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    Symptoms of change: malaria diagnosis in areas of low prevalence

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Malaria is a major health problem in the developing world and the situation is getting worse as malaria parasites become increasingly drug-resistant. Accurate diagnosis is essential for targeting new treatments and conserving resources. Could clinical assessment of symptoms replace microscopy in malaria diagnosis?
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    Saving forests: an inspiring success story from India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In India economic liberalisation and penetration by global market forces are combining with surging population growth and demand for firewood to threaten the country’s once extensive natural forests. What can be done? Will the national government’s apparent embrace of gender-sensitive natural resources management save India’s forests or does their survival depend on local people?
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    WHO knows best? A new treatment for children with diarrhoea

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is the standard treatment with oral rehydration salts (ORS) the best way to help children with diarrhoea? Researchers from the University of Reading and partner institutions compare the standard ORS solution recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with one containing less sodium.
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    City politics. A voice for the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    By 2020 the world’s urban population is set to rise by almost 1.5 billion. Cities and towns house an increasing proportion of poor people, partly because of the increased share of urban population of the total but also because economic recession and adjustment policies often hit poorer urban residents the worst.
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    Women, reproductive health and the private sector in India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What are the biggest health problems for women? Is the current emphasis on reproductive health correct? Where do women go for healthcare? Researchers from the Indian Institute of Management and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine investigated women’s health in Karnataka State, India.
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    e-Governance: can it lead to better government?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What is e-governance? Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to the achievement of good governance goals? What are the implications for development? Why, when there is so much promise, do many e- governance initiatives go wrong? Can the gulf between the connected and the un-connected be bridged?
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    Kid’s stuff? Lessons in participation from Bangalore

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can children get involved in decision-making? Can the idealism of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Habitat Agenda of the 1996 Cities Summit be used to shape projects working with young people living in urban environments, given that 39 per cent of the world’s population is under 20?
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    Beyond the digital divide: harnessing ICTs for rural development

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Could information and communication technologies (ICTs) help make markets work for the rural poor and transform current patterns of inequitable access to information? What are the prospects for implementing decentralised control and capacity building in the management of information resources? What is the role of the private sector in building pro- development information systems?
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    Liberalisation is good for poverty alleviation, but how can we help the losers?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Trade liberalisation generally reduces poverty. However, even the staunchest pro- liberalisers recognise that the move from closed to open economies is inherently stressful. What is ‘liberalisation-induced poverty’? How can the transitional and long- term victims of liberalisation be identified and supported? Can market institutions become more pro-poor?
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    Reproductive healthcare - India's private practitioners go back to school

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Reproductive health problems are a major cause of illness for married women in Karnataka State, India. How can reproductive healthcare be improved? Private practitioners carry out three-quarters of gynaecological consultations. Could a simple and inexpensive training programme improve the quality of gynaecological care in the private sector?

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