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  Lessons from the field: the impact of civil society budget analysis and advocacy in six countries

  International Budget Partnership, 2007

  Can civil society improve the transparency, accountability and impact of public spending? While anecdotal information has been very encouraging, there is not yet sufficient information available to answer this central question.
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  Expanding collaboration between public audit institutions and civil society

  International Budget Partnership, 2007

  Civil society organisations are increasingly undertaking innovative actions designed to hold governments accountable for the use of public resources. The paper gives concrete examples of civil society participation and audit institution engagement from India, South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico, South Korea and Argentina. It demonstrates that civil so
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  Budget 2007: poverty amidst plenty

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007

  This latest report from the Budget Information Service at the Institute for Democracy in South Africa examines the government budget for 2007 and proposes future policy options.
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  Why doesn’t Africa get more equity investment? Frontier stock markets, firm size and asset allocations of global emerging market funds

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  Growth in equity investment in Africa has been disappointing, at least outside of South Africa. But is the cause, as many analysts suggest, ‘market failure’?
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  Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: results of a cluster randomized trial

  The Lancet, 2006

  This article from the Lancet provides evidence that microfinance initiatives combined with gender and HIV training can reduce levels of intimate partner violence. This in turn can potentially reduce levels of risk in relation to HIV.
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  Budget analysis and policy advocacy: the role of non-governmental public action

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  Civil society initiatives to improve budget transparency and influence government spending priorities are being introduced in developing countries. This IDS working paper reports on research carried out on six civil society budget groups around the world. The case studies are on a social movement in India, a research institution in Croatia and NGOs in Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda.
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  Strategies and policies on TNC-SME linkages country case studies: South Africa (SDS RP70)

  School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2006

  This report documents and assesses selected South African experiences with regard to the promotion of linkages between Trans- National Corporations (TNCs) and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).
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  Taxing alternatives: poverty alleviation and the South African Taxi/Minibus industry

  Mercatus Center, George Mason University, 2006

  This study looks at how local entrepreneurship can be better supported in the South African taxi and minibus industry. It looks at the likely impacts of the Government's Taxi Recapitalization Programme and suggests alternative approachesThe industry serves approximately 65% of the South Africans using public transportation and has been a wellspring of black entrepreneurial activity.
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  Country study: an employment-targeted economic programme for South Africa

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  At the 2003 Growth and Development Summit, South African President Thabo Mbeki singled out "more jobs, better jobs and decent work for all" as one of the country's key economic challenges. With the pledge to cut the unemployment rate by half by 2014, difficult policy changes are inevitable.
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  Does privatisation of plantations help poor people?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Forest plantations have many benefits. They provide wood and other forest products, contribute to biodiversity, improve landscapes and soils, play an important role in absorbing carbon and help to maintain water quality. Local and national economies also benefit as plantations provide employment, infrastructure and opportunities for small-scale enterprises.

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