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    Community focus is key to eliminating filariasis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Lymphatic filariasis (LF) affects at least 120 million people worldwide, with a further billion at risk according to World Health Organization estimates. Although an LF elimination programme is underway, could poor understanding of the social and cultural aspects of the disease threaten the programme’s success?
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    E-governance in Africa: from theory to action - a handbook on ICTs for local governance

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    This book presents the context, theory and current thinking on the interaction betweeen ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from ‘government’ to ‘e-governance,’ describes the role of local-level authorities, and presents the benefits and limitations of introducing ICTs in government operations.
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    Integrated approach to eliminating neglected tropical diseases is crucial

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Thirteen tropical diseases account for more than half a million deaths worldwide each year, as well as causing chronic disability and poverty, exceeding malaria or tuberculosis (TB). While large-scale funding exists for TB, malaria, HIV and AIDS, so far the ‘other diseases’ have not benefited from such support. Yet simple interventions exist which could eliminate them altogether.
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    How can people negotiate complex land rights in West Africa?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Land is an increasingly scarce resource in West Africa. As access to land becomes increasingly regulated, conflicts are becoming more common. Who wins and who loses in the struggle to gain access to land?
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    Managing change in local governance

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Decentralisation reforms are now perceived as essential elements of the devolution of responsibility to elected local governments in order to achieve good governance and ensure the public sector responds to the needs of both urban and rural people. How can local governments become responsive, efficient and pro-poor deliverers of services?
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    Khanya-aicdd briefing 1: emerging lessons on action learning

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
    Action learning is about learning from actions and applying what is learnt back into the next experience, an ongoing process. This briefing presents lessons of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation of policies and practices that actually benefit the poor.
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    Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology

    Commonwealth Youth and Development, 2007
    Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibiting the development of social networks, and influencing their health and educational achievements.
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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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    Understanding the choices made by Ghanaian child migrants

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In impoverished north-eastern Ghana, there is an established pattern of young people leaving home to seek work, vocational training or formal education. Education planners need to learn more about the links between children’s migration and education.
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    Rural income generating activities: whatever happened to the institutional vacuum? Evidence from Ghana, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Vietnam

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    An increasing number of empirical papers and reports have provided evidence that point to the importance of the rural non-farm (RNF) economy in developing countries. In parallel, the livelihoods approach, recognises that households use a range of agricultural and non-agricultural activities as paths out of poverty.

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