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Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development
Acacia Initiative, IDRC, 1997The central question of this study concerns African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information. The study is organised into three sections.DocumentEconomic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania
African Studies Quarterly, 1997This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban areas rather than improved them.DocumentImpact of HIV and sexual health education on the sexual behaviour of young people: a review update
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 1998To assess the effects of HIV/AIDS and sexual health education on young people’s sexual behaviour, a comprehensive literature review was commissioned by the Department of Policy, Strategy, and Research of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Sixty-eight reports were reviewed.DocumentIndicators for Programs to Prevent Diarrheal Disease, Malaria, and Acute Respiratory Infections
Environmental Health Project, 1998DocumentSwedish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper gives an overview of Sweden's development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.DocumentDanish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper gives an overview of Denmark's official development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.DocumentPoverty and the ‘Population Problem’
Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1996Addresses three aspects of poverty and the "population problem" from an economic perspective. First, the statistical basis for the oft-cited positive correlation between poverty and household size. Secondly, re-examines the conflicting economic and demographic interpretations of this correlation.DocumentAdolescents’ Access to Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services in Dakar (Senegal)
Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997This paper analyses the issue of adolescents' access to family planning services and information on reproductive health. The data used in this paper are a part of a broader study conducted in 1995 in Dakar (Senegal) by the Committee for Studies on Women, Family and Environment in Africa (COSWFEVA/CEFFEVA) and Family Health International.DocumentOn Differentials in Family-Building Patterns
Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997A review of the literature on birth-spacing suggests that family-specific factors are responsible in part for differences in birth interval length and past reproductive behaviour tends to repeat itself.Pages