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  Gender and adaptation practices to the effects of climate change in Bahi and Kondoa districts Dodoma region, Tanzania

  Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012

  Although climate change affects men and women differently, there are few studies on specific adaptation practices disaggregated by gender. This study aims to fill this gap by analysing adaptation practices to the effects of climate change in the Bahi and Kondoa districts of the Dodoma region, Tanzania.
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  Effects of Infection in Severely Malnourished Children in Kilifi-Mombasa and Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania). A Comparative Study

  2006

  The objective of this study was to determine the effects of infections on severely malnourished children. The study design used was a descriptive, cross sectional hospital-based study. Results show that there is little difference in the prevalence of severe malnutrition between the two hospitals.55% of all malnourished children were boys.
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  The globalisation of the pavement: a Tanzanian case study

  2012

  This article, published in the Glocal Times, discusses examples of citizen media production and communication (blogs and social media sites in Tanzania and its diasporas) in the immediate aftermath of the Gongo la Mboto explosions in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in February 2011.
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  Poverty reduction with strategic communication: moving from awareness raising to sustained citizen participation

  2011

  This document, published by Communication for Governance and Accountability Programme (CommGAP), updates a 2005 review of communication in Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRS) and explores how the use of strategic communications has expanded beyond the PRS and is now being integrated into national development planning and implementation.
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  A national conversation: governance and media in Tanzania

  2012

  Since 2011, BBC Media Action has worked with the BBC Swahili service in Tanzania to produce the national radio talk show Haba Na Haba (Little By Little) and with six local partner radio stations to build capacity and programming at local level.
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  The role of indigenous knowledge and perceptions of pastoral communities on traditional grazing management in north-western Tanzania

  African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2012

  Traditional forage conservation, locally known as “ngitili”, which involves retaining an area of standing vegetation from the beginning of rainy season and opening it up for grazing at the peak of dry season, has become an important strategy for rangeland rehabilitation in the north-western semi-arid part of Tanzania.
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  Working together for REDD+: developing a national readiness strategy in Tanzania

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011

  Forests are of critical importance to the livelihoods of rural and forest-dependent communities in Tanzania, as well as to the country’s national economy. However, much of Tanzania’s vast forested area is characterised by high rates of deforestation.
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  Global energy markets: What do African resource finds mean for global energy supply in relation to demand in coming years?

  Economic and Private Sector PEAKS, 2012

  This paper explores the significance of recent African fossil fuel reserve discoveries in the context of future world energy demand.
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  Evaluating China's FOCAC commitments to Africa and mapping the way ahead

  Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2010

  This report investigates emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in China's engagement with five African countries through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), namely Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  City resilience in Africa: a ten essentials pilot

  International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2012

  This study reports on a month-long pilot project conducted in three east African cities (Narok and Kisumu in Kenya, and Moshi in Tanzania) to assess resilience and disaster risk reduction (DRR). The pilot is modelled on the ‘ten essentials’ framework, a check-list of priorities and capabilities necessary for DRR.

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