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    Reaching the MDGs: an international perspective

    Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2008
    The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reached their half-way mark in 2007 amidst both disappointment and hope: although progress on the goals had been limited, particularly in the world’s poorer countries, there was still sufficient time left to accelerate the process provided that prevailing political, institutional and economic constraints were overcome.
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    Face-to-face interactions enhance effectiveness of NGOs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    There should be more face to face visits between Northern and Southern non-governmental organisations (NGOs). And less reliance on indicators, reports and other documentation, according to an article in Development in Practice.
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    What can African governments do about failed ‘globalisation?’

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Globalisation in Africa has failed. Not because, as is traditionally argued, African governments haven’t adopted the right structural adjustment policies (SAPs), or because their effects take time to show. Structural adjustment has failed because the policies have sidestepped the developmental needs of Africa.
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    The political development of the Ghanaian national health insurance system: lessons in health governance

    Health Systems 20/20, 2007
    This paper from Health Systems 20/20 examines Ghana’s national health insurance system (NHIS). It describes the success of the project, for example within two years over a third of the country had enrolled, as well as some of the problems, such as design flaws and questions of sustainability.
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    Effect of import liberalisation on tariff revenue in Ghana

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    In contributing to the debate on the impact of trade liberalisation, this research study investigates the quantitative effect of import liberalisation on tariff revenue in Ghana.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Community self-mobilisation to end open defecation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).
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    Macro-economic policies may worsen inequalities between groups

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    There has been much analysis of the impact of macro-economic policies, such as those prescribed by the International Monetary Fund, on poverty and inequality among individuals. But there has been almost no consideration of how such policies affect inequality between different social groups, or horizontal inequality.
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    The peri-urban interface: a tale of two cities

    University College London, 2000
    What is the impact of city expansion on natural resources and livelihood strategies in surrounding peri-urban areas? What knowledge gaps can be identified when using the livelihoods approach to explore peri-urban poverty? What kind of opportunities arise from the meeting of urban and rural processes and how do these affect the livelihoods of the poor?
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    Access to basic education in Ghana: the evidence and the issues

    Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
    This report synthesises analysis of evidence on access to basic education in Ghana and uses this as a basis for outlining areas that need further research. Written as a critical analytic review it provides a background of shared knowledge, understandings and research evidence about access to basic education in Ghana.

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