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  Privatisation and liberalisation in the agricultural sector: an examination of processes and outcomes in three African cases

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  This report assesses issues surrounding promotion of privatisation and liberalisation measures by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the context of African primary production.
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  The illegitimacy of democracy?: democratisation and alienation in Maputo, Mozambique

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2007

  This paper examines the effects of democratisation in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. It focuses on the growing alienation between the urban middle class and the dominant, state-based elite, arguing that the introduction of multiparty democracy has weakened the state’s legitimacy amongst a group that was once a pillar of the regime. Findings include:
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  The politics of what works in tackling chronic poverty

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007

  This policy brief looks at the role that politics plays in shaping efforts towards poverty reduction.
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  Ownership in practice (Paris, 27-28 September 2007)

  OECD Development Centre, 2007

  Experts agree that a development finance system must be owned by developing countries in order to reduce poverty and achieve sustained economic growth. Ahead of the 2008 High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra (Ghana), the OECD’s Global Forum on Development invited experts from South and North to an informal workshop to share their views on developing-country ownership.
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  The role of civil society organisations in promoting social justice and sound developmental policies in SADC

  CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2007

  Based on three case studies from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this study examines how civil society actors relate to the government and its policies at national levels. It aims to make a contribution to building closer cooperation between civil society and governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
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  Does the IMF constrain health spending in poor countries? Evidence and an agenda for action

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  This paper reports on an investigation into whether the IMF constrains health spending in poor countries. With a focus on developing a framework of lessons and recommendations, it draws upon a range of background papers on different aspects of IMF programmes, including detailed case studies for Mozambique, Rwanda, and Zambia.
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  Flexible education tackles HIV in southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  ‘Business as usual’ will not meet the education challenges of the HIV epidemic in Mozambique and South Africa. Governments must radically rethink education delivery to out-of-school youth. Research by the UK Institute of Education looks at how open, distance and flexible learning (ODFL) can reduce the effects of HIV on young people.
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  Learning from an urban erosion control programme in Mozambique

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  In 2000 massive flooding caused havoc in a low-income settlement in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Houses, roads, water pipes and electricity poles were swept away. An international NGO has partnered with municipal authorities to actively involve residents in reconstruction and infrastructure works. What are the long-term impacts and lessons?
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  More aid for Africa is only a mixed blessing

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  The donor community has pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010. This presents Africa with great opportunities. But it can also make life harder for exporters and the private sector. Their production costs will have to be lowered but can aid help achieve that?
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  Understanding the implications of the Global Compact Human Rights Principles for petrochemical investment activities in developing countries: a case study of Sasol

  Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, 2007

  This case study identifies some of the critical dilemmas that a large resources and petrochemicals company might face when it considers investing in countries where there may be human rights concerns. The report assesses the practices of Sasol in Mozambique in relation to UN Global Compact (UNGC) Principles and best practices.

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