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A rich seam: who benefits from rising commodity prices?
Christian Aid, 2007Despite spectacular rises in the prices of commodity prices in oil, copper and gold, developing countries are scarcely benefiting from the rise in prices. This report reveals that mining company profits have risen eight times from 2002- 2005, while many of the developing countries from which the commodities are exported receive very little in either tax or royalties.DocumentCash not food: new emergency response trialed in Southern Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Oxfam’s response to predictions of acute food insecurity in Malawi and Zambia in 2005–2006 included cash transfers as an alternative to emergency food aid. Recipients were able to purchase the equivalent of a standard food aid ration. Should cash transfers become a standard tool in the responses to hunger?DocumentImproving infrastructure to benefit poor people
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007The lack of basic infrastructure plays a significant part in the persistence of poverty. Poor people need better connections to schools, health care, markets, essential services and each other.DocumentComplementary education in ADEA countries
Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 2006This paper presents evidence on “complementary education” programmes in African countries – programmes designed to extend the reach of formal public schooling in developing countries, in order to serve the most disadvantaged or remote areas.DocumentPromoting gender equality in new aid modalities and partnerships: experiences from Africa
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2006In line with the increasing emphasis on aid effectiveness, including promoting new partnerships for channeling aid, this paper reports on the extent to which gender equality is and should be part of this agenda.DocumentPromoting gender equality in new aid modalities and partnerships: experiences from Africa
United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2006In line with the increasing emphasis on aid effectiveness, including promoting new partnerships for channeling aid, this paper reports on the extent to which gender equality is and should be part of this agenda.DocumentReforming maize markets and regional food security
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2006This policy brief encourages greater civil society involvement in debates around national grain (particularly maize) policies and regional food insecurity in Southern African Development Community countries.DocumentHIV/AIDS stigma: finding solutions to strengthen HIV/AIDS programs
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2006AIDS related stigma has pernicious effect on the epidemic’s prevention. Fear of stigmatisation dissuades people from seeking help from treatment, care and support services. What factors perpetuate and contribute to stigma against those infected with HIV/AIDS?DocumentCan biomedical and traditional health care providers work together?: Zambian practitioners' experiences and attitudes towards collaboration in relation to STIs and HIV/AIDS care: a cross-sectional study
Human Resources for Health, 2006This paper, from Human Resources for Health, explores biomedical and traditional health practitioners’ experiences of, and attitudes towards, collaboration. The paper also identifies obstacles and potential opportunities for collaboration in the care of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and AIDS.DocumentThe many paths of cotton sector reform in Eastern and Southern Africa: lessons from a decade of experience
The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2006Cotton is a rare economic success story in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), generating cash incomes for millions of smallholder households and allowing the continent to capture a rising share of world trade in the crop.Pages