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    Rwanda land tenure regularisation case study

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    Land has historically been a source of dispute and conflict in Rwanda, compounded by the social unrest which resulted in the 1994 genocide. Up to one million people were killed and three million fled to neighbouring countries, leading to weakened political institutions, infrastructure and human capital. Traditional land allocation systems also suffered.
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    Mozambique land policy development case study

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    Mozambique has experienced accelerated rates of growth over the past decade, averaging 7.2% per year, with projected growth rates of over 8%. However, this high growth rate has failed to translate into significant reductions in poverty and inequality has increased in almost all parts of the country.
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    Economic Empowerment of Women through Information Technology: A Case Study from an Indian State

    Journal of International Women's Studies, 2007
    P. N. , V. It is universally accepted that Information Communication Technologies (ICT) offer immense opportunities for the comprehensive social and economic development of the people all over the world, but there is a growing digital divide between the North and the developing South and between women and men in terms of access to ICTs.
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    Overview of migration, poverty and health dynamics in Nairobi City's slum settlements

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011
    The Urbanization, Poverty, and Health Dynamics research program was designed to generate and provide the evidence base that would help governments, development partners, and other stakeholders understand how the urban slum context affects health outcomes in order to stimulate policy and action for uplifting the wellbeing of slum residents.
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    Fever treatment in the absence of malaria transmission in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009
    In sub-Saharan Africa, knowledge of malaria transmission across rapidly proliferating urban centres and recommendations for its prevention or management remain poorly defined. This paper presents the results of an investigation into infection prevalence and treatment of recent febrile events among a slum population in Nairobi, Kenya.
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    The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: results from a Demographic Surveillance System

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008
    With increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned, under served by social services, and their residents are largely underemployed and poor.
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    The urban advantage: is Kenya making progress towards improving the lives of the urban poor? Perspectives: ten years after the year 2000 Nairobi cross-sectional slum survey

    African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2012
    The poor standard of living in many cities of the developing world has led researchers to question the so-called ‘urban advantage’, which assumes that urban dwellers fare better than their rural counterparts in terms of economic and health conditions.
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    India: moving towards equal opportunities for all?

    Oxfam India, 2013
    Decades of rapid and unequally shared growth are adding new dimensions to old disparities along gender, caste, religious and tribal lines. But this trend has stayed at the margin of public debates until recently.
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    Seen, heard and counted: rethinking care in a development context

    Development and Change Journal, 2012
    This is a diverse collection of contributions covering various aspects of care from around the world, from Chinese women’s burdens under economic reform, to the political and social organisation of childcare in Argentina.
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    Measuring the economic and social value of domestic work

    International Labour Organization, 2011
    It is generally accepted within law and practice on domestic work that it is undervalued, underpaid, unprotected, and poorly regulated.This policy brief represents a summary of a subsequently published working paper on this theme, and addresses two key questions: What is the real value of domestic work? And how can this value be measured?

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