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  Urban-Rural Inequality in Living Standards in Africa

  Poverty, inequality and development research at Cornell University, 2003

  This paper examines the relative importance of rural versus urban areas in terms of monetary poverty and seven other related living standards indicators. The authors present levels of urban-rural differences for several African countries (where data is available) and find that living standards in rural areas lag far behind those in urban areas.
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  Sector wide approaches in education

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2003

  This report provides an overview of key issues in the development and implementation of sector wide approaches (SWAps) in education.
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  Trade liberalization and the structure of poverty in developing countries

  Global Trade Analysis Project, 2003

  This paper gives an analysis of the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and explores how national poverty rates could be affected by global trade liberalization.Some of the main findings from this analysis are:the poor tend to be more specialized in the earnings sources than the non-poor, which makes them more vulnerable to tra
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  HIV/AIDS and agriculture: impacts and responses: case studies from Namibia, Uganda and Zambia

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  How can countries support increasing numbers of vulnerable households? What can be done to reverse the trend towards increasing destitution?
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  Experts Meeting on Gender Mainstreaming of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in Selected African Countries: Proceedings

  United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2003

  Through presentations and working groups, participants from governments, civil society and donor agencies explored conceptual issues around gender and poverty, how to engender Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the extent to which gender-sensitive budget initiatives are integrated into these.
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  Poor selection: how do poor people make education decisions?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  What are the main barriers stopping children from poor households getting an education? What motivates poor parents in developing countries to send their children to school? How willing and able are the poor to pay for education? How do parents and children judge the quality of education?
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  Harnessing new communication technologies for development in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Using new technology to inform people and improve communication systems is a recognised part of the fight against poverty. Recent research shows the extent to which this has been happening in Africa and makes recommendations for future policy to make it more effective
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  Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2003

  This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.
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  The IMF: wrong diagnosis, wrong medicine

  Oxfam, 1999

  Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change.
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  IFAD desk review of the PRSP Process in Eastern and Southern Africa

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  This desk analysis is based on an analysis of the PRSP process in 10 countries (Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia).

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