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    Medical bills push people deeper into poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In some developing countries public health clinics charge patients for medical consultations. These medical fees, together with a loss of earnings due to ill health, have catastrophic consequences for families already living in poverty.
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    Linking farmers to markets

    Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006
    This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.
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    Preventing malaria and anaemia in infants in Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In poor African communities malaria is the leading cause of death and disease among infants and is also one of the main causes of anaemia and anaemia-related deaths in infants. What effect will treating infants, whether they do or do not have the disease, have in preventing malaria and anaemia in an area with intense, seasonal transmission of the disease?
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    Gender and treatment-seeking for child malaria in Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Growing evidence suggests that behaviour related to health is influenced by gender.   However the role of women and men in decisions to seek treatment for malaria has rarely been considered.  How does gender influence treatment-seeking behaviour for children with malaria?
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    Private education is good for the poor: a study of private schools serving the poor in low-income countries

    CATO Institute, Washington, 2005
    Can private education help meet the educational needs of poor children in low-income countries? Many observers believe that the private sector has little to offer in terms of reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of "education for all" by 2015.
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    Tough choices: investing in health for development

    Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, WHO, 2006
    This report is a synthesis of country experiences from three years of work, following the 2001 report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH).
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    Hitting malaria where it hurts: household and community responses in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Each year at least 300 million cases of malaria result in more than a million deaths worldwide. Ninety percent of these deaths are in sub-Saharan Africa and most are children under five years old.
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    To buy or not to buy? Communities and bed nets in rural Ghana

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In some parts of Ghana, untreated bed nets to prevent mosquito bites are commonly used. Why do some Ghanaians choose these over more effective insecticide treated nets?
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    An overview of the Ghana Police Service

    SSRonline, 2006
    This is a broad-based study that seeks to understand the structural and developmental processes that have taken place in the Ghana Police Service (GPS) since colonial times.The paper discusses various aspects of the GPS including:history, origins and developmentstructural developments and growthlegislative and constitutional instrumentsvarious reports and inquiries on the Se
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    Family farms in West Africa: understanding their success

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In West Africa, family farms exist alongside large, commercial agricultural businesses. Many people feel family farms are ineffective, but they have demonstrated their ability to adapt. Given the limited success of commercial businesses, it is important to understand how family farms contribute to rural development.

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