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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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  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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  id21 viewpoint - AUVEC: using the virtual world to achieve real world gains in livestock care

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The importance of livestock to poor people is as obvious as the humps on a camel. However, the diseases that affect animals and their keepers do not get the attention they need.
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  Is cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?
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  Aid does raise economic growth in Africa – indirectly

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Despite receiving large amounts of aid, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a poor economic growth record. This has led some observers to conclude that aid to Africa has been ineffective. But this is not the case. Aid has contributed to growth in Africa, mainly by financing investment, which in turn contributes to growth.
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  Ending legalised violence against children: report for the East and Southern Africa regional consultation

  Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2005

  This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment and deliberate humiliation of children in each state in East and Southern Africa.
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  Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.
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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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  Social communications and AIDS population behaviour changes in Uganda compared to other countries

  Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2004

  This study from CADRE examines communications through social networks associated with population behaviour change and a decline in HIV prevalence in Uganda compared with other countries.

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