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    Rights talk and rights practice: challenges for Southern Africa

    Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003
    This research in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe looks at the practice of rights claiming on the ground, in the context of 'legal pluralism' and complex, politicised institutional settings. In the southern African context rights are formulated and claimed in a very unlevel playing field and are highly contested.
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    Has improved availability of health expenditure data contributed to evidence-based policy making? Country experiences with national health accounts

    Partners for Health Reformplus, 2003
    National Health Accounts (NHA) is a tool designed to inform the health policy process. It aims to do so by providing policymakers with valuable information on the distribution of health funds within the system.
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    Microfinance and households: coping with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe, an exploratory study

    Horizons, 2003
    This study, conducted in Zimbabwe, aims to better understand the relationship between a microfinance program, Zambuko Trust, and how microentrepreneurs’ households cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS.
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    Zimbabweans who move: perspectives on international migration in Zimbabwe

    Southern African Migration Project, 2002
    What are the characteristics of migration into and out of Zimbabwe, and are they changing?
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    Land reform for poverty redcution? social exclusion and farm workers in Zimbabwe

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2003
    This paper represents a provisional attempt to assess whether Zimbabwe’s land reform coherently addresses the issue of poverty reduction. It examines the short-term outcome(s) of the reform programme in relation to its initial objectives. More specifically, it examines its impact on farm-workers.
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    Preparing for the worst: responding to refugee flows in southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In the build-up to Zimbabwe’s controversial presidential election in March 2002 the South African government, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees met to prepare for a potential refugee influx. What lessons were learned? As drought and political instability hit southern Africa, could South Africa cope with massive famine-induced displacement?
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    New dimensions of childhood malnutrition in six African countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Nearly a third of all children under five years old in sub-Saharan Africa are underweight. With evidence that health risks are elevated even for children who are only mildly to moderately underweight, tackling malnutrition is crucial for reducing infant mortality.
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    Death by a thousand codes. Is harmonisation possible?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Over two hundred published codes exist covering labour issues, a figure that includes just a fraction of buyers’ in-house codes. Forty inspections a month, each paid for by the supplier, complained a Chinese factory-owner recently. Yet just three years ago, most buying companies denied any responsibility for suppliers’ labour practice so it is a remarkable step forward.
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    Death, data and demographics: AIDS and adult mortality in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Adult mortality is increasing in many parts of Africa. Is this due to AIDS? Can existing data answer this question? What other statistics are needed to document the spread of the AIDS epidemic in Africa?
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    Economic depression: poverty and mental health in developing countries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why are depression and related disorders reaching crisis proportions in the developing world? What are the causes of common mental disorders (CMDs) in low-income countries? Research in Brazil, Chile, India and Zimbabwe, co-ordinated by the UK Institute of Psychiatry, showed that women, those with little education, the poor and older people are most likely to suffer from mental disorders.

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