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  Using empirical information in the era of HIV/AIDS to inform mitigation and rural development strategies: selected results from African country studies

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005

  This study looks at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the socioeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa on the agricultural sector.
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  Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.
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  Lessons offered by Latin American cash transfer programmes, Mexico’s Oportunidades and Nicaragua’s SPN: implications for African countries

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005

  This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, discusses and compares cash transfer programmes intended to tackle poverty in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi. The paper argues that transferring cash to families has many advantages: it is simple to administer and gives the families freedom to decide how to spend the money.
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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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  Pro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.
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  Has financial liberalisation brought economic growth for southern Africa?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Most countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community have a history of repressive financial organisation, involving distorting financial markets by fixing interest rates below market levels and controlling the distribution of credit. Since the early 1990s these countries have gradually liberalised their financial systems.
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  Artemisinin-based combination therapy in Zambia: from policy change to implementation

  Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO), 2005

  Produced by the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, this paper reports on how Zambia introduced artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) for treatment of malaria, outlining the key stages in the process from policy change to implementation. The paper sets out the implementation strategy and plan before describing the three phases of policy implementation and highlighting lessons learned.
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  HIV Aids and gender impact report

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2003

  This report summarizes the findings of a household livelihood survey in Zambia. The aim was to gain a clear understanding of the dynamics of assets and livelihood strategies that are induced by the presence of HIV/AIDS in communities and households in Northern Province.The report is divided into two sections.
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  Management, co-management or no management? Major dilemmas in southern African freshwater fisheries; case studies

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003

  This report contains ten case studies which serve as background for a synthesis report published in 2003 (see Further Information). They have been conducted in five medium sized lakes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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  Zambia National Health Accounts 2002: main findings

  Partners for Health Reformplus, 2004

  This document, by the Zambian Ministry of Health and PHRplus, summarises how the National Health Accounts (NHA) system was used to assess both general health and HIV and AIDS-specific spending in Zambia in 2002. The document also reviews health care use and borrowing patterns for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA).

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