocacy campaign and provides information on developing, implementing and evaluating a successful advocacy strategy.
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  Creating youth-friendly sexual health services in sub-Saharan Africa

  Advocates for Youth, 2002

  This paper, produced by Advocates for Youth, explores the barriers that frequently deter African youth from obtaining urgently needed sexual and reproductive health services. Research shows that barriers relate primarily to specific aspects of reproductive and sexual health services: the characteristics of the facilities, the design of services, and providers’ attitudes and actions.
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  Field assessments in western Kenya link malaria vectors to environmentally disturbed habitats

  BMC Public Health, 2004

  This article, published in BMC Public Health, reports on the ecological and socioeconomic factors contributing to a malaria epidemic in western Kenya. Participatory rural appraisals (PRAs) were conducted with community members in Kisii District during the dry season. The PRAs revealed that brick-making has grown rapidly in the highland swamps due to socioeconomic pressures in the region.
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  Rural poverty, property rights and environmental resource management in Kenya

  International Centre for Theoretical Physics - Ecological and Environmental Economics Programme, 2004

  This study investigates the relationship between rural poverty, property rights, and environmental resource management in a semi-arid region of Kenya using analysis of survey data. It argues that reduced environmental degradation will increase agricultural productivity, and which will then translate into lower levels of poverty as incomes and consumption expenditures rise.
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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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