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  Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  BioMed Central, 2003

  This study, published by BioMed Central, compares the impact of four different wealth indices on the measurement of health inequality among children in developing countries. The study uses the World Bank Asset Index and three other indices, all based on household assets, to analyse data from Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  IFAD desk review of the PRSP Process in Eastern and Southern Africa

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  This desk analysis is based on an analysis of the PRSP process in 10 countries (Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia).
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  Has improved availability of health expenditure data contributed to evidence-based policy making? Country experiences with national health accounts

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2003

  National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tool designed to inform the health policy process. It aims to do so by providing policymakers with valuable information on the distribution of health funds within the system.
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  Catalyst for local democracy? Land reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  From Eritrea to South Africa land tenure laws are in a state of flux. In every nation in eastern and southern Africa, apart from those wracked by conflict, tenure reform is either under discussion or coming on stream. What is driving this change? What are the consequences for landholders, for democratization and the nature of state power? Who are the potential winners and losers?
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  Are science exams in Africa failing students?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Is primary science assessment in anglophone Africa consistent and appropriate? Is there convergence between assessment systems in rich and poor countries? Are advances in assessment techniques reflected in African examinations? If not, do the reasons reflect differences in context?
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  Status and impacts of HIV/AIDS in agricultural universities and colleges in Africa

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2002

  The report looks into the status, impact and preventive actions taken by some of the partner universities and colleges in Africa of Agricultural University of Norway (NLH) against the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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  Land, people and forests in Eastern and Southern Africa: a study of the impact of land relations upon community involvement in forest future

  Land Rights in Africa, Oxfam, 2000

  Examines the relationship of people’s rights in land to the manner in which they may be involved in the management of forests in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Lesotho and to a lesser degree Botswana and Swaziland.Includes examination of property relations, state power, land reform, recognition of customary rights, the changing nature o
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  Methodologies for estimating informal crossborder trade in Eastern and Southern Africa : Kenya - Uganda border, Tanzania and its neighbors, Malawi and its neighbors, Mozambique and its neighbors

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1996

  This report should serve as a highly useful guide for needs assessment/planning, data set collection, further research, project/program elaboration, and policy formulation on the subject of unofficial crossborder trade.Ackello-Ogutu’s research techniques reflect his concern for variations that often exist among regions and countries, but are frequently ignored by researchers in research methodo
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  Improving policy analysis and management for poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: creating an effective learning community

  Eldis Document Store, 2000

  Significant poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa cannot be achieved without strong policy analysis and management capacity both in the public sector and civil society at large.
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  Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in East and Southern Africa

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001

  Five questions central to public sector reform in East and Southern Africa, and consistent with their proclaimed thrust, are addressed in this paper:Has the size of government employment changed since the mid-1980s?Have government functions become more focused on 'core' activities, such as health and education, during this period?Have real wage levels changed?Has accountability

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