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  Delimitation of the elastic Ilemi triangle: pastoral conflicts and official indifference in the Horn of Africa

  African Studies Quarterly, 2003

  This article examines the complexity of demarcating the Kenya-Sudan-Ethiopia tri-junctional point known as the Ilemi Triangle.
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  Voice lessons: local government organizations, social organizations, and the quality of local governance.

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper reports on a study of local life in villages in rural Indonesia. Information was gathered on sampled household’s participation in social activities and classified into four distinct types: sociability, networks, social organisations, and village government organisations.
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  Fostering community-driven development: what role for the state?

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper examines case studies from Asia and Latin America to show the possibilities for states to tap into community-level energies and resources for development if they seek to interact more synergistically with local communities.Using case studies from Asia and Latin America, the report shows how: State efforts to bring about land reform, tenancy reform, and expanding non-crop sour
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  Animal health service delivery systems in Kenya's marginal areas under market liberalization: a case for community-based animal health workers

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper reports on the success of a project designed to introduce community-based animal health workers (CBAHWs) to deliver livestock health services in marginal areas.
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  Civil society, the media and internet as tools for creating accountability to poor and disadvantaged groups

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2002

  This report analyses the ways in which civil society and the media contribute to establish more accountable governments in Latin America. It provides a general overview of the trends and changes that affected the development of Latin American societies and the media in the past decade.
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  African civil society: coming to terms with globalisation

  Foreign Policy Centre, London, 2003

  This essay argues that NGOs in Africa are blossoming in terms of numbers but this is failing to translate into concerted activities with civil society.
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  Hands not land: how livelihoods are changing in rural Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002

  This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UKThis book is an overview of research papers that examine the life and livelihoods of people living in rural Bangladesh.
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  Elections, the electoral system and a gender quota: views of Namibians

  Institute of Public Policy Research, Namibia, 2003

  A proportional representation system is currently used for Local Authority Council elections in Namibia, however recent parliamentary sessions have debated about which type of electoral system should be used.
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  African decentralization: local actors, powers and accountability

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2003

  This review samples the rapidly expanding literature on decentralization in Africa.
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  Public participation in South Africa as we enter the 21st Century

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2003

  Participation by citizens at various levels is essential to make democratic societies work. This chapter from "Governance and Democracy Review" (Muthien, Y. Khosa, M.M.

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