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  HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods – communicating NGO good practice

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  The HIV/AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is deeply affecting rural livelihoods. The loss of adults of a working age means lower agricultural production, more households being headed by elderly people or children, and a breakdown in transmission of agricultural skills.
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  Linking policies and budgets: implementing medium term expenditure frameworks in a PRSP context

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This briefing paper focuses on the effectiveness of Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs) in offering a more practical approach to the implementation of the strategies laid out in the PRSPs (Povery Reduction Strategy Papers). It is based on nine country case studies which investigated the experience of implementing MTEFs in a PRSP context.
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  Linking rural livelihoods to poverty reduction strategies in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) have been adopted by Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi in recent years. The resulting focus on decentralisation and participation has not had the desired success, however. How can PRSPs address the problems that poor people face in trying to escape poverty?
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  Progress reviews and performance assessment in poverty-reduction strategies and budget support: a survey of current thinking and practice

  Overseas Development Institute, 2005

  This report describes and analyses the challenges posed by the monitoring and evaluation of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) and budget support programmes.
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  Adapting to climate change in East Africa: a strategic approach

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change in three least developed countries in East Africa: Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. In the coming decades, climate change is likely to alter temperatures and distribution of rainfall, contribute to sea-level rise and increase the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events in East Africa.
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  The status and distribution of freshwater biodiversity in Eastern Africa

  World Conservation Union, 2005

  Biodiversity within inland water ecosystems in Eastern Africa is both highly diverse and of great regional importance to livelihoods and economies. However, development activities are not always compatible with the conservation of this diversity and it is poorly represented in the development planning process.
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  Class act – IMCI training boosts health workers’ performance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Antimicrobial drugs are an essential tool for child survival, treating major killers such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. But antibiotic misuse by health workers is adding to the rise in drug-resistant disease. Training primary health workers in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) can improve the use of antimicrobials for children.
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  Grim future for girls - primary school attendance in Sub-Saharan Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  In the year 2000 the probability of an African child attending primary school was no higher than it had been in 1980. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has the lowest primary enrolments of any major region in the developing world and the number of African children out of school is increasing at a faster rate than anywhere else.
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  Accessing agricultural information online: filling in the gaps

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Websites providing development-oriented information services for the agricultural sector are multiplying. This information growth, enabled by donor funding has not necessarily made it easier for users in developing countries to find and access relevant information. Many gaps and inconsistencies exist and much of the information available is not responsive to the demands of service users.
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  Migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa

  Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2004

  This paper reports on the findings of a survey conducted on migration and pro-poor policy in East Africa. It identifies the importance of migration to the poor, discusses migration policies, key issues and policy gaps in each country, as well as the region as a whole.

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