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  Aid responses to Afghanistan: lessons from previous evaluations

  OECD Development Centre, 2001

  The DAC Afghanistan meeting provided independent advice to policy makers and practitioners on the complex issues underpinning reconstruction and relief strategies.
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  Inequalities in purchase of mosquito nets and willingness to pay for insecticide-treated nets in Nigeria: challenges for malaria control interventions

  Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2004

  This article, published in Malaria Journal by BioMed Central, reports on a study into patterns of ownership and purchase of insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) in Nigeria. It aims to provide new evidence about the demand for ITNs in Nigeria, which are currently sold on a user fees basis.
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  Influence and accountability: citizen voices, responsiveness and accountability in service delivery

  One World Action, 2002

  To improve the delivery of basic services, a number of economic, social, technical and political issues need to be addressed. This seminar report focuses on two core political issues relevant to service delivery. How citizens can exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services, such as water, sanitation, health care, education?
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  Moldova: health briefing paper

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2003

  The Republic of Moldova gained independence in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Its population in 2002 was estimated to be 4.27 million, of which 42% were town-dwellers. There has been a substantial decline in the birth rate over the last decade and since 1999 the country has experienced a negative population growth.
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  Robbing the poor to pay the rich? How the United States keeps medicines from the world’s poorest

  Oxfam, 2003

  Much suffering and death could be prevented if people had regular access to medicines, yet one-third of the world’s population does not. Many factors are responsible, including poverty, lack of finance, and poor health service infrastructure – but the high cost of new patented medicines is also a key factor.
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  Beneficiary, consumer, citizen: perspectives on participation for poverty reduction

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000

  Published by Sida, this book traces the evolution of the concept of “participation” in the development discourse since its emergence in the late 1970s. It addresses the new challenges presented by an ever-changing understanding of what participation means, and warns of the dangers of embracing the concept without questioning the deeper implications of participation in practice.
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  Technical note on enhancing stakeholder participation in aid activities

  Department for International Development, UK, 1995

  This technical note, produced by the Department for International Development (DFID), aims to define what constitutes good practice when using participatory approaches to development, based on the experience of DFID staff. Recognising that there are many benefits but also potential costs to participatory methods, the document is intended to provide guidance rather than be prescriptive.
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  Public participation in health: making people matter

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  This IDS working paper highlights the importance of community participation in improving health outcomes and performance of health systems.
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  Children having children: state of the world’s mothers 2004

  Save the Children Fund, USA, 2004

  This report, published by Save the Children, focuses on girls who become mothers while still children themselves, highlighting the particular health risks and challenges which they, and their children, face. It includes the first ever Early Motherhood Risk Ranking which analyses data on child motherhood from 50 countries.
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  World Health Report 2000: Health systems: improving performance

  World Health Organization, 2001

  In the World Health Report 2000, devoted entirely to health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) expands its traditional concern for people’s physical and mental well-being to emphasise the elements of goodness (the best attainable average level) and fairness (the smallest feasible differences among individuals and groups).

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