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    India’s engagement with the African Indian Ocean rim states

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
    Despite viewing the Indian Ocean Rim (IOR) as its backyard, India has historically shown limited engagement in the region as it:
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    From grassroots to government: FARM-Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa

    Farm Africa, 2007
    Increasingly, NGOs are becoming active in policy debates, yet a key question emerging from this new focus is whether NGOs can effectively influence the policy agenda. This publication presents four FARM-Africa projects from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, describing how they approached influencing national policy in the context of the natural resources sector.
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    Getting started! running a junior farmer field and life school: empowering orphans and vulnerable children living in a world with HIV and AIDS

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    This training manual from the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) details how to set up and run a Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) programme. The programmes are designed to empower orphans and other vulnerable children aged 12 to 18 years who live in communities where HIV/AIDS has had a strong impact on food security.
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    Political violence and state formation in post-colonial Africa

    International Development Centre, Open University, 2007
    This paper argues for the importance of understanding the political legacy of colonialism. Its author contends that colonialism in Africa left a legacy of dual citizenship - the civil and the customary - which reflected not different histories or different cultures, but a different political relationship between the colonial power and the populations defined as races and tribes.
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    Co-managing Lake Victoria’s fisheries for sustainable development

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Lake Victoria is Africa’s largest fishery resource, but ineffective management has contributed to a serious decline in the volume of catches since the early 1990s. One solution may be co-management between governments, industrial processors and the traditional institutions that represent fishing communities.
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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    Inter-regional multi-stakeholder dialogue on aid effectiveness

    Reality of Aid, 2008
    This paper presents an overview of the inter-regional consultation on aid effectiveness and the Paris Declaration (PD) held in Lusaka, Zambia. The workshop was convened to discuss progress on aid effectiveness in the region and recommendations for improving the PD – in preparation for the forthcoming high-level meeting in Ghana.
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    Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.
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    Supporting livestock-centred livelihoods: what can NGOs do?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    As donors increasingly favour direct budget support to deliver aid programmes, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have an important role to play. They not only support grassroots innovations in the livestock sector, but can also use these lessons to influence national policies.
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    Assessing household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Reducing hunger in developing countries depends on reliable estimates of food insecurity. Using data about how much food individual households acquire may be a more accurate way to measure dietary quantity and quality than national level data.

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