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  Wildlife management and land reform in Southeastern Zimbabwe: a compatible pairing or a contradiction in terms?

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Is land reform compatible with wildlife management? Zimbabwe is seeking to combine the redistribution of large, 'under-utilised' landholdings to smallholders, with wildlife management, which needs extensive land holdings to be viable.
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  Community based natural resources management in Mozambique: a theoretical or practical strategy for local sustainable development?: the case study of Derre Forest Reserve

  IUCN, Mozambique, 2003

  What does community based natural resource management (CBNRM) mean for Mozambique's poor?Through the case study of Derre Forest Reserve in Zambezia province, this paper explores the theory and practice of CBNRM, an approach which has been widely promoted in southern Africa, and is central to elements of the Mozambican forestry and wildlife policy of 1999.The paper examines the history of com
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  A tale of two houses: the House of Commons, the Big Brother House and the people at home

  E-Democracy Programme [Hansard Society], 2003

  In the UK, there are growing concerns about the disengagement of citizens from political debates and their apathy toward the electoral process. There are calls for a ‘reconnection’ to be made between politicians and citizens.
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  States and citizens in a context of Globalization

  Global Development Network, 2003

  This lecture maps a variety of mechanisms and dynamics that can be seen as part of an architecture for democratic participation by state institutions and citizens in global governance.Crucial to the analysis is the notion that the global is multi-scalar: it does not only take place at the self-evident global scale, but also at the national and subnational scales.
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  Immunization and health reform: making reforms work for immunization

  World Health Organization, 2001

  This document aims to provide some insight into how quality immunisation services can be sustained in a reformed and decentralised health system, especially if integration involves disbanding the vertical Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI).This document presents two case studies of countries, which have approached reforms in very different ways, and highlights the lessons learned presente
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  Decentralization and public services: the case of immunization

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper studies the impact of political decentralisation on childhood immunisation. The study confirms predictions in the theoretical literature about the negative impact of local political control on services that have public goods characteristics.
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  Health and human rights

  The Lancet, 2003

  This feature consists of three seperate articles that address issues around the rights of sex workers The first piece, 'Public health and the human rights of sex workers ' argues that sex workers are often seen as immoral people or as victims of unscrupulous traffickers who exploit the lack of opportunities of deprivileged inhabitants of mostly poor countries and that public he
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  Targeting poverty through community-based public works programs: a cross-disciplinary assessment of recent experience in South Africa

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001

  This paper examines the performance of seven programs in Western Cape Province at involving community participation and at targeting the poor and women.
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  Economic development in Africa: from adjustment to poverty reduction: what is new?

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2002

  This year’s "Economic development in Africa" report reviews the policy content of the poverty reduction programmes in Africa.
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  Gender-responsive government budgeting

  International Monetary Fund, 2003

  This paper examines the concept of gender-responsive government budgeting (GRGB) and the extent of its implementation by national governments in both advanced and developing countries.The paper argues that in order for GRGB to be fully effective, obstacles such as gender-biased culture, the lack of appropriate budget classifications, and the lack of gender analysis expertise and gender-disaggre

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