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  Task-shifting: experiences and opinions of health workers in Mozambique and Zambia

  Human Resources for Health, 2012

  The consequences of staff deficits include heavier workloads for those on duty, the closure of some services, loss of quality and hazards for health workers and managers. This paper describes the task-shifting taking place in health centers and district hospitals in Mozambique and Zambia, aiming to determine the positive and negative consequences of this phenomenon.
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  ICTs for Education:Impact and lessons learned from IICD-supported activities

  International Institute for Communication and Development, 2007

  This impact study is part of a series of publications on the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in various sectors in developing countries.
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  Building climate change adaptation on community experiences: lessons from community-based natural resource management in southern Africa

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  This publication examines how community based natural resource management (CBNRM) can inform and contribute to climate change adaptation at the community level, specifically to community based adaptation (CBA). It provides a framework for analysing the two approaches at conceptual and practical levels.
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  Factors Influencing Adoption and Area under Conservation Agriculture: A Mixed Methods Approach

  2012

  Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) is low in most parts of Africa. Zambia has been quite successful in increasing adoption of CA among smallholder farmers. Few studies have been conducted to determine factors influencing adoption of CA. This study uses mixed methods approach to document factors influencing adoption of CA among smallholder farmers.
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  Reversing Agro-Based Land Degradation through Conservation Agriculture: Emerging Experiences from Zambia’s Smallholder Farming Sector

  2012

  This study reports on the land degradation minimizing effects of Conservation Agriculture (CA) as promoted among smallholder Zambian farmers. It found no evidence of CA associated improvements in soil fertility after five years of CA practice, probably because crop residues were removed from the fields.
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  Postal telecentres: Rural Development through Internet Access in South African Development Community: the cases of Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia

  World Bank, 2004

  This study aims to assess the potential for private sector provision of internet facilities through the post office network in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. PricewaterhouseCoopers have been appointed as consultants to carry out this study through local research in Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.
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  Safe drinking water: who is willing to pay the price?

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2012

  This briefing, the second issue of the Evidence Matters series, distills policy relevant evidence from a recent 3ie systematic review ‘Willingness to pay for cleaner water in less developed countries". The review summarises research from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia. Some of the lessons learned include:
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  From privatisation to corporatisation and the need for a counter-strategy

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2012

  This report explores the development from privatisation to corporatisation within neoliberal policy on urban water services in developing countries. The findings call for the water justice movement to update and adjust its strategy, in order to counter the neoliberal tactical shift towards corporatisation.
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  How can agriculture and trade lead to livelihoods, food security and development?: evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2011

  Agriculture and trade can be engines for inclusive growth and development in African countries. This monograph presents the main findings of country research studies on trade and agriculture issues in Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
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  Needs, challenges and opportunities: adolescents and young people living with HIV in Zambia

  International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2011

  The aims of this qualitative study, carried out in 2010, were twofold. The first was to explore and document the psychosocial, sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs of adolescents (10-19) living with HIV in Zambia.

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