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  Who infects whom? Migration and the HIV epidemic in South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  High rates of population movement fuel the spread of HIV in Southern Africa. Urban migrants returning home to their rural communities can help drive the epidemic. However, is this migration pattern the main cause of the spread of infection within rural communities? The South African Medical Research Council investigated this issue in Hlabisa, a rural district of KwaZulu/Natal.
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  Study of selected Fredskorpset exchange projects

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2003

  This report evaluates volunteer exchange projects of young people between institutions of Norway and countries of the South, as well as directly between Southern countries.
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  Mainstreaming nutrition for improved development outcomes

  United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2003

  This paper brings together a collection of articles from the symposium ‘mainstreaming nutrition for improved development outcomes’.
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  Case study: San/CSIR hoodia benefit sharing model

  Syngenta Foundation, 2003

  This presentation portrays the case of the benefit-sharing model established in South Africa between the San indigenous peoples and the biotechnology firm CSIR for the commercial use of hoodia, a cactus plant useful for obesity control.The case study argues that during the whole process of product development CSIR followed a bioprospecting policy aimed at the creation of economic and social ben
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  Women who know a person with AIDS do not have elevated condom use rates

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 2003

  This article summarises the findings of a study which attempted to identify factors that affect condom use among women in South Africa.
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  Deadly delay: South Africa’s efforts to prevent HIV in survivors of sexual violence

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This report highlights the obstacles to effective post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) provision in South Africa and their solutions, and serves to illustrate lessons of the South African experience that may be useful for countries that are beginning to discuss or develop PEP services.Recommendations to the Government of South Africa include:launch an information campaign to educate the publ
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  Bt cotton: benefits for poor farmers?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper questions whether, on the basis of a few favourable studies and a few years' experience, Bt cotton (cotton genetically engineered to express the insecticidal toxin Bacillus Thuringiensis) can be relied upon to produce benefits for poor farmers.The paper identifies a number of implications:the positive results shown by Bt cotton in the first few years are likely to be highly c
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  Beating the backlog: meeting targets and providing free basic services

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2004

  This paper examines the backlog in the delivery of water and electricity services for the rural population in South Africa. It argues that considerable additional resources to those currently assigned by the government are needed to make these services available to the rural poor.
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  Norway and security sector reform in developing countries

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2003

  This report looks at the role of security sector reform in Norwegian assistance to peace building in developing countries.
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  Wild resources theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2001

  This paper provides background information on access to natural resources in Southern Africa. Case studies are used from Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa, to explore customary rights and de facto access to a wide range of wild resources, in particular those of greatest importance to the rural poor.

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