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In defence of Africa’s informal sector
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008For decades, development theorists and African leaders stigmatised informal employment as an unfortunate reality set to disappear as ‘modernisation’ spread. The police often harassed street traders, petty artisans and inhabitants of unauthorised settlements. By the 1990s attitudes were often more tolerant, but is South Africa returning to former prejudice?DocumentCan parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception
Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.DocumentIn the best interests of the child: harmonising laws in Eastern and Southern Africa
African Child Policy Forum, 2007This report reviews and analyses how far 19 Eastern and Southern African countries have gone in harmonising and implementing the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC, or 'the African Charter').DocumentMaking a hero book
Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2006This manual leads children and youth, in groups, through a series of autobiographical story telling and art exercises, designed to explore solutions and to mobilise a community response, in the face of specific personal and social challenges.DocumentEducation access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection
Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.Documentid21 viewpoint - AUVEC: using the virtual world to achieve real world gains in livestock care
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006The importance of livestock to poor people is as obvious as the humps on a camel. However, the diseases that affect animals and their keepers do not get the attention they need.DocumentIs cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?DocumentAid does raise economic growth in Africa – indirectly
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Despite receiving large amounts of aid, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a poor economic growth record. This has led some observers to conclude that aid to Africa has been ineffective. But this is not the case. Aid has contributed to growth in Africa, mainly by financing investment, which in turn contributes to growth.DocumentEnding legalised violence against children: report for the East and Southern Africa regional consultation
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2005This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment and deliberate humiliation of children in each state in East and Southern Africa.DocumentAssessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region
United Nations Children's Fund, 2005This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.Pages