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    COMESA customs union: an assessment of progress and challenges for Eastern and Southern Africa’s poor

    Trade and Development Studies Centre – Trust, Zimbabwe, 2007
    COMESA's goal is the establishment of a free trade area, a customs union, a common market and ultimately an economic union. COMESA is home to 10 of the poorest countries in the world - Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Zaire and Zambia. Therefore, this paper examines the impact of COMESA on the poor. Benefits of the COMESA Customs Union are:
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    Sharing experiences of cash transfers in southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Cash transfers are increasingly popular with governments, donors, and non-governmental organisations as a way to support vulnerable groups. This approach to social protection takes many different forms. The agencies and organisations that implement such programmes can learn from each other’s experiences.
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    Joint assistance strategies in Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Danida, Denmark, 2005
    This study focuses on the on-going process of developing Joint Assistance Strategies (JAS) in Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda. JAS are national, medium term frameworks for managing development cooperation between governments and development partners.
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    China in Africa: lending, policy space and governance

    Norwegian Council for Africa, 2008
    China has had bad press regarding its involvement in sub-Saharan Africa. Its lack of aid conditionality – particularly in the field of human rights and environmental issues; its apparent disregard for transparency in the loan contraction processes and its general lack of adherence to international standards in responsible funding has caused alarm in the donor community.
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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    Debt and health

    Jubilee Debt Campaign, 2007
    Developing country governments will struggle to invest in decent public health facilities when valuable resources are needed to service debt. However, the evidence is that debt relief works to alleviate healthcare shortages - spending on health in countries that have received debt cancellation has risen by seventy percent.
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    HIV and AIDS deny African women property rights

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Property grabbing from widows and orphans has long been common practice in Africa. With the escalation of the HIV and AIDS pandemic, the social and economic vulnerability of widows has increased. Without action to boost their rights, the rate at which African women are being deprived of their property will also continue to increase.
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    Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2007
    This paper investigates the political source of ethnic identification in Africa. Drawing on data from 22 surveys covering 33,000 respondents across 10 African countries, the paper shows that the strength of ethnic identities in Africa is shaped by political competition. The people are more likely to identify in ethnic terms the closer their country is to a competitive presidential elections.
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    How do children affected by HIV and AIDS in Zambia cope with school?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    AIDS orphans, infected children and those whose relatives have the disease experience problems at school. Family responsibilities reduce school attendance and anxiety affects their concentration. A lack of teacher training and the large size of classes reduce the quality of teaching. An absence of counselling, nutrition and equipment also interferes with their education.
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    Improving energy planning in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Energy is central to economic development and poverty reduction in Africa. Energy planning will be critical for the future development of the sector but planning in many poor countries is inadequate. How can donor-funded research improve energy planning in sub-Saharan Africa?

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