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    Quantitative research instrument to measure school-related gender-based violence

    DevTech Systems, 2006
    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - funded Safe Schools Programme (Safe Schools) is working in Malawi and Ghana to create safe environments for all girls and boys. By promoting gender-equitable relationships and reducing School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV), Safe Schools also aims to improve educational outcomes and reduce negative health outcomes.
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    Regional employee engagement approaches to meet regional challenges: Africa

    International Business Leaders Forum, 2007
    This briefing demonstrates how community engagement by employees from international business can meet corporate, NGO and international development goals.
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    Removing childbirth delivery fees: the impact on health workers in Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Ghana has a high maternal death rate and a relatively high rate of unsupervised births. The government recently introduced a childbirth delivery fee exemption scheme with the aim of increasing the use of public health services for deliveries. What impact has this had on health workers and traditional birth attendants?
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    Understanding the politics of the budget: What drives change in the budget process?

    Department for International Development, UK, 2007
    This briefing note distills the findings of several political analyses of the budget process in developing countries and highlights why a good political understanding of theset processes is important to improve aid effectiveness.
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    Public private delivery of insecticide treated nets: a voucher scheme in Volta region, Ghana

    Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2007
    This article, published in the Malaria Journal, reviews a voucher scheme intended to scale-up the coverage of insecticide treated bednets and reach vulnerable groups in Volta region, Ghana. The vouchers, given to pregnant women, entitled them to a discount on ITN which were available through retail outlets.
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    Paying for health care migration: the case for compensation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Thousands of health care professionals leave sub-Saharan Africa each year to work in the UK. This flow of skilled workers creates a subsidy to the UK health services that leaves African health services understaffed and unable to deliver effective health care. Should the UK be obliged to pay compensation for the healthcare professionals that it takes from Africa?
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    Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: insights and lessons from country experiences

    World Bank, 2007
    How do growth strategies affect the ability of poor households to participate in and benefit from growth? This book explores how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. It provides insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth.
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    Inequalities and equity in Africa

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006
    What is the extent of inequality in Africa? This comparative study of five African countries focuses on inequalities of income, land, education and health.Analysis of both cross-sectional and longitudinal inequality confirms the existence of wide disparities in Ghana, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Madagascar.
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    Building capacity in ICT for development networks

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Information networks make important contributions to civil society growth. New information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing their role in this. Many development agencies are focusing on building the capacity of these networks and best practice needs to be shared.
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    The link between primary education and democracy in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    It is argued that democratically elected governments may have a greater incentive than authoritarian regimes to provide their citizens with primary schooling. It is also argued that democracy may be reinforced by primary education encouraging democratic attitudes. Is there evidence of any truth in these statements in African countries?

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