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    Supporting the poor: the sustainable livelihoods approach in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Sustainable livelihoods (SL) approaches provide fresh insights into poverty analysis. What are the key institutional issues in promoting an SL approach in Zimbabwe, Zambia and South Africa? What changes are needed in policies, structures and processes to support a SL approach? Just how well are governments tackling poverty?
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    Is awareness enough? Practical responses the HIV epidemic in southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    People living in southern Africa are increasingly aware of the threat of HIV. But awareness is often superficial and fails to change people’s behaviour. A report from Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) describes attempts to integrate HIV/AIDS into its programmes across all sectors in the region. It highlights a need to move beyond awareness towards more practical solutions.
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    Committed to communities? Checking up on participation in cities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The Habitat Agenda signed in Istanbul in 1996 and Agenda 21, agreed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, both commit governments to increasing participation in city decision- making. What legislation, policies and rules have resulted? Are they being implemented? How have they affected poor people?
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    Certifiably eco-friendly: is certification promoting sustainable forestry management?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Forest certification is all the rage, but is it having any impact? Who is benefiting from the ‘good wood’ trade? Is certification improving responsible business practice in forest product supply chains? Can the private sector and local stakeholders work to manage forests in ways that sustainably optimise social and environmental benefits?
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    The Primacy of Land Conflicts

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Peri-urban areas in Southern and East Africa are characterised by: rapid change and spiraling socio-economic polarisation; divergent claims, competing interests and identities; and conflicts, disputes and tensions concerning the access, control and use of land resources.
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    No hiding place for information-hoarders: tackling the accountability deficit

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can citizens help shape policies and hold politicians and civil servants to account? How can opportunities for citizen participation be institutionalised? Which public sector responsiveness initiatives undertaken in recent years are replicable? How should donors respond to recalcitrant states refusing to reform accountability relationships with service users?
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    Counting the cost of HIV in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Southern Africa is the region with the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. An estimated 9.4 million of the total population of 97 million were HIV-positive in 1999. What impact will the HIV/AIDS epidemic have on the provision of health services in the region? Is there any scope for improving access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in low-income countries?
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    Unequal measures: who benefits most from government spending on healthcare?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Policy-makers in developing regions and countries in transition need reliable information to make decisions about how to allocate healthcare resources. Yet, accurate quantitative data on healthcare inequalities in these countries are rare. Decisions are often based on assumptions about healthcare use, but what if these assumptions are wrong?
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    Raising gender sensitivity: ethical trade in African horticulture

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    African producers exporting fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers to UK supermarkets now have to meet codes of conduct covering their conditions of employment. Much of the workforce is female seasonal labour, with men predominantly occupying permanent and more secure work. Employment conditions are often far worse for women.
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    Digging deep - new dimensions of HIV prevention in southern Africa's mines

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Labour migration plays an important role in HIV transmission, particularly in the mining industry in eastern and southern Africa. HIV prevalence is around 30 percent amongst South African gold miners. Improved strategies for HIV prevention are obviously needed - is it time for a new approach?

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