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    Taxation, resource mobilisation and state performance

    Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2010
    The process of tax collection is one of the most powerful lenses in political economy to assess the distribution of power in a polity. Indeed, there is a long history of thinking in political economy and history that links the process of state-building with the capacity of rulers to collect taxes.
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    Recognising Rights, Promoting Progress: The global impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
    This report sets out some examples of the impact CEDAW has had around the world, focusing on case studies where CEDAW’s ratification and implementation has led to concrete changes in the opportunities afforded to women and girls. The case studies are grouped into four main areas: • Ending violence and trafficking in women and girls
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    Traditional leaders wield the power, and they are almost all men: the importance of involving traditional leaders in gender transformation

    Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2010
    How can non-governmental organisations (NGOs) tackle social issues such as HIV, gender equality and violence in rural African communities? A number of them, including Sonke Gender Justice network, the Ubuntu Institute, CARE International and Zambian Women for Change (WFC) are working with traditional leaders as a gateway to reach the people in communities they are targeting.
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    Is clientelism at work in African elections? A study of voting behavior in Kenya and Zambia

    Afrobarometer, 2009
    African politics is commonly characterized as clientelistic, having evolved from the concept of “neo-patrimonalism,” in the post-colonial authoritarian era. Neo-patrimonalism is a system where politicians are given jobs in exchange for service to the ruler. This study challenges the notion that personalism and clientelism structure voting behavior in Africa.
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    Zambia Broadcasting Survey

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010
    The report  begins with a comprehensive audit of existing media laws and other legislation, with an impact on freedom of expression, and a critical in-depth assessment of the legal and regulatory framework in which broadcasting presently operates in Zambia. This is followed by a detailed study of the state broadcaster – its organisation, its finances, its policies, and the
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    Gender and media progress study: Southern Africa

    Gender Links, Johannesburg, 2010
    This report monitors the relation between gender issues and media content in 14 Southern African countries, providing quantitative, sex-disaggregated data on media coverage and topics. In addition, it examines the underlying gender dynamics within the institutional structures of the media. The key findings of the paper are as follows:
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    Odessa Centre

    The Odessa Centre is a consultancy working with  researchers and practitioners in the fields of pastoralism, rangeland ecology and livestock development in semi-arid areas.
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    Zambia sexual behaviour survey 2009

    MEASURE Evaluation, 2010
    This report reflects the results of Zambia Sexual Behaviour Survey (ZSBS) 2009. The survey aimed to obtain national estimates of a number of key indicators important to monitoring the progress of a national anti-AIDS programme.
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    Comprehensive Responses to Gender Based Violence in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons Learned from Implementation

    Population Council, Zambia, 2010
    Over the past decade, many African countries have begun to recognise the importance of preventing gender based violence and responding to the needs of survivors. But due to the absence of strong, regionally-relevant evidence, national programs have tended to adopt strategies that have worked in Europe and North America.
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    Policy effectiveness and China’s investment in the Zambian mining sector

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    This briefing describes some of the challenges facing the efforts of Zambian policymakers to secure sustainable benefits from the exploitation of the country’s mineral resources – which generate about two-thirds of the country’s foreign exchange, yet their contribution to national development remains contested for various reasons.

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