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    The African capacity for immediate response to crisis: advice for African policymakers

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Despite the operationalisation of the African Standby Force (ASF) within the AU security system, rapid reaction remains a challenging task. The current paper states that the African Capacity for Immediate Response to Crisis (ACIRC) has been proposed following an initiative from South Africa, in order to equip the AU with a rapid deployment instrument.
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    China–Africa co-operation: capacity building and social responsibility of investments

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Over the past decade, African economies have enjoyed a sustained period of growth, and this has made the continent an attractive destination for international investors. This paper reviews the contours of Chinese investment and aid programmes on the African continent, focusing on the issues of capacity building and social responsibility of investments.
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    Predictors of nutritional status of Ethiopian adolescent girls: a community based cross sectional study

    BMC Nutrition, 2015
    Malnutrition is a major health issue affecting children, women and adolescents globally and developing countries in particular. Adolescence is a time of enormous physiological, cognitive, and psychosocial change but it remain a neglected, difficult-to-measure and hard-to-reach population.
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    Evaluation of the social cash transfer pilot programme, Tigray region, Ethiopia

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2015
    In 2011, the Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs (BoLSA), Regional Government of Tigray, with support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), introduced the Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP) in two woredas, Abi Adi and Hintalo Wajirat. The SCTPP aims to improve the quality of life for vulnerable children, older persons, and persons with disabilities.
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    Qualitative research and analyses of the economic impacts of cash transfer programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2015
    This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of six country case studies that explore the impact of cash transfer (CT) programmes on household economic decision-making and the local economy in sub-Saharan Africa. The study seeks to understand the impact of CT programmes in three interrelated areas:
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    Looking back, looking ahead : land, agriculture and society in East Africa : a festschrift for Kjell Havnevik

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2015
    Professor Kjell Havnevik is retiring from the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) in 2015. For four decades, he has carried out research, taught and supervised students as well as participated in policy debates on different aspects of agriculture, the environment and African and international development policies. His output has been voluminous and is internationally recognised.
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    Food security in a climate perspective: what role could the private sector play regarding investment in smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014
    The purpose of this study is to discuss different ways of implementing the "Food Security in a Climate  Perspective  strategy 2013-15" in  relation  to  support  to  private  sector  development and  public-private  partnership  (PPP)  as  regards  agriculture,  climate  change  and  food se
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    India's development cooperation with Ethiopia in sugar production: an assessment

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    Ethiopia is one of the few countries in Africa with whom India has enjoyed a long standing partnership in development cooperation. In 2006, India provided a US$ 640 million line of credit to Ethiopia for development of its sugar industry.
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    Sex Workers, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    This case study explores economic, legal and social issues that affect sex workers, with a particular focus on the role of poverty in sex workers' lives and the potential for poverty alleviation policies and programmes to help lift as many sex workers as possible out of poverty in order to reduce the exploitation, illness and violence associated with their work.
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    Sex Workers, Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation in Ethiopia

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    This case study explores economic, legal and social issues that affect sex workers, with a particular focus on the role of poverty in sex workers' lives and the potential for poverty alleviation policies and programmes to help lift as many sex workers as possible out of poverty in order to reduce the exploitation, illness and violence associated with their work.

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