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Comparing care-seeking for childhood malaria: lessons from Zambia and Kenya
Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2002This document presents two studies on care-seeking for childhood malaria to demonstrate how careseeking patterns for the same illness differ in the same region of the world, and how interventions to improve illness management must also differ.DocumentThe Moroto cross border peace meeting
Institutional and Policy Support Team, AU, 2003This report documents the 3rd of a series of meetings dealing with the conflicts between the Karamajong, Turkana and Pokot pastoral communities.DocumentFresh off the shelf: gender and horticulture in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Supermarkets now sell fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers all year round and South Africa, Kenya and Zambia are important suppliers. UK supermarkets are applying codes of conduct to the growers that supply them aiming to assure consumers that produce is grown in a socially responsible manner.DocumentThe lure of the French bean: what’s in it for women?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Can gourmet crops for niche western markets, such as French beans, revive Africa's smallholder sector? What are the implications for communities that diversify into non- traditional high-value, export commodities?DocumentAntenatal care reborn? Healthcare for pregnant women in developing countries
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Antenatal care is important for identifying and responding to risk factors in pregnancy. But do mothers in the developing world receive adequate and appropriate antenatal care? Researchers from the Population Council and the UK University of Southampton investigated antenatal services in Kenya.DocumentCutting the risk? Male circumcision and HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002HIV prevalence varies both within and between countries in Africa. How can these differences be explained? Within Africa, male circumcision appears to be more common in regions with relatively low HIV rates. Does circumcision reduce the risk of HIV infection?DocumentDeath by a thousand codes. Is harmonisation possible?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Over two hundred published codes exist covering labour issues, a figure that includes just a fraction of buyers’ in-house codes. Forty inspections a month, each paid for by the supplier, complained a Chinese factory-owner recently. Yet just three years ago, most buying companies denied any responsibility for suppliers’ labour practice so it is a remarkable step forward.DocumentThrowing away the primer: the 'real literacies' approach to adult literacy
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002What do we mean by 'illiterate'? Are we being misled by UNESCO rhetoric that literacy is the key to development? What happens when we herd into class individuals who may have nothing in common except for the fact they have been labelled 'illiterate'?DocumentEvaluating education - participatory performance indicators
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002How to identify and measure the desirable outcomes of education? Can donors work with education ministries and students, parents, and teachers to develop realistic indicators to monitor the progress of education projects? How can data generated be analysed, publicised, and used to inform policy debates?DocumentLearning to compete: African development responses to globalisation
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002At the beginning of the 21st century much of Africa still faces massive challenges to successful economic and social development. But how should African countries respond to the imperatives of globalisation and pro-poor growth?Pages