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  Land registration in Nampula and Zambezia provinces, Mozambique

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  Assesses the process of rural land registration in Mozambique and the outcomes for poor and marginalised groups. The research finds that community land registration, under the 1997 land law, can strengthen community rights to use and benefit from their land in relation to outsider interests in land.
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  Land registration in Maputo and Matola Cities, Mozambique

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  Assesses the process of land registration in peri-urban areas of Mozambique and its outcomes for poor and marginalised groups. The research finds that there is little awareness of land registration processes on the part of low-income groups. The ‘individual’ registration process is slow and bureaucratic with high transaction costs and corrupt practices on the part of state institutions.
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  Gender, language and inclusion

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Schooling designed for dominant groups excludes other learners. Girls are particularly vulnerable because of their home responsibilities and the unsupportive attitudes of families and teachers.New evidence suggests that the inclusive strategies used in mother tongue-based bilingual education benefit girls more than boys no matter what group they are from.
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  Trade reforms needed for global peace

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  States such as Afghanistan, Angola and Sierra Leone have been damaged by years of civil war. Increasing international trade, levying international taxes to fund environmental protection and global justice, abolishing agricultural subsidies in rich countries and increasing aid, may help many such countries to recover.
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  Scaling up access to antiretroviral treatment in southern Africa: who will do the job?

  The Lancet, 2005

  This paper, published in the Lancet, examines plans for scaling up antiretroviral treatment (ART) for HIV-positive people in Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa. It reports that a lack of human resources for health, rather than financial resources, is regarded as the main obstacle to implementing national treatment plans in these countries.
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  The southern Africa crisis: food insecurity, HIV/AIDS and the international response

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  In 2002, a crisis threatened southern Africa, with food insecurity occurring in a region seriously affected by HIV/AIDS. The humanitarian response focused on food aid but paid insufficient attention to public health. Health was seen as a long-term developmental issue that could not be addressed by short-term humanitarian action.
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  Disability, poverty, and schooling in developing countries: results from 11 household surveys

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper analyses the relationship between whether a young person has a disability, the poverty status of their household, and their school participation.
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  Bringing gender to bureaucracies: experiences from African ministries of health

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  The integration of a gender focus into sector- wide approaches for development (SWAps) presents a number of challenges and opportunities. Case studies of health SWAps in four sub-Saharan African countries suggest that the approach has raised the profile of gender in ministries, but has not yet received the support or capacity to fully integrate gender equity into policy.
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  Sugar industries in least developed countries: profiting from ‘Everything but Arms’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Guaranteed high prices are increasing sugar production in many of the world’s least developed countries. The possibility of duty and quota free access to European markets in 2009 is attracting foreign investment. Proactive governments are now needed to maximise the opportunities that the ‘Everything but Arms’ (EBA) initiative brings.
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  Hunger crisis: learning from southern Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  How is the HIV/AIDS pandemic affecting food security in Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique? How can humanitarian agencies speed up their response to hunger crisis in Africa? These are just two of many questions emerging from an independent evaluation of the 2002-2003 Disasters Emergency Committee Southern Africa Crisis Appeal.

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