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    Training for ICT development in Sri Lanka and Tanzania

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003
    This paper examines the development of ICT education in Sweden with the aim to create a model for development in Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) partner countries. Training institutions in most countries have failed to produce the numbers of ICT technicians and professionals needed to fill the labour market demand of the ICT sector.
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    Still clean - do hygiene practices continue after promotion programmes end?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    What happens after a hygiene promotion programme ends?  Surprisingly little research has been done to find out whether such programmes have lasting effects.  This study investigated the question in six developing countries and found that changes to behaviour do last.
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    Not wasting waste: improving the livelihoods of poor urban waste pickers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Sifting through and recycling used glass, metals and plastics is the only way for many urban inhabitants in low income countries to earn a living. In most cases they do not recycle all the waste and leave low value waste (LVW) unutilised.
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    Can partnerships deliver electricity to boost the livelihoods of the rural poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    The extension of grid electricity to rural areas of developing countries has proceeded very slowly. Decentralisation and energy sector reforms offer opportunities for local authorities to supply electricity through public-private partnerships (PPPs). The risk however, is that the private sector will only target larger and wealthier communities.
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    Avoiding irrelevant information: strengthening information and knowledge networks for the poor

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Information services on appropriate technology (AT) provided to the poor do not benefit them as much as they could. Although a wide range of organisations provide such resources to the poor, inappropriate services and lack of co-ordination constrain their effectiveness.
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    Towards participatory, pro-poor transport policy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Transport is a necessary input to urban life, providing the means of access from home to activity.  It plays a key role in people’s lives, providing them with access to opportunities. Only recently have planners begun to consider the social, environmental and poverty impacts of transport interventions. Auditing transport for efficiency and anti-poverty effects is still in its infancy.
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    Pro-poor growth in the city: are City Development Strategies the answer?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    City Development Strategies (CDSs) could provide the framework required to link poor communities and planners responsible for city governance and service delivery. Launched in 1999 by Cities Alliance, CDSs aim to bring poor and vulnerable groups into urban planning and policy development processes.
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    Living in fear: child soldiers and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka

    Human Rights Watch, 2004
    This report focuses on the continued LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) recruitment of children in Sri Lanka during the cease-fire period, including re-recruitment of children released from the LTTE’s eastern faction in 2004.
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    Study of the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka: building civil society

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004
    This report examines the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka, in relation to some of the objectives in the Norwegian guidelines for strengthening civil society.In terms of FORUT’s capacity building efforts, the report finds thatthe resources spent on capacity building have not been adequatecapacity building efforts are not aligned with FORUT’s overall objectivesa series of
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    Study of the impact of the work of FORUT in Sri Lanka and Save the Children Norway in Ethiopia : synthesis report

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005
    This is the fourth and final report resulting from a study commissioned by the Evaluation Section of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 2002.

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