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    Social networks and micro finance

    Centre for Micro Finance, India, 2012
    This summary reviews a number of studies that deal with the issues of social networks and finance, the role of informal institutions within networks and econometrics of studying social networks.
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    Lessons from electoral management and processes in West Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    A significant issue in the debate on constitutional and political reform in West Africa continues to be the improvement of governance to ensure electoral integrity and protect the electoral mandate through free and fair elections.
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    Political economy of Climate Compatible Development: artisanal fisheries and climate change in Ghana

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    ‘Climate compatible development’ increases prospects for policy processes that contribute to development, climate change adaptation and mitigation. This paper looks at the complex political economy of climate compatible development in Ghana’s artisanal fisheries sector.
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    Linking small holder agriculture to school food provision

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    Home grown School Feeding (HGSF) in Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as a key tool in the transition towards nationally owned school feeding programmes. However, to support the transition from externally driven school feeding to HGSF, the Partnership for Child Development (PCD) - a global consortium of concerned organisations and experts - has launched a new programme.
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    HGSF working paper series #2: linking agricultural development to school feeding

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    Home-grown school feeding (HGSF) approach is conceived of as combining two distinct policy objectives: a social protection objective focused on the health and nutritional status of school-age children, and a focus on the economic and technical transformation of small-scale agriculture.
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    Developing rations for Home Grown School Feeding

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    This paper discusses how to set the goals for school meal rations based on educational and nutrition outcomes. The paper points that school feeding programs do not significantly improve the nutritional status of school children unless the staple food is fortified. Consequently, parents need to be educated to continue to feed the same amounts of food at home.
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    Energy futures modelling for African cities - selection a modelling tool for the SAMSET project

    Energy Research Centre, 2014
    With the majority of the literature about sustainable urban energy transitions having been focused on developed country contexts, it is crucial that forward-planning in developing countries by supported by research to ensure these quickly growing urban centres do not lock-in to unsustainable systems.
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    Food provision in schools in low and middle income countries: developing an evidenced based programme framework

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    This paper aims to develop an evidence based rationale for school feeding programmes. The paper clarifies that school feeding is a popular programme that has been used to support the education, health and nutrition of children living in vulnerable food-insecure areas.
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    Home Grown School Feeding and social protection

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2010
    This paper argues that Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) programmes have great potential to deliver various social protection benefits, not only for schoolchildren and their families but also for food supplying farmers.
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    Engaging communities: evaluating social accountability in school feeding programmes

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2011
    This paper addresses the question of how implementers of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) systems can create and operationalise feedback systems between communities, governments and external partners to ensure programmes are meeting communities’ needs.

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