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  Management, co-management or no management? Major dilemmas in southern African freshwater fisheries; case studies

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This report contains ten case studies which serve as background for a synthesis report published in 2003 (see Further Information). They have been conducted in five medium sized lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  A place to live: women's inheritance rights in Africa

  Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2005

  This paper examines women's differential needs and challenges for obtaining housing. The report grew out of a consultative survey of women in 10 African countries, including interviews with individuals and members of government, and workshops with local experts.
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  Corporate Social Responsibility in mining in Southern Africa: fair accountability or just greenwash?

  Society for International Development, 2004

  Based on case studies of mining in South Africa and Zambia, this article assesses CSR practices with accountability and fairness as key criteria.Main findings and conclusions of the report are:CSR is an increasingly prominent discourse also in southern Africa, particularly among mining companies due to mining’s potentially significant negative social and environmental impacts as well as
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  HIV/AIDS and the agricultural sector in eastern and southern Africa: anticipating the consequences

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The countries in eastern and southern Africa where HIV/AIDS prevalence exceeds 20 percent face huge challenges to cope with the disease. Policymakers need to predict the likely impacts now if policies are to be effective in time to minimise social and economic problems.
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  Achieving sustainable water supply in rural Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Rural water supply projects have often proven unsustainable because they were just that – projects. Water supply has typically been considered a matter of engineering and suffered from the ‘design and build’ approach, which has failed to understand that supplying water is about much more than providing physical infrastructure.
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  Bringing equality home: promoting and protecting the inheritance rights of women

  Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2004

  In this report, the COHRE Women and Housing Rights Programme (WHRP) documents the fact that under both statutory and customary law, the overwhelming majority of women in sub-Saharan Africa (regardless of their marital status) cannot own or inherit land, housing and other property in their own right.
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  Growth and opportunity (African civil society perspectives on growth and opportunity)

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This paper captures perspectives of development activists in civil society and social movements in Africa.
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  Integrating reproductive health: myth and ideology

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 1999

  This paper, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, explores the gap between rhetoric on the integration of HIV and reproductive health services, and actual progress made. The paper compares the health systems of Ghana, Kenya and Zambia with that of South Africa to examine progress on integration since 1994.
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  Protecting the environment across borders in southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Transfrontier conservation initiatives refer to environmental and wildlife management programmes that cross political boundaries and national borders. These occur in 117 areas of the world. The hope is that a combined approach to ecosystem management will produce positive environmental outcomes, increased revenue from ecotourism, and benefits for local communities.
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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on humanitarian assistance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  HIV/AIDS and emergencies are now at the top of the humanitarian policy agenda. The combined effect of climatic, economic and social issues led to a crisis in several countries in southern Africa during 2002–2003. This crisis brought to the forefront the complex interactions between HIV/AIDS, food security, livelihoods and humanitarian action.

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