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    What can African governments do about failed ‘globalisation?’

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Globalisation in Africa has failed. Not because, as is traditionally argued, African governments haven’t adopted the right structural adjustment policies (SAPs), or because their effects take time to show. Structural adjustment has failed because the policies have sidestepped the developmental needs of Africa.
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    Community self-mobilisation to end open defecation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).
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    National plans of action for orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa: where are the youngest children?

    Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008
    Although it is recognised that the focus of support must be on all children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS, including those living with sick parents or in extreme poverty, the youngest are often invisible to programme planners, despite their vulnerability.
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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    Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.
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    Assessing household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Reducing hunger in developing countries depends on reliable estimates of food insecurity. Using data about how much food individual households acquire may be a more accurate way to measure dietary quantity and quality than national level data.
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    In the best interests of the child: harmonising laws in Eastern and Southern Africa

    African Child Policy Forum, 2007
    This report reviews and analyses how far 19 Eastern and Southern African countries have gone in harmonising and implementing the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC, or 'the African Charter').
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    Community wealth-ranking and household surveys: an integrative approach

    Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2007
    This paper focuses on the use of information from wealth ranking exercises in conjunction with data collected from household surveys. An analytical framework was examined by using data collected from rural areas of four eastern Africa countries. It is argued that the relative visibility of resources helps explain the weights given to different types of resources in wealth ranking exercises.
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    Libraries in Africa: a key to poverty reduction and literacy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Illiterate people are disadvantaged and disempowered in today’s global information society. They are unable to fulfil their potential and take part fully in society. Libraries are vital to sustain literacy, yet most poor communities in Africa lack access to them, while those that do exist tend to be poorly resourced.
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    Malaria in pregnancy: challenges for policy and delivery in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Malaria can be devastating for the health of pregnant women and their unborn children. It is vital that this vulnerable group is provided with effective methods for preventing and treating the disease. Are interventions successfully reaching pregnant women in areas of moderate to intense transmission of malaria in Africa?

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