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    Nature or nurture? Child survival after the death of a sibling

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why do children have a lower chance of survival if one of their brothers or sisters has died? Are biological or cultural factors responsible for this phenomenon? Research by Macro International, USA and the UK University of Southampton compared the incidence and causes of infant deaths in Bolivia, Kenya, Peru and Tanzania.
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    African timber: is demand outstripping sustainable supply?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Rapid urban growth in sub-Saharan Africa has generated increasing demand for timber from traders with links to processors and extractors in rural areas. But how sustainable is the supply of wood?
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    Catalyst for local democracy? Land reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    From Eritrea to South Africa land tenure laws are in a state of flux. In every nation in eastern and southern Africa, apart from those wracked by conflict, tenure reform is either under discussion or coming on stream. What is driving this change? What are the consequences for landholders, for democratization and the nature of state power? Who are the potential winners and losers?
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    Co-operation or competition? Microfinance developments in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Microfinance institutions (MFIs) began as community-based savings and credit organisations: working practices were defined by local needs. What has changed? Microfinance now focuses on financial sustainability and some MFIs have become banks - of a sort. Others have developed cooperative linkages with commercial banks. What are the long-term implications of these changes?
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    Read all about it! Getting books to pupils in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How do pupils in Africa gain access to books? Which methods of getting books to students and teachers work best? Recent research in Ghana, Tanzania, Mali, South Africa, Mozambique and Kenya, examined different approaches to book provision including school or classroom-based libraries, teacher support centres and mobile libraries.
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    Community-based wildlife conservation in East Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Large-scale protectionist programmes have increasingly been abandoned in favour of community-based wildlife conservation. But the huge range of initiatives makes it difficult to assess the value and impact of these. A new review of community conservation efforts in East Africa finds that much remains to be done, particularly at policy, legal and institutional levels.
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    Tracking changes in access to water in East Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Has access to sufficient good quality water improved or worsened over time? Snapshot studies offer information on current changes, but little is known about how access has changed over a longer period.
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    Are science exams in Africa failing students?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is primary science assessment in anglophone Africa consistent and appropriate? Is there convergence between assessment systems in rich and poor countries? Are advances in assessment techniques reflected in African examinations? If not, do the reasons reflect differences in context?
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    African distance learning: reaching parts other education systems cannot reach?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can non-formal radio and correspondence courses provide basic education to Africans bypassed by the school system? What are the key constraints, problems and success factors in the field of distance education in Africa? Could greater commitment of resources to distance education plug discriminatory gaps in African formal education systems?
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    Who is destroying the Serengeti-Mara? Commerce and agropastoralism in the rangelands

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The East African rangelands are rapidly becoming cultivated. Are wildlife biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods being threatened? If so, who is responsible? This study assesses the arguments. It challenges the widely-held beliefs that conversion is due to the growth, poverty and subsistence needs of agropastoralist populations.

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