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  Valuing and compensating caregivers for their contributions to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS: an agenda for action

  Huairou Commission, 2010

  This paper concerns the valuation and compensation of caregivers for their ongoing contribution to community health and development in the context of HIV and AIDS.
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  Home-Based Care Alliance policy brief: debunking myths

  Home-Based Care Alliance, 2013

  The Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA) represents more than 30,000 caregivers organised into multi-district HBCAs in twelve African countries, caring for over 200,000 neighbours and friends, and with a history of organising around HIV/AIDS and its effects.
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  Home-Based Care Alliance (HBCA)
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  Biofuels for Sustainable Rural Development and Empowerment of Women, Case Studies from Africa and Asia

  International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, 2009

  Poor communities in developing countries mainly depend on traditional biomass such as charcoal, wood and dung as other energy systems are often not accessible to them. Energy scarcity affects mainly women as they are the ones responsible for biomass collection.
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  Mainstreaming Gender in the Transport Sector - From Rhetoric to Practice

  2004

  For several years the donor community has attempted to mainstream gender throughout development interventions and in specific fields such as the transport sector. It is yet to evaluate whether these efforts have actually resulted in changes in gender mainstreaming practice.
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  Where energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

  ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007

  In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and dev
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  GET FiT in Uganda: Observations & open issues from a financial perspective

  Deutsche Bank Research, 2013

  The GET FiT (Global Energy Transfer Feed-in Tariffs) concept was developed 2010 and intends to combat climate change and the lack of available energy in emerging and development countries by supporting private sector investment in capital intensive renewable generation.
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  Collecting Critical Data to Assess the Sustainability of Rural Infrastructure in Low-Income Countries

  Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013

  Rural water systems in low-income countries often fail to deliver potable water sustainably. Reasons include socio-economic, financial, and technical challenges that are specific to the community.
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  The Good, the bad, and the unknown: quality of clinical laboratories in Kampala, Uganda

  PLoS ONE, 2013

  Clinical laboratories are crucial in addressing the high rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases seen in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the most basic information, such as the number and quality of clinical laboratories in SSA, is not available.
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  The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index

  Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative, 2013

  The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (WEAI) is a new survey-based index designed to measure the empowerment, agency, and inclusion of women in the agricultural sector. The WEAI was initially developed as a tool to reflect women’s empowerment that may result from the United States government’s Feed the Future Initiative, which commissioned the development of the WEAI.

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