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    Responding to displacement: id21 insights, issue 44

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Over the past 50 years, forced displacement has been a major obstacle to development and the fight against poverty. Despite the efforts of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and others to find ‘durable solutions’ for those who are forced to flee their homes, attitudes have, if anything, hardened towards refugees and asylum-seekers.
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    Escaping poverty Can policy reach the chronically poor?: id21 insights, issue 46

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 and to reduce other forms of human deprivation. Articles included:
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    The State of World Population 2010: From conflict and crisis to renewal

    United Nations Population Fund, 2010
    This report coincides with the 10th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the first formal attempt of this body to redress the absence or low level of women’s participation in peace and reconstruction efforts.
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    Creating a conducive learning environment for girls in schools: a trainers’ manual for preventing sexualised violence against girls in schools

    Action For Development, 2010
    Widespread violations are being committed against female students in Ugandan schools (including rape, defilement and sexual harassment); yet these cases often go unreported. This is a step-by-step teacher training manual for preventing and managing sexualised violence against girls in schools.
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    Dealing with HIV and AIDS: id21 insights, issue 64

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Twenty-five years of knowingly living with HIV, the global community is still falling behind the virus in its alarming, complex and often hidden progress. Despite many diverse and creative successes in committed peoples’ responses and many lessons drawn along the way, few have been widely adopted. What can we learn from this diversity of response?
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    How best to target the poor: an operational targeting of the poor using indicator-based proxy means tests

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Households whose incomes are below the poverty line are considered eligible for targeted benefits. The current paper seeks to find out how best to target the poor, using household survey data from Uganda. The study compares the performances of four alternative models and analyse the sensitivity of the models to the chosen poverty line.
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    “As if we weren’t human”: discrimination and violence against women with disabilities in Northern Uganda

    Human Rights Watch, 2010
    This report describes abuse and discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in the post-conflict northern region of Uganda. Human Rights Watch conducted the research, interviewing people about issues such as access to basic provisions like shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities.
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    “As if we weren’t human”: discrimination and violence against women with disabilities in Northern Uganda

    Human Rights Watch, 2010
    This report describes abuse and discrimination against women and girls with disabilities in the post-conflict northern region of Uganda. Human Rights Watch conducted the research, interviewing people about issues such as access to basic provisions like shelter in camps for displaced persons or in their own communities.
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    Access to knowledge in Africa: the role of copyright

    Link Centre - Learning Information Networking Knowledge Centre, 2011
    Copyright law alone does not constitute a national copyright environment.
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    Uganda’s environment and natural resources: enhancing parliament’s oversight

    GRID Arendal, 2010
    Uganda’s natural resource base is one of the richest and most diverse in Africa, resulting in the country’s economy relying heavily on goods and services so provided. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a ready source of environmental information and trends for legislators, to foster effective appreciation and representation of environmental issues in parliament.

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