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    An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development

    Leeds University, 2013
    According to this investigation published by the Sustainability Research Institute (University of Leeds), there is a lack of evidence of either policy or practice of triple wins – adaptation, mitigation and development – significantly limits the capacity of donors to identify, monitor or evaluate them.
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    Climate resilience and disaster risk management: stories of change from CDKN

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013
    This brief presents results from projects supported by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to assess vulnerability and mainstream climate resilience into development planning. Case studies from India, Ghana and Colombia illustrate the importance of involving diverse social groups in defining and monitoring vulnerability and delivering adaptation solutions.
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    Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

    Globalization and Health, 2010
    Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths in the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in sub-Saharan Africa than in virtually all regions of the world, in both men and women.
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    Children Malnutrition and Horizontal Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa:A Focus on Contrasting Domestic Trajectories

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    The positive trend observed in recent accelerated economic growth in sub-Saharan African countries represents a huge opportunity to foster sustainable development, This paper contributes to the literature by providing a more accurate and nuanced view on the progress made with regards to child malnutrition and inequalities across sub-saharan Africa.
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    An Analysis of the role of ICTs to achieving the MDGs

    2010
    Focusing on African countries, the objective of this paper is to carry-out an analysis of the key challenges and the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote socio-economic development, and, in particular, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a specific focus on poverty alleviation, health, education, gender equality, and environmental sustain
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    Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ghana

    Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
    FAC Working Paper 52Kojo Amanor
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    Use of ICT in Tertiary Education in Ghana: A Case Study of Electronic Learning (E-Learning)

    International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, 2012
    Population growth & the increasing number of people seeing the relevance of education as well as demand for tertiary education in Ghana have been on the rise yearly. Tertiary institutions have been unpleasantly turning away large numbers of qualified applicants due to lack of facilities.
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    The Ghana ICT for Accelerated Development (ICT4AD) Policy

    2003
    This document represents the Vision for Ghana in the information age. It is based on the Policy Framework Document: “An Integrated ICTled Socio-economic Development Policy and Plan Development Framework for Ghana”. The development of this policy framework document was based on a nation-wide consultative process involving all key stakeholders in the public sector, private sector and civil society.
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    Landscape Analysis: Assessing Countries' Readiness to Scale up Nutrition Actions in the WHO African Region

    2012
    This paper assessed strengths and weaknesses in combating malnutrition in nine Sub-Saharan Africa nations with high stunting burden (Burkina-Faso, Comoros, Coted’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique and South Africa) in terms of the commitment and capacity.
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    Poverty reduction with strategic communication: moving from awareness raising to sustained citizen participation

    2011
    This document, published by Communication for Governance and Accountability Programme (CommGAP), updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) and explores how the use of strategic communications has expanded beyond the PRS and is now being integrated into national development planning and implementation.

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