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    Economic and political foundations of state-making in Africa: understanding state reconstruction

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2006
    This paper examines the processes of state reconstruction in Uganda and Rwanda, and the challenge posed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in light of the experience of the stable state in Tanzania.
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    Sexual violence against women during conflict: the need for a coordinated effort

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Systematic campaigns of rape in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s have drawn international attention to the abuse of women in times of war. But the number of victims who receive redress or support for rebuilding their lives remains small.
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    In the best interests of the child: harmonising laws in Eastern and Southern Africa

    African Child Policy Forum, 2007
    This report reviews and analyses how far 19 Eastern and Southern African countries have gone in harmonising and implementing the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC, or 'the African Charter').
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    Child labour organisations in Eastern Africa: still in the making

    Foundation for International Research on Working Children, 2007
    Do child labour organisations make sense as a best practice? This report is one in a series of studies based on the fieldwork carried out for a project on Child Labour Unions in 3 continents (Africa, Asia and Latin America), conducted by the Amsterdam Foundation for International Research on Working Children (IREWOC).
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    Models of care project: linking HIV/AIDS treatment, care and support in Sexual and Reproductive Health care settings

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2005
    This booklet from International Planned Parent Federation (IPPF) showcases different models of care using a variety of entry points to bring sexual and reproductive health (SRH) closer to HIV/AIDS. Four countries were chosen for pilot projects: the Dominican Republic, Kenya, Rwanda and Colombia.
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    Scaling up to achieve the health MDGs in Rwanda

    High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2006
    This Rwandan case study, produced in conjunction with the World Bank, was prepared for the High-Level Forum on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It finds that the Rwandan government, through its Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP), has a clear strategy for scaling up evidence-based interventions.
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    Does the IMF constrain health spending in poor countries? Evidence and an agenda for action

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
    This paper reports on an investigation into whether the IMF constrains health spending in poor countries. With a focus on developing a framework of lessons and recommendations, it draws upon a range of background papers on different aspects of IMF programmes, including detailed case studies for Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia.
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    East African integration: how can it contribute to East African development?

    Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2007
    Since the formal launching of the new East African Community (EAC) in 2001, the pace of integration has been quickening. The process for a free trade area and customs union between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania began in January 2005, and negotiations to establish a common market between these three countries with the addition of Rwanda and Burundi, have also been initiated.
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    Availability and use of emergency obstetric services: Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan and Uganda

    Elsevier, 2005
    This article, published in the International journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, assesses the availability and utilisation of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) in Uganda, Kenya, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda in 2003 and 2004. It identifies gaps and obstacles in providing these services.
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    Flawed demobilisation of combatants in the Congo

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Wars in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have seen massive recruitment and constant shifts of alliance between armed groups. Initiatives to encourage combatants to return to civilian life are not working. Rebel fighters have been recruited for a few dollars, yet demobilisation programmes and promises of reintegration grants have not encouraged many to disarm.

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