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    Initial review of the project for the rehabilitation of Mavuzi and Chicamba Hydropower Stations

    Scanteam, 2009
    Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) is considering financing the rehabilitation of Mavuzi and Chicamba Hydropower Stations in Mozambique. The stations are owned by “Elictricidade de Mocambique” (EDM), and EDM will be responsible for the preparation, design and implementation of the project. This study assesses EDM’s ability to fulfil its role.
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    Disaster risk and climate change in Africa

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2010
    Disaster risk and climate change – two of the greatest challenges currently facing humankind – adversely reinforce each other. In the coming decades, climate change is expected to increase the frequency and intensity of natural disasters such as droughts and floods.
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    Mozambique democracy and political participation

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2009
    The quality of governance is a major determinant for the success or failure of nations. This report uses data from interviews and literature reviews to examine the health of Mozambique’s democracy and the quality of political participation in the country. Its aim is to contribute to consolidating democracy and strengthening political participation.
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    Security and democracy in Southern Africa

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    This study investigates the interface between security, at both the national and regional levels, and democratisation. The paper asserts that security and democratic governance are intertwined. The paper focuses particularly on the South African Development Community (SADC) region, studying its countries as relevant example. The paper concludes the following:
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    Trading life, trading death: the flow of small arms from Mozambique to Malawi

    Small Arms Survey, 2009
    In a region apparently awash with weapons and plagued with rising levels of armed crime, Malawi is a welcome exception to these characteristics. In early 2007 there were only 9,320 legally registered firearms in Malawi excluding those used by the security forces, compared to just under 87,000 in Zambia and nearly 4 million in South Africa.
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    Monitoring and evaluating Mozambique's poverty reduction strategy PARPA 2006-2008: a synopsis of three qualitative studies on rural and urban poverty

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
    The main purpose of the three studies summarised in this paper is to act as a baseline for monitoring and evaluating the implications of Mozambique’s poverty reduction strategies. The paper particularly underscores the importance of looking beyond households and individuals as "isolated" units of analysis, and focusing on social relationships.
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    ‘Mucupuki’: social relations of rural-urban poverty in central Mozambique

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
    The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the interface between rural and urban life, paying special attention to the district of Buzi in central parts of the country.
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    Are farmers’ organizations a good tool to improve small-scale farmers’ welfare?

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009
    This paper examines the hypothesis that farmers’ organisations act as a tool to improve the living conditions of farmers in poor countries, both by improving their market situation and enhancing the dissemination of information. In this context, the paper estimates the causal effect on small-scale farmers’ income from being member in a farmers’ organisation in Mozambique.
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    Local voices, global choices: for successful disaster risk reduction (DRR). A collection of case studies about community-centre partnerships for DRR

    ProVention Consortium, 2009
    Local Voices Global Choices is an interagency initiative supported by Action aid, British Red Cross, Christian Aid, Global Network of CSOs for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), International federation of the Red Cross, Oxfam, Practical Action, ProVention Consortium, Save the Children, and Tearfund.This report contains a number of case studies from around the world, which highlight what can be achiev
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    Moving beyond gender as usual

    Center for Global Development, USA, 2009
    In the 1980s, at the beginning of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, it was estimated that about a third of all people infected worldwide were women. After just one decade this had risen to more than half and now today in sub-Saharan Africa, 61% of all people infected with HIV are female. This report examines national policies and then focuses on how three influential donors, the U.S.

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