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Gender, ICTs and Agriculture
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:DocumentGetting research into policy and practice
Knowledge Services, IDS, 2009The true test of the effectiveness of health and development research is whether people use it – for decision-making, influencing, referencing, or most importantly, to bring about change.Development actors are paying increasing attention to the question of how research, despite barriers, can fulfil its potential to improve policy and practice.DocumentTraditional leaders wield the power, and they are almost all men: the importance of involving traditional leaders in gender transformation
Sonke Gender Justice Network, 2010How 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.DocumentComprehensive Responses to Gender Based Violence in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons Learned from Implementation
Population Council, Zambia, 2010Over 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.DocumentLow-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa Unveiling the potential, addressing the barriers
World Bank, 2008Sub-Saharan Africa has an opportunity of choosing a cleaner development pathway via low-carbon energy alternatives that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.DocumentPensions in Africa
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries: Botswana, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, ZambiaDocumentClimate change in eastern and southern Africa: impacts, vulnerability and adaptation
Global Environmental Change and Human Security International Project Office, 2008In its most recent assessment, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that all of Africa is likely to warm during this century, with the drier subtropical regions warming more than the moist tropics. Annual rainfall is likely to decrease throughout most of the region, with the exception of eastern Africa, where annual rainfall is projected to increase.DocumentNational plans of action for orphans and vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa: where are the youngest children?
Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2008Although 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.DocumentIn defence of Africa’s informal sector
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008For decades, development theorists and African leaders stigmatised informal employment as an unfortunate reality set to disappear as ‘modernisation’ spread. The police often harassed street traders, petty artisans and inhabitants of unauthorised settlements. By the 1990s attitudes were often more tolerant, but is South Africa returning to former prejudice?DocumentImproving energy planning in sub-Saharan Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Energy is central to economic development and poverty reduction in Africa. Energy planning will be critical for the future development of the sector but planning in many poor countries is inadequate. How can donor-funded research improve energy planning in sub-Saharan Africa?Pages
