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Support for parliaments: Tanzania and beyond
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2010After 30 years of one-party socialist rule, Tanzania embarked on a democratisation process in the early 1990s, along with a large number of other African countries. The 1995 elections were, however, the real constituent democratic presidential and parliamentary elections, which (re-) established the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) as Tanzania’s dominant party.DocumentAgro-investment in Africa: impact on land and livelihoods in Mozambique and Tanzania
Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010The purpose of the study is to assess different approaches to agro-investment in Mozambique and Tanzania in order to learn lessons on how agro-investment might impact on land and livelihoods there.DocumentGrowing older in Africa and Asia: Multicentre study on ageing, health and well-being. Global health Action journal, supplement 2
Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, 2010Selection of articles looking at the status of the elderly in Asia and Africa, resulting from the collaboration of the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Article titles include:DocumentThe role of civil society in decentralisation and alleviating poverty: an exploratory case study from Tanzania
NADEL – Centre for Development and Cooperation (ETH Zurich), 2007In many developing countries decentralisation efforts have been planned and implemented as a means to improve service delivery to all citizens, to increase citizen participation, and to improve good governance at the sub-national level. However, until recently, poverty reduction has not been a central feature of decentralisation measures until recently.DocumentSocial transfers: a critical strategy to meet the MDGs
HelpAge International, 2010Non-contributory pensions enable poor older people to provide for their future and the future of their families. Alongside other social transfer schemes, pensions are now being seen to help reduce old age and intergenerational poverty, and have improved income security, access to education, health status and gender equality across other age groups.DocumentClimate Change and Gender Justice
Oxfam, 2009Awareness of the complex and dynamic links between gender relations and climate change is growing fast in gender and development (GAD) circles and among women’s rights activists, but in mainstream policies they still tend to be overlooked. This book offers information and evidence towards a more informed, nuanced gender perspective in the context of climate change.DocumentConsolidating democratic governance in the SADC region: transitions and prospects for consolidation
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, 2008The SADC region has made strides towards democratic governance but still faces numerous democratic deficits that need serious attention if democratic consolidation is to occur and endure. This study investigates causal and incidental linkages between political transitions on the one hand, and democracy and democratisation on the other, within the Southern African context.DocumentUNIDO and renewable energy: greening the industrial agenda
United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2010Renewable energy has become a viable option for enhancing access to energy at most places through on/off grid electrification, both in urban and rural areas, and promoting productive uses and industrial applications in energy intensive industrial sectors, especially in SMEs. Industry needs reliable and affordable energy to become productive and competitive.DocumentLow-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa Unveiling the potential, addressing the barriers
World Bank, 2008Sub-Saharan Africa has an opportunity of choosing a cleaner development pathway via low-carbon energy alternatives that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.DocumentOpportunities to achieve poverty reduction and climate change benefits through low carbon energy access programmes
Ashden Awards, 2008This report presents the preliminary results of a survey commissioned and funded by DFID, conducted on international low carbon energy access (LCEA) projects that won the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. The following are the findings:Pages
