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    Catalyst for local democracy? Land reform in Eastern and Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    From Eritrea to South Africa land tenure laws are in a state of flux. In every nation in eastern and southern Africa, apart from those wracked by conflict, tenure reform is either under discussion or coming on stream. What is driving this change? What are the consequences for landholders, for democratization and the nature of state power? Who are the potential winners and losers?
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    The Primacy of Land Conflicts

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Peri-urban areas in Southern and East Africa are characterised by: rapid change and spiraling socio-economic polarisation; divergent claims, competing interests and identities; and conflicts, disputes and tensions concerning the access, control and use of land resources.
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    No hiding place for information-hoarders: tackling the accountability deficit

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can citizens help shape policies and hold politicians and civil servants to account? How can opportunities for citizen participation be institutionalised? Which public sector responsiveness initiatives undertaken in recent years are replicable? How should donors respond to recalcitrant states refusing to reform accountability relationships with service users?
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    Counting the cost of HIV in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Southern Africa is the region with the highest rates of HIV infection in the world. An estimated 9.4 million of the total population of 97 million were HIV-positive in 1999. What impact will the HIV/AIDS epidemic have on the provision of health services in the region? Is there any scope for improving access to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in low-income countries?
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    Why should governments serve the poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is government responsible for ensuring public health? Is it necessary for public entities to deliver this public good? Who else might serve the unprofitable urban poor?
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    Are governments out of the woods? Returning Africa’s woodlands to communities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    African governments have traditionally assumed that the main agents from which forest and woodlands need protection are the local inhabitants. As new constitutions and land laws recognising customary tenure come on stream, radical change is in the air. What progress has actually been made in implementing community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) and joint forest management (JFM)?
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    Expanding DOTS in the context of a changing health system

    World Health Organization, 2003
    In conjunction with mounting responses to the various public health priorities, many countries are striving to strengthen their health systems to make them more equitable, effective, efficient, responsive, and sustainable.
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    Efficiency, accountability and implementation: public sector reform in East and Southern Africa

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2001
    Five questions central to public sector reform in East and Southern Africa, and consistent with their proclaimed thrust, are addressed in this paper:Has the size of government employment changed since the mid-1980s?Have government functions become more focused on 'core' activities, such as health and education, during this period?Have real wage levels changed?Has accountability

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