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    Strengthening engagement with the international human rights machinery: a practitioner's guide

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    The UN member states’ commitment to actively protect and promote all human rights and support their further mainstreaming throughout the United Nations system requires increasing interaction and strengthened engagement with the existing international human rights machinery.
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    Doing business: women in Africa

    World Bank, 2008
    This document presents case studies of women entrepreneurs across Africa who have overcome legal and regulatory obstacles to create new business opportunities. The report is the first in a series of regional reports designed to showcase successful women entrepreneurs and explore how they overcame obstacles to business creation, growth and economic success.
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    Intergenerational coresidence in developing countries

    Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota, 2008
    Is coresidence of elderly people with their children really on the decline in most developing countries, as much research suggests? This analysis uses new data and measures to assess changes in intergenerational coresidence in 15 developing countries.
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    Promoting group justice: fiscal policies in post-conflict countries

    Political Economy Research Institute, 2008
    The need for post-conflict countries to address economic inequality, particularly horizontal inequality among culturally defined groups, is increasingly being recognised. But it is less clear how this should be done.
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    E-Government in Africa: prospects, challenges and practices

    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2006
    In an increasingly globalised world, where information technology has become one of the key determinants of growth, many African countries are facing new challenges as a result of the emerging information age.
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    Engendering Rwanda’s decentralisation: supporting women candidates for local office

    Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2008
    This report examines Rwanda’s decentralisation efforts in the context of the 2006 local elections with a particular focus on women. Its also offers a critique of the implementation of the 30 percent quota and examines questions of women and local government in order to highlight the barriers to women’s participation and explore how those can be overcome.
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    Demonstrating legislative leadership: the introduction of Rwanda’s gender-based violence bill

    Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2008
    In August 2006, members of Rwanda’s Chamber of Deputies debated a landmark piece of legislation. The “Draft Law on Prevention, Protection and Punishment of Any Gender-Based Violence,” though not yet adopted, could become the first comprehensive legal framework in Rwanda’s history to address gender-based violence.
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    Defending children’s rights: the legislative priorities of Rwandan women parliamentarians

    Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2008
    This report argues that the inclusion of women in national legislatures has positive policy outcomes for children. The report states that global analyses and the Rwanda case in particular, has shown that legislators are more likely than their male colleagues to prioritise children’s rights and family health and welfare.
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    Defending children’s rights: the legislative priorities of Rwandan women parliamentarians

    Hunt Alternatives Fund, 2008
    This paper analyses the increasing influence of Rwandan women in politics, in particularly within the transitional parliament, through the constitution drafting process, and in 2003 parliamentary elections. For example, a critical mass of female parliamentarians has used their influence to create a child-friendly agenda in parliament.
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    Striving for growth, bypassing the poor? A critical review of Rwanda’s rural sector policies

    Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp, 2007
    This paper critically analyses the challenges and priorities for Rwanda’s rural sector policies in the fight against poverty. The lessons drawn are important, the author asserts, as this sector will be at the forefront of Rwanda’s new Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS or PRSP-2).

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