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    Actions speak louder than words – contraceptive services in Pakistan’s private sector

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Poor quality services are partly to blame for the low uptake of modern contraception in Pakistan. Training improves knowledge about contraception among the country’s many private practitioners. But does this translate into behaviour change? Researchers from Futures Group investigate.
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    Retail therapy – STI treatment in Kenya’s private sector

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Improved management of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can reduce the rate of new HIV cases by up to 40 per cent. AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) provided training in STI treatment for the six hundred licensed private providers (doctors, nurses and clinical officers) in Nyanza province in western Kenya. But what happens when people use untrained providers or self-medicate?
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    Conditionality-driven privatisation of utilities: in the interests of the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does the privatisation of water and electricity relieve or exacerbate the quality of life of those on very low incomes? Are the pro-privatisers in the international financial institutions examining the links between privatisation and poverty? Does privatisation have a place in a poverty reduction strategy?
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    Women mean business: barriers to women’s entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why don’t more women set up their own businesses? Are programmes aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship among women getting it right? How do cultural ideas about men, women and money affect would-be women entrepreneurs?
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    Agricultural innovation: best left to the private sector?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The World Bank advises indebted states to divest themselves of agricultural extension services. But is there evidence that privatisation can sustainably boost production? Do private and public agricultural extension services complement each other? Does information relayed to farmers who have contact with extension services trickle down to non-contact farmers?
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    Privatisation in developing countries: an engine of growth?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Privatisation spread through much of the developing world in the 1990s. Has it promoted efficiency? Is it positively correlated with real GDP growth? Have developing countries developed competition policy and regulatory regimes to take advantage of the potential benefits of privatisation?
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    Private concerns - attitudes to managed care in Malaysia's private health sector

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    US-style managed care is a growing influence in Malaysian health policy. Public funding currently represents only 57.6 percent of total health expenditure. So policy changes depend heavily on the involvement of private practitioners. What are their views on managed care?
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    Wine and worker welfare: private sector self-regulation under scrutiny in South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are ethical trade proponents barking up the wrong tree? Does emphasis on ethical sourcing allow retailers to avoid addressing the sources of inequitable power relations in North-South trade? Are designers of such private sector codes of conduct as the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) ready to engage in dialogue with stakeholders to sustainably improve rural livelihoods?
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    The World Bank and privatisation: a flawed development tool?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Does privatisation effectively encourage development and reduce poverty? Should the World Bank’s approach to privatisation be re- examined? Research by the University of Greenwich analyses the fundamental areas of privatisation policy and practice, focusing in particular on Africa, where the World Bank has keenly supported privatisation in many countries.
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    Private parts - treatment for STIs in Uganda's private sector

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Effective treatment of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is one of the few strategies available to reduce the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. Many people with STIs seek treatment from private practitioners. Why are patients turning to the private sector for help? Do they receive adequate care?

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