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Investing in water for food, ecosystems and livelihoods: blue paper
2004This paper highlights the difficult choices that must be made as mounting pressure from the world’s growing population for more food could lead to greater water consumption and increasing environmental degradation. Globally, agriculture uses between 70 to 90% of developed water supplies and the livelihoods of 70% of the world’s poor depend largely on farming.DocumentHuman development report 2004: cultural liberty in today's diverse world
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004The UNDP Human Development Report 2004 focuses on policy approaches to multicultural nations and communities.DocumentAssuring food and nutrition security in Africa by 2020: a way forward from the 2020 Africa Conference
2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004This report is the draft outcome document of the Conference on Assuring Food and Nutrition Security in Africa by 2020 held from 1-3 April 2004.DocumentAccountability in health services: transforming relationships and contexts
2003Accountability mechanisms are increasingly being used in health programmes around the world – to what effect?DocumentThe domains of health responsiveness: a human rights analysis
World Health Organization, 2003Human rights and the domains of health system responsiveness share a common goal: furthering the rights of individuals and communities in the context of the health system. If a health system is responsive, it is possible that the interactions which people have within the health system will improve their well-being, irrespective of improvements to their health.DocumentA review of good practice in ICT and special educational needs for Africa
Imfundo, 2003The aim of this study is to investigate how good practice and experiences from the global use of Assistive Technology (AT) can be shared with African governments and people working in the sector.The study focuses on the use of ICT to support Special Educational Needs (SEN) in Africa with particular reference to special schools, teacher education and inclusive educational programmes.DocumentGhana: pharmaceutical pricing study, policy analysis and recommendations
John Snow International UK, 2003This policy document looks at the impact of decentralised decision-making on access to essential medicines in Ghana, based on the findings of a detailed pricing study.Local autonomy in procurement decisions, combined with weak management, has led to wide variations in the prices of these medicines across the country and within regions.DocumentPolicy paralysis: a call for action on HIV/AIDS related human rights abuses against women and girls in Africa
Human Rights Watch, 2003This report details cases of abuse of women and girls that increase susceptibility to HIV/AIDS.DocumentOld priorities and new agenda of public health in India: is there a mismatch?
Croatian Medical Journal, 1998This paper examines how structural adjustment programs and health sector reforms in India have created a new agenda in health services, arguing that as the State abdicates its responsibility for the provision of health care, the majority of the households at the subsistence level in India would be left without any life support system.