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    Money Matters Two: women and the local government budget

    2000
    What support can be given to those advocating for gender-sensitive budget analysis in local government? This is the second of three 'Money Matters' books which are popular versions of the five South African Women's Budget analyses. The books are tools for lobbying and advocacy and are targeted at second- language English speakers with ten years of education.
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    Money Matters [One]: women and the government budget

    1998
    How do you make gender budget research and analysis accessible to non- specialists? What support can be given to those advocating for gender- sensitive budget analysis? This is the first of three Money Matters books which are popular versions of the five South African Women's Budget analyses.
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    Customs and Excise

    2000
    How have women fared under trade liberalisation as workers, traders and consumers? This paper from the fifth year of the Women's Budget Initiative in South Africa, tackles customs and excise as a new area of gender budget analysis. It argues that South African women suffer from trade liberalisation (i. e.
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    Women and local government

    Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1996
    How can municipalities address their financial difficulties yet not overburden the poor, particularly poor women? This paper, one of a collection of four papers from the fifth year of the Women's Budget Initiative in South Africa, stresses that local government must have enough money to deliver what they are meant to deliver.
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    Restoring peace and democracy in Sudan: limited choices for African leadership

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2002
    Are there any lessons to be learnt regarding the role of "brotherhoods of men" in conflict-ridden African states? The Broederbond (Association of Brothers) in South Africa played a crucial role in not only providing guidance to the apartheid Nationalist Party government, but also dominating it through the infiltration of its membership.
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    Women and Tax in South Africa

    2000
    What is the tax toll on women? Can taxation policy reduce income and wealth inequalities between women and men in South Africa? This paper, one of a collection of four papers from the fifth year of the South African Women's Budget Initiative, argues that the way in which the tax burden is distributed affects the welfare of individuals and households.
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    An Introduction to the Fifth Women's Budget

    2000
    Where are the boundaries of the developing field of gender budget analysis? This introduction paper to the fifth South African Women's Budget answers the question ?why look at revenue?' in terms of taxation, local government, and customs and excise.
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    Diamonds, forever or for good?: the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa

    Partnership Africa Canada, 2002
    This document considers the economic impact of diamonds in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. It states that the many global campaigns to stop trade in conflict diamonds has tended to ignore the benefits of the legitimate industry for these countries. The author describes a study that attempts to verify the claims regarding the positive aspects of the industry.
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    Homing in on gender and access to tenure

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Many women still face discrimination in accessing land, shelter and property rights despite policy and legal reforms. Tenure systems and contexts vary greatly in the different opportunities and barriers they offer to women.
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    HIV/AIDS, economics and governance in South Africa: key issues in understanding response. A literature review

    Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2002
    This review of economic research on HIV/AIDS in South Africa states that its aims were: to identify completed and ongoing research conducted on the economic aspects of HIV/AIDS and its implications for governance in South Africaprovide a comprehensive bibliography of literature in the areamake a preliminary assessment of the quality of the existing research, to identify trends and

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