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  Decentralisation revisited: behind the rhetoric of local natural resources management

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What exactly do researchers and policymakers mean by ‘decentralisation’? Although the concept has become central to sustainable development, it has been open to a variety of interpretations. Whilst decentralisation reforms have proceeded in Africa, do the assumptions which underlie these reforms stand up to scrutiny?
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  Freedom at a cost? Pros and cons of greater autonomy for public hospitals

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Successive Ministers of Health have been cautious about giving more independence to public hospitals in Uganda. Would greater autonomy improve standards? Research by Uganda’s Makerere University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine addresses this question by comparing the performance of public and private not-for- profit (PNFP) hospitals in Uganda.
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  Community-based wildlife conservation in East Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Large-scale protectionist programmes have increasingly been abandoned in favour of community-based wildlife conservation. But the huge range of initiatives makes it difficult to assess the value and impact of these. A new review of community conservation efforts in East Africa finds that much remains to be done, particularly at policy, legal and institutional levels.
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  Tracking changes in access to water in East Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Has access to sufficient good quality water improved or worsened over time? Snapshot studies offer information on current changes, but little is known about how access has changed over a longer period.
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  IMF/World Bank Poverty Reduction Strategy: effective, participatory and locally owned?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is there evidence that the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) is working? Can the PRS lead the least developed countries out of poverty? Are the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) nationally owned and participatory – or are they becoming just another hoop through which poor countries must jump to access funds?
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  Are science exams in Africa failing students?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is primary science assessment in anglophone Africa consistent and appropriate? Is there convergence between assessment systems in rich and poor countries? Are advances in assessment techniques reflected in African examinations? If not, do the reasons reflect differences in context?
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  Why development policy should be concerned with group inequalities

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Policy-making today puts individuals at the centre of concern. The Millennium Goals are purely defined in terms of individuals. Are current concerns with reducing poverty and inequality neglecting the group dimensions of well-being and social stability?
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  African distance learning: reaching parts other education systems cannot reach?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Can non-formal radio and correspondence courses provide basic education to Africans bypassed by the school system? What are the key constraints, problems and success factors in the field of distance education in Africa? Could greater commitment of resources to distance education plug discriminatory gaps in African formal education systems?
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  The consequences of refugee flows and managing the aftermath

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is the impact of refugees always negative? Are governments that accept refugees justified in depicting them as a burden? Or are refugees potential agents of development? Could support of livelihood activities enable refugees to lessen their dependence on aid and reduce tension with their hosts? Could locals benefit from refugee camp infrastructure when refugees go home?
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  HIV/AIDS, poverty and schooling: an AIDS epidemic or a poverty epidemic?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Apocalyptic assumptions about the impact of high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates may be unhelpful, as they obscure the complex nature of the development problems facing affected populations. In the area of education, new evidence from Uganda and Tanzania suggests that the impact of HIV/AIDS may not be as simple or direct as has been assumed.

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