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  Case studies of non-formal education by distance and open learning

  Commonwealth of Learning, 2000

  This research report contains case studies of distance and open learning for non-formal education (NFE) from Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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  The "skills drain" of health professionals from the developing world: a framework for policy formulation

  Medact, 2005

  This paper from MedAct examines policy towards health professionals’ migration from perspective of economics and governance. The authors argue that current policy responses to migration of health professionals from low income developing countries underestimate the pressures for migration, and mis-identify the reasons for rising migration.
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  Child labour and cocoa production in West Africa: the case of Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana

  Institute for Applied International Studies, Norway, 2006

  This report discusses the extent to which children work in cocoa production, and in what parts of the production process they are involved. The authors analyse the involvement of children in the production of cocoa in Cote D'Iviore and Ghana with the aim of providing a basis for improved understanding of the situation for cocoa farmers and the children working in this sector.
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  Evidence of returns to schooling in Africa from household surveys: monitoring and restructuring the market for education

  Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 2003

  In the last two decades, many countries in Africa have had difficulty extending primary and secondary schooling to an increasing fraction of their youth, or in building high quality university training and parallel research institutions.
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  Connecting poverty and the environment in PRSPs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers increasingly link poverty with the environment. However, many of these avoid tackling difficult or political aspects of environment management. How can Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers improve people’s livelihoods and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources?
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  Helping fisherfolk in Africa to support responsible fisheries

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Fisheries are a significant part of many African economies. They need to be responsibly managed to maximise the sector’s contribution to reducing poverty. The vulnerability of fishing communities, however, may limit their ability to participate in sustainable management practices.
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  Livelihoods at the edge of expanding cities

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Kumasi, with a population of one million, is the second city of Ghana and the capital of the Ashanti Region. The city is growing rapidly both in area and population. This is affecting the natural environment and the livelihoods of the people living in rural areas around the city.
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  Being tough: young Liberians’ coping strategies in refugee camps

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Refugees face many challenges living in camps, but these difficulties vary amongst different groups. Young Liberian refugees in the Buduburam camp in Ghana deal with their problems in specific ways. Studying the social resilience of these groups may help generate strategies for their improvement.
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  Midwives’ attitudes to women in labour in Ghana

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Less than half of all women in Ghana give birth in hospital attended by a trained midwife. Some women choose not to give birth in a hospital because of fear of being treated badly by staff. Training health workers to better understand and respond to the needs of pregnant mothers is essential if women are to seek safe and effective maternal care.
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  Birth intervals and injectable contraception in sub-Saharan Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Short intervals between births increase the risk of children dying during their first year and beyond. Use of contraception should help to increase birth intervals, but does it work? Research in nine African countries suggests that use of the injectable contraceptive, depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), actually increases the odds of short birth intervals.

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