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    Is Poverty a Driver for Risky Sexual Behaviour? Evidence from National Surveys of Adolescents in Four African Countries

    Bioline International, 2007
    Is there a link between poverty and 'risky' sexual behaviour? Several researchers have suggested that poverty may be a motivation for young women to engage in early sexual activity and to have multiple partners. This assertion is linked to the practice in parts of Africa for men to give women money and gifts in return for sex, which might lead poorer females to have sex earlier.
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    Trends in technical and vocational education and training in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In recent years, the question of vocational versus general education has been much debated. African countries have wrestled for decades with the dilemma of whether to invest in general education or technical and vocational education and training (TVET). What are the trends and issues in TVET in Africa?
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    Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception

    Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006
    Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.
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    Africa’s success: evaluating accomplishments

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007
    This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenarios in each country, and identifies the emerging challenges.
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    Climate change, urban flooding, and the urban poor in Africa

    ActionAid International, 2006
    The UN Millenium summit committed to achieving ‘a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers’ by 2020. However, in Africa – the world’s fastest urbanising region – climate change is threatening that goal.
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    Education in rural areas: obstacles and relevance

    Foundation for International Research on Working Children, 2007
    This in depth study focuses on education in rural areas and the obstacles faced by parents and children in seven developing countries, namely Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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    The Financial Requirements of Achieving Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

    World Bank, 2006
    The costs of programmes to promote gender equality and women's empowerment are not systematically calculated and integrated into country-level budgeting processes, according to the authors of this paper.
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    Meat and milk: developing countries and the global livestock trade

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The global demand for meat and milk is growing, as populations increase and incomes rise. Retailers and fast food outlets are benefiting but is this growth reducing poverty in developing countries?
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    Securing local resource rights in Africa: can the law support poor people?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In the last ten years, legal reforms in some African countries have given local people more secure rights over natural resources. But gaps and loopholes (ways to evade rules) limit the potential benefits of these reforms. More importantly, many people are unaware of their rights, or lack the knowledge or means to enforce them.
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    Assessing household food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Reducing hunger in developing countries depends on reliable estimates of food insecurity. Using data about how much food individual households acquire may be a more accurate way to measure dietary quantity and quality than national level data.

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