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    Social capital as obstacle to development: brokering land, norms, and trust in rural India

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014
    During the 1990s, powerful development institutions like the World Bank came to see the social networks and norms of the rural poor in developing countries as 'assets' to be tapped for poverty alleviation.
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    Better land use, better future for all: partnering with civil society to enhance sustainable land management in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Land degradation is a serious problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, where up to two-thirds of the productive land area is reported to be degraded to some extent.  Local communities suffer the most from the degradation of their land and they are therefore fundamental to the widespread adoption of sustainable land management (SLM) techniques.
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    Southern African Editors’ Forum: SAEF report on observation of media conduct during the 2014 Malawi tripartite elections

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2014
    A seven-person Southern African Editors’ Forum (SAEF) mission comprising editors from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia including the SAEF executive director based in Namibia, travelled to Malawi on 16-23 May 2014 to observe media conduct during that country’s 2014 tripartite elections.
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    Zambia democracy and political participation

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Zambia has enjoyed relative peace since independence in a region characterised by conflict. However, it has had a chequered political history. Since 1991, Zambia experienced unprecedented political developments. The country held six general elections, including a presidential by-election. There have been four peaceful presidential successions during this period.
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    Live, talk, faces: an analysis of CCTV’s adaption to the African media market

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    The entry of Chinese news media into the African media-sphere has spawned a growing number ofanalyses – both in popular press and academic journals. Although literature is growing, scholarly studies on Chinese media are largely in their formative stages relative to studies on China - Africa links in other social sciences.
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    Social action plan 1992-95: government of NWFP

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1992
    Economic growth in Pakistan has been high, averaging 6 per cent over the last three decades, but it has not been reflected in the social sectors, partly because it received only 4 per cent of the GDP even by 1990/91. As a result, social indicators have remained low.
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    Improving the provision of justice in Pakistan

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1992
    The simplest legal case in Pakistan takes an average of four and a half years for disposal, and many are known to have dragged on for over twenty years. Even after such delays, the parties are not sure of receiving justice. There are widespread accusations of corruption, favouritism, negligence, and outright incompetence among judicial officers at the lower level of the judicial system.
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    The Pakistan national conservation strategy: A plan of action for the 1990s

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1993
    The Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS), approved the government on March 1, 1992, provides a broad framework for addressing environmental concerns in the country.  The strategy was formulated though a three-year long process of consultation between individuals, groups and organisations representing a broad spectrum of views and interests in the issue. 
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    The eighth five-year plan: basic framework

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1993
    The Eighth Five Year Plan (1993-98) is launched at a crucial period. While the overall objectives of planning remain the same, namely the enhancement of social and economic welfare in the country, they are being pursued at a time of fundamental change in domestic and global economies.
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    Note on the first meeting of the prime minster’s task force on the economy

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1993
    The World Bank has insisted on tariff increases to improve efficiency and mobilize investment resources for Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The argument is that the current system does not give incentives either for conservation or efficiency improvement.

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