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    What the users think - health and water service reform in Zimbabwe

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Economic reform (Economic Structural Adjustment Programme) in Zimbabwe in the 1990s has reduced public sector spending and introduced cost sharing to social services. As part of a series of studies carried out by the School of Public Policy, Birmingham on the role of government following structural adjustment, the views of health and water users were sought.
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    Pipe dreams. Does privatised water offer poor urban neighbourhoods a better supply?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The supply of water to towns and cities in many low-income countries is in crisis One much vaunted solution is for private companies to step in. A University of Birmingham research study examined how water supply is organised in some low income countries. The study report identifies a range of supply strategies, each involving different degrees of private involvement.
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    Working with private health providers to improve quality

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The characteristics of healthcare providers, the demands of users and the policy environment can all influence the quality of private healthcare provision.
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    Are food supplies less secure on the open market? State agencies vs. private sector food providers.

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Many developing countries are reforming the way agricultural products are marketed. Reforms aim to reduce the direct role of the state whilst developing an efficient privately run marketing system in its place. What role should the state play in enabling private markets to work? Researchers from the University of Birmingham collaborated with four other institutions to investigate this question.
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    Bankrolling better lives: G7 plots a change of course for Multilateral Development Banks

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What is the role of the multilateral development banks (MDBs) in the 1990s and beyond? Are the roles which the banks have carved out for themselves since the 1950s still appropriate? Are there still gaps in development financing for the banks to fill, and do they serve a useful advisory role?
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    Water and sanitation goals: is progress in the pipeline?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In the 1980s, the world set the goal of water and sanitation for all by the end of the decade. By contrast, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are only to halve the proportions without affordable access to safe water and adequate sanitation by 2015.
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    New roles, new rules: does private sector participation benefit the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The involvement of the private sector in the provision of water and sanitation services is currently one of the more contentious development debates. The issue provokes heated discussions, from international conferences in The Hague, Bonn and Johannesburg to the city streets of Cochabamba or Manila where governments increasingly rely on the private sector involvement.
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    Skills development for the Information Age: The Private Sector’s Role

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    There is a shortage of skilled workers in information technology (IT) in both developed and developing countries. Where will the workers needed to develop and implement IT systems come from? Who will train the software developers and programmers? Should the private sector play a role in helping developing countries meet the need for qualified IT staff?
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    Failing southern cities: can aid agencies and development banks improve their act?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why are development banks and bilateral assistance agencies failing to tackle urban poverty? Can they be persuaded to support community initiatives directly? As the population of southern cities grows, are the 2015 international donors’ targets for poverty reduction achievable?
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    Ensuring good health: health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can governments in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) provide universal equitable healthcare to their populations? How can SSA health systems respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to the health needs of the poor?

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