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    Sharing the benefits: participation in policy on genetic resources and traditional knowledge

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can countries secure effective stakeholder participation in the development of access to genetic resources and benefit- sharing (ABS) and traditional knowledge (TK) policy? Why is stakeholder participation important?
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    Certifiably eco-friendly: is certification promoting sustainable forestry management?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Forest certification is all the rage, but is it having any impact? Who is benefiting from the ‘good wood’ trade? Is certification improving responsible business practice in forest product supply chains? Can the private sector and local stakeholders work to manage forests in ways that sustainably optimise social and environmental benefits?
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    A burning issue: promoting sustainable pro-poor access to affordable energy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In urban areas of developing countries the poor pay more per unit of energy consumed and are most vulnerable to price hikes. Are they forever doomed to use expensive, inefficient and unsafe fuels for cooking, heating, power and light? What can be done to increase access to higher grade and more sustainable forms of energy?
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    Better farming techniques? Alternatives to extension in South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can farmers improve their soil fertility management strategies? Does extension work aid this process and help address problems faced by smallholders? Are alternative approaches providing effective advisory services to resource-poor farmers with a focus on inclusion and willing participation needed?
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    Community radio - bridging the digital divide

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    At the heart of the global knowledge economy are changing patterns of communication and new technologies. But the uneven distribution of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) makes it likely that information poverty will reinforce ‘real poverty’ in poorer countries. In the face of the north-south digital divide, can community radio help bridge the gap?
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    Poverty and pensions: The rights of older people

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Relatively rapid population ageing in poorer countries implies that unless policies and social protection schemes specifically address issues of old age poverty, targets for poverty reduction will not be achieved. Studies of poverty in old age reveal its multi-dimensional nature, including its persistence and its intergenerational impact.
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    The Primacy of Land Conflicts

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Peri-urban areas in Southern and East Africa are characterised by: rapid change and spiraling socio-economic polarisation; divergent claims, competing interests and identities; and conflicts, disputes and tensions concerning the access, control and use of land resources.
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    Pensions for life? The rise of pensions as a development issue

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The 1990s could well qualify as the decade of global pension reform. A number of countries in Latin America and some transition economies radically transformed their pension provision and moved swiftly towards privately provided individual retirement plans. Less conspicuous, but no less important, South Africa and Brazil reformed their basic pension plans to achieve almost universal coverage.
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    Formula for success? Needs-based resource allocation in healthcare

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    A country's policy on healthcare financing can help or hinder access to services by poor people. How can different approaches to resource allocation enable poor people to access essential health services? A report from the UK Department for International Development's Health Systems Resource Centre presents lessons from Cambodia, South Africa and Uganda.
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    Blinded by fear - why people with cataracts avoid eye surgery

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the developing world. The Ministry of Health aims to eliminate cataract blindness in South Africa within five years. Providing adequate and affordable surgical services is an important part of this. But will people use them?

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