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  The Bolivian education reform 1992-2002: case studies in large-scale education reform

  Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003

  This case study synthesises the first decade of the of the Bolivian education reform's design and implementation process, from 1992 to 2002.It argues that prior to the reform, behaviourism dominated teaching, instruction was teacher-centred and based on rote learning, and the teaching culture was not open to experimentation and learning.
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  Haiti: participation: from words to action: small-scale irrigation schemes rehabilitation project

  Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003

  This document presents the findings of the evaluation of an IFAD seven-year project in Haiti. The project carried out rehabilitation work on the irrigation schemes attached to small plots of land, put in place local structures for management and maintenance and upgraded rural production techniques.
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  Caught in the act: new stakeholders, decentralisation and water management processes in Zimbabwe

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This study focuses on the experience of water resource governance in one main river basin in Zimbabwe, the Save.
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  Water points and water policies: decentralisation and community management in Sangwe communal area, Zimbabwe

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines the institutions governing access to borehole water in two wards in Sangwe communal area in Chiredzi District, Zimbabwe. The study examines the contrasting institutional dynamics that have evolved, particularly around borehole committees, as a result of the community-based approach to water management promoted in recent years.
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  Ensuring contraceptive supply security

  Program for Appropriate Technology in Health, 2003

  This article, produced by PATH, highlights the shortage of contraceptives currently being experienced by family planning programmes in developing countries, and the threat this poses to the sexual and reproductive health of the populations concerned.
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  Land reform and sustainable livelihoods in South Africa's Eastern Cape province

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper examines the experiences of implementation of land reform policies in the Eastern Cape through a series of case studies.It looks at how attempts at redistribution, restitution and land tenure reform have resulted in a variety of models and approaches.
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  Rural development, institutional change and livelihoods in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: a case study of Mdudwa Village

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This paper looks at the case of Mdudwa village in the Eastern Cape to explore the processes and impacts of democratic decentralisation.
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  Contributing to the fight against HIV/AIDS within the informal economy: the existing and potential role of decentralized systems of social protection

  International Labour Organization, 2002

  This paper reviews the ad hoc evidence and explores the potential of decentralised systems of social protection (DSSP) to contribute to the fight against HIV/AIDS. The paper focuses on systems set up by associations and organisations in civil society to cover workers and households that do not have access to statutory systems of social protection.
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  Having your say: citizen participation and democracy

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  The Brazilian city of São Paulo has pioneered an innovative system for its citizens to become involved in the city’s administration. Brazil’s 1988 constitution decentralized power and created new mechanisms for increasing participation at municipal, state and federal level.
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  PRSPs and decentralisation in Malawi: can they offer any progress?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Poverty reduction efforts in Malawi pivot on the twin strategies of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) and decentralisation. Yet researchers argue that the Malawi PRSP represents a mixture of policies and generalities that could equally well have appeared in any strategic document of the past 30 years.

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