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    Determinants of educational achievement and attainment in Africa: findings from nine case studies

    Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1997
    This paper presents an overview and discussion of nine studies that attempt to explain educational achievement, attainment, and participation in different African countries. Available information on school, household, child, and community characteristics are explored for this purpose.
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    Biotechnology in African Agricultural Research: Opportunities for Donor Organizations

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2000
    Based on survey in 9 countries Looks at the development of agricultural biotechnology in Africa, and this constrains donor agencies in strategically directing their funding. This survey is based on assessment studies in 9 countries of regions and crops that may be considered for increased support.
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    Gender equality in education

    Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 1999
    In line with the global declaration that education is a fundamental right to which both women and men should have access, countries in southern Africa are striving to achieve gender equity.[author]
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    Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in East and Southern Africa

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
    Five questions central to public sector reform in East and Southern Africa, and consistent with their proclaimed thrust, are addressed in this paper:Has the size of government employment changed since the mid-1980s?Have government functions become more focused on 'core' activities, such as health and education, during this period?Have real wage levels changed?Has accountability
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    Rural Africa at the crossroads: livelihood practices and policies

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
    This paper synthesises the findings and main policy implications of new empirical studies on changing rural livelihoods from the De-Agrarianisation and Rural Employment (DARE) research programme at the African Studies Centre, University of Leiden.Conclusions include the following: Largely as a result of structural adjustment performances, diversification out of agriculture has become th
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    Land tenure reform and the balance of power in eastern and southern Africa

    Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000
    This paper examines the current wave of land tenure reform in eastern and southern Africa. It discusses how far tenure reform reflects a shift in powers over property from centre to periphery. A central question is whether tenure reform is designed to deliver to rural smallholders greater security of tenure and greater control over the regulation and transfer of these rights.

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