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    The equity impacts of community financing initiatives in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2000
    Access to healthcare is closely linked to health service financing in developing countries. The Bamako Initiative for community or user financing of healthcare in Africa is surrounded by debate over its impact on equity within and between sections of society. How does the design of such schemes affect equity of access to healthcare?
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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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    Contraceptive distribution in Kenya - how to motivate community-based volunteers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can community-based distribution (CBD) of contraceptives survive in Kenya in the face of reduced donor support? How can agencies keep community staff motivated? Which is more important for volunteers, status or money? Research co-ordinated by the Kenyan Ministry of Health sets out to find some answers.
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    Local agenda: partnerships for urban change?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can different groups work together to address urban environmental management? Can the Local Agenda 21 (LA21) approach enhance this process?
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    A rights-based approach to pastoral development: lessons from Kenya

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Myths about the life style of pastoralists have long bedeviled development projects designed to meet their needs. Does the aid community understand the increasing vulnerability of pastoral people to the effects of drought and conflict? How can displaced pastoralists be helped to overcome poverty and re-establish disrupted livelihoods?
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    Malarone in Kenya and the politics of donated drugs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Malarone is a treatment for malaria. Its manufacturer, Glaxo-Wellcome Inc, launched the Malarone Donation Programme in Kenya in 1996. Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Oxford examine how drug policy developed as the programme evolved.
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    Pro-poor democracy?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does representative democracy give poor people a voice? Do municipal decision makers respond to poor people's needs and priorities? Can the poor lodge complaints when services fail to operate adequately? Is a combination of formal structures of representative democracy and mechanisms permitting organised political engagement the answer?
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    Making a difference: what can municipal government do?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Poverty reduction measures usually focus at the national level: primary health care, education, trade and fiscal policy are wholly or partly central government responsibilities. Should this be the whole story? Research by the University of Birmingham shows that there is room for manoeuvre at the local and municipal level to make a difference in reducing poverty.
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    Financing cities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Probably the greatest constraint facing city governments as they seek to address poverty is the inadequacy of financial resources.
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    Beyond confrontation?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How do community resources help promote engaged citizenship? How do Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) help the poor access the resources they need to improve their lives? How, if at all, do CSOs collaborate with local government institutions or other state agencies? When they do collaborate what is achieved and who benefits?

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