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  Global Information Society 2007

  Global Information Society Watch, 2007

  The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.
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  Understanding the movements of Somali refugees

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Since the late 1980s, Somalis have been leaving their country, fleeing civil war, poverty, drought and famine. Today they form one of the world’s largest diasporas. With local integration in neighbouring states or asylum in Europe increasingly difficult, large numbers embark on complex journeys – secondary migrations – which are hard to document.
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  Research ICT Africa Network

  The Research ICT Africa Network conducts research on ICT policy and regulation that facilitates evidence-based and informed policy making for improved access, use and application of ICT for social dev
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  Regional employee engagement approaches to meet regional challenges: Africa

  International Business Leaders Forum, 2007

  This briefing demonstrates how community engagement by employees from international business can meet corporate, NGO and international development goals.
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  Achieving quality distance learning in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Distance education and open learning can be flexible and cost effective. It is particularly important for women and others unable to attend full-time education in rural areas. However, while South Africa has around fifty providers, the rest of sub-Saharan Africa has very few.
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  Men's involvement in gender and development policy and practice: beyond rhetoric

  Oxfam, 2001

  This document presents a compilation of working papers which were presented at the seminar "Beyond Rhetoric: Male Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice" (2000).The seminar explored the ways in which development organisations have addressed gender and development in the past, the problems that they have faced, and possible ways of working which take account of the identified
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  African Economic Outlook 2003/2004

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The third edition of the African Economic Outlook assesses recent economic changes and likely evolutions and challenges on the continent.
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  Verbal autopsy

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This review from the World Health Organization (WHO) looks at the use of verbal autopsy interviews to identify which women die from pregnancy-related causes and why. Verbal autopsy is a technique whereby surviving family members or other informants are interviewed to elicit the deceased’s cause of death.
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  Variability and extremes in water resources in the Nile river basin

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Climate variability represents a significant challenge for water resources management. Further changes in rainfall and river flows, caused by human-induced climate change, undermine traditional methods of water resource management. They increase the severity and frequency of floods and droughts, and increase water scarcity.
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  Poverty mapping for selected African countries

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This document represents a collection of Poverty Maps for eleven African countries, namely, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. The maps are constructed using the head count index as a tool for measurment and analysis of the incidence of poverty.

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