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    Comprehensive Responses to Gender Based Violence in Low-Resource Settings: Lessons Learned from Implementation

    Population Council, Zambia, 2010
    Over the past decade, many African countries have begun to recognise the importance of preventing gender based violence and responding to the needs of survivors. But due to the absence of strong, regionally-relevant evidence, national programs have tended to adopt strategies that have worked in Europe and North America.
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    Consolidating democratic governance in the SADC region: transitions and prospects for consolidation

    Electoral Institute of Southern Africa, 2008
    The SADC region has made strides towards democratic governance but still faces numerous democratic deficits that need serious attention if democratic consolidation is to occur and endure. This study investigates causal and incidental linkages between political transitions on the one hand, and democracy and democratisation on the other, within the Southern African context.
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    Low-carbon energy projects for development in Sub-Saharan Africa Unveiling the potential, addressing the barriers

    World Bank, 2008
    Sub-Saharan Africa has an opportunity of choosing a cleaner development pathway via low-carbon energy alternatives that can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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    Global Research Report: Africa

    Reuters, 2010
    This report provides an introduction to patterns of research activity in Africa. Its overall finding is that, whilst the volume of research activity on the continent as a whole remains small, individual countries are making notable and effective contributions of a high standard. 
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    SLA and community-driven development

    Eldis Document Store, 2009
    This ID21 Insights explores the links between sustainable livelihoods and community-driven development. It includes four articles which summarise the findings presented at a sustainable livelihoods seminar in South Africa in March 2009. These include:
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    Clinical social franchising: an annual compendium of programs, 2009

    University of California, Los Angeles, 2009
    Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, social franchising organisations engage private medical practitioners to add new services to the range of services they already offer.
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    Mapping of integrity and accountability in water activities and relevant capacities in the SADC region

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    Enhancing governance in the water sector through improved integrity, accountability, and the application of anti-corruption measures constitute important tools for achieving poverty reduction and improving sustainable management of water resources. These form fundamental elements of the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
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    Improving women’s control over agriculture halts famine in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Southern Africa suffered severe drought in 2001 and 2002. In some areas food aid took a year to arrive. But, whilst hunger did occur, the predicted severe famine did not. Women played an important role in preventing starvation.
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    Fighting cycles of quiet starvation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Seasonality is the most neglected dimension of rural deprivation. Seasonal hunger amongst poor rural people is a permanent global crisis, affecting seven out of every ten hungry people in the world. How can policymakers and development organisations fight seasonal hunger?
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    Pensions in Africa

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries: Botswana, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia

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