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    Strengthening democracy: can CSOs help?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The creation of a workable democracy is a prime concern for many conflict-torn societies. A challenge faced in the past by Bosnia and Uganda, it is one that Afghanistan is likely to have to face in the near future. How far can civil society organisations (CSOs) help (re)-build democracy?
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    Bigger AND better? Expanding community action on HIV/AIDS

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Slowing the spread of HIV and coping with the consequences of AIDS are major challenges for many developing countries. There are now many examples of successful small-scale responses to the disease. Could these strategies work for a larger population? How can non- governmental or community-based organisations (NGOs/CBOs) broaden the impact of their programmes?
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    Women in contemporary democratisation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why are women hugely under-represented in parliaments across the world? What strategies can bring women’s interests into the policy- making process? What are the pros and cons of quotas reserving parliamentary places for women? How can participants in women’s movements avoid being co-opted?
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    Film, book or play?: Community-based HIV prevention in rural Uganda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
    Behavioural change interventions still offer the best chance of preventing the spread of HIV in developing countries. But which methods are most effective? Researchers at the MRC Programme on AIDS in Uganda assess four HIV education strategies: drama, video, community educators (CEs) and leaflets. Each has strengths and weaknesses and a combination of approaches may be needed.
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    No longer the poor relation - the orphanhood method for measuring AIDS-related mortality

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What do we know about the impact of AIDS on mortality rates in developing countries? Do existing methods of data collection provide enough information? Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the UK Medical Research Council look into these questions.
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    Democracy rules? Subduing armed forces in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Elected governments, which replaced authoritarian regimes during recent African ‘transitions to democracy’ remain vulnerable to military re-intervention and armed conflict. How have new democracies assured democratic control over their military and security establishments?
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    Is aid in crisis?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are aid agencies addressing the causes of conflict in dysfunctional states? Can humanitarian assistance be neutral when aid is an instrument of foreign policy wielded by powerful donor states? In an era of disintegrating state authority are aid providers succeeding in attempts to make relief more development-oriented?
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    Poverty vs. conflict: understanding Africa's wars

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) stands out from other developing regions by the sheer number of conflicts and the massive impact on lives and livelihoods. In SSA, as the distinction between criminal and political violence becomes ever more blurred, has armed conflict become the major determinant of poverty? If so, what can be done?
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    Think before you drink - the link between alcohol and HIV

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Studies from developed countries suggest that alcohol consumption increases the risk of HIV infection. Is this also true in developing countries? This question was addressed in a study by the Medical Research Council Programme on AIDS in 15 villages in Masaka district, south-west Uganda.
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    Knowledge is power: AIDS education for Ugandan schoolchildren

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
    Comprehensive AIDS education can make pupils aware of the need to protect themselves against infection. It can also bring about gradual changes in the wider social environment, making safer sex more acceptable. But what is the best way to introduce AIDS education to schools with scarce resources and a packed curriculum?

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