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  Unemployment, education and skills constraints in post-apartheid South Africa

  Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2007

  The supply of skilled labour in South Africa cannot meet labour demands. This paper investigates the relationship between education and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa, and examines whether employment growth has been inhibited by skills constraints. It focuses on the period 1995 to 2003. Key findings include: 
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  United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Centre in Colombo

  The UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo mainly focuses on Poverty Reduction with an overarching effort on achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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  Privatising basic utilities in Africa: a rejoinder

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper offers a critical analysis of Bayliss and McKinley’s 2007 IPC Policy Research Brief on “Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Consequences”.The author agrees with their statement that African governments were pushed into accepting private participation in basic infrastructure by international financial institutions and donors.
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  Regional energy integration in Africa: a report of the world energy council

  World Energy Council, 2005

  Access to modern energy services is critical for socio-economic development. This paper states that reliable energy supply is a prerequisite to economic growth, job creation, enhancement of value-added economic activities and support for income-earning activities, especially in rural areas.
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  Privatisation model for water enterprise in Kenya

  Institute of World Affairs ,, 2006

  The world over, the role and eligibility of the state in the provision of water supply is increasingly coming into question. Policy makers and analysts are advocating the abdication of the state in favour of private participation. Kenya is one of the developing countries that have endeavoured to privatise their water sectors.
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  Qualitative research report on orphans and vulnerable children in Palapye, Botswana

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2007

  Through a snapshot view drawn from interviews and focus groups in the town of Palapye, this book examines the situation of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Botswana.
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  Urban poverty office projects: operation and maintenance

  Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 1998

  Enhancing a city's operation and maintenance (O&M) system engenders local ownership and gives people a stake in service provision. This executive summary reviews the outcomes of an O&M situation analysis in the city of Cuttack, India.
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  Down the drain: How aid for water sector reform could be better spent

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2007

  This report discusses the rise in donor support for water privatisation, with a particular emphasis on the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF). The report argues that donor support for privatisation is based on ideology and promoting corporate interests rather than being open to all the options.
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  Governance and pro-poor growth in Africa

  African Economic Research Consortium, 2006

  This policy brief provides conclusions emerging from an annual African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) seminar.
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  Chop fine: the human rights impact of local government corruption and mismanagement in Rivers State, Nigeria

  Human Rights Watch, 2007

  This Human Rights Watch report examines the misuse of public funds by local officials in the Rivers State of Nigeria’s. It is based on interviews in Rivers state with government and donor agency officials, civil servants, health care workers, teachers, civil society groups and local residents.

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