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  Empowering Maasai women in Tanzania

  2010

  Maasai women are among the poorest and most marginalised groups in Tanzanian society. A local women-led organisation – the Pastoral Women’s Council – works to improve the lives of Maasai pastoralist women and children by increasing their access to social services and economic empowerment.
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  The REDD direction: the potential for reduced forest carbon emissions, biodiversity protection and enhanced development: a desk study with special focus on Tanzania and Uganda

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009

  This paper examines whether reduced emissions from forests – from deforestation and forest degradation (the REDD project) - should be included in a post-Kyoto agreement . It focuses on how REDD could be instituted at the national level, and sheds light on specific challenges for two African countries – Tanzania and Uganda.
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  Farmer perspectives on the usefulness of technologies introduced by on-farm research: the case of the TARP II - SUA programme

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2009

  The objectives of this study are to find evidence to what extent farmers still use the technologies that were introduced during the TARPII-SUA programme in Tanzania, and to identify the farmers’ reasons for adopting or rejecting the technologies.
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  Haydom Lutheran Hospital: final project review

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009

  Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a first level referral hospital located in Tanzania. It has been receiving substantial financial support from the Norwegian government through a Block Grant. This report is the final project review of the Block Grant for the period 2006-2009.
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  ICTs for Democracy: information and communication technologies for the enhancement of democracy – with a focus on empowerment

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2009

  Access to and the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been shown to have the potential to help bring about economic development, poverty reduction, and democratisation. This report examines the potential of ICTs for advancing democracy and empowerment.
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  Rukwa Ruka: the attempt of a foreign donor to uplift a neglected region: a study of the impact of Norwegian aid to Rukwa Region, Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009

  This study addresses the overall question: did Norwegian development aid to Rukwa (a region in Tanzania) contribute to long-term improvement in people’s living standard? The paper traces the links between what Norway supported and development outcomes as they are observable today.
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  Social protection policy: responses to older people’s needs in Zanzibar

  HelpAge International, 2009

  Zanzibar runs a system of contributory pensions (the ZSSF) covering those employed in the public and formal sectors.  But overall, only about 40 per cent of older people receive any form of cash payment in their old age. Changing family structures, migration and general poverty have eroded traditional patterns of support, and even where support exists, it is normally inadequate.
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  Budget support, aid instruments and the environment: the country context Tanzania country case study

  Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2008

  A recent evaluation of budget support highlighted that there are challenges in integrating cross cutting issues such as environment into Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. This paper reviews experience of the transferring of environmental priorities from national plans to budgets and into government implementation plans in Tanzania. The author further explains issues such as:
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  Cataract surgery: ensuring equal access for boys and girls

  Community Eye Health Journal, 2009

  Surgical intervention is necessary if children with cataract are to regain their sight. In many low- and middle-income countries, cataract is the leading cause of avoidable blindness among children.
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  Reforming wildlife governance in East and Southern Africa: the role of corruption

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2009

  This brief looks at the role corruption plays in structuring wildlife governance systems in Africa by comparing the differing governance structures which have elicited variant economic and ecological outcomes. Wildlife is an important economic asset in Africa worth billions of dollars annually. The biological diversity is a natural spectacle and priceless global heritage.

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