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    Raising gender sensitivity: ethical trade in African horticulture

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    African producers exporting fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers to UK supermarkets now have to meet codes of conduct covering their conditions of employment. Much of the workforce is female seasonal labour, with men predominantly occupying permanent and more secure work. Employment conditions are often far worse for women.
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    From subsidy to sustainability: cost recovery challenges in urban water supply

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Although water is increasingly seen as an economic good, the issue of cost recovery for water supply and sanitation is far from straightforward. Poor households are in some places reluctant or unable to pay for networked services while in others they pay far more for informally-provided water supplies.
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    e-Governance: can it lead to better government?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What is e-governance? Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to the achievement of good governance goals? What are the implications for development? Why, when there is so much promise, do many e- governance initiatives go wrong? Can the gulf between the connected and the un-connected be bridged?
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    Disentangling chronic and transitory poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Do anti-poverty programme designers understand the degree to which temporary shocks can have permanent effects on vulnerable households? How can we distinguish between, and measure, chronic and transitory poverty? What policies are needed to disrupt intergenerationally transmitted poverty?
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    Unfinished business: the politics of land reform in southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Will the current round of land reform in southern Africa mark a decisive break with the colonial past or will it entrench new forms of inequality? Do the land invasions in Zimbabwe herald a new phase of land struggle throughout the region?
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    Safe haven for girls: can teachers challenge gender violence?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2001
    Rape, sexual harassment, abuse, assault, homophobia – the list is endless. In South Africa, girls in particular are the victims of school-based violence. How can schools and their staff – part of the problem – become part of the solution?
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    Conspiracy of silence? Stamping out abuse in African schools

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Schools in sub-Saharan Africa tolerate serious sexual harassment and abuse, most of it perpetrated by older male pupils and male teachers. Why is the school a violent place for girls? How does school culture encourage gender violence? In the light of the AIDS crisis, sexual violence against young girls needs to be vigorously tackled.
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    Digging deep - new dimensions of HIV prevention in southern Africa's mines

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Labour migration plays an important role in HIV transmission, particularly in the mining industry in eastern and southern Africa. HIV prevalence is around 30 percent amongst South African gold miners. Improved strategies for HIV prevention are obviously needed - is it time for a new approach?
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    On trial - house spraying versus treated bednets for malaria control

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Insecticide-treated mosquito nets have replaced house spraying as the preferred method for preventing malaria in many endemic areas. But which is most effective? Entomologists from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council reviewed trials of the two strategies in Africa, Asia and Melanesia.
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    Why should governments serve the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is government responsible for ensuring public health? Is it necessary for public entities to deliver this public good? Who else might serve the unprofitable urban poor?

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