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    "Man Hunt Intimacy: Man Clean Bathroom": Women, Sexual Pleasure, Gender Violence and HIV

    A. Welbourn / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Men's contribution - or lack of it - to household tasks and expenditure and the daily burden of running a home is closely linked to sexual dissatisfaction, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. Men seek comfort by having sex with other women, and their wives also turn to other men for sex in order to buy school clothes for their children or food for the daily meal.
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    Livestock, disease, trade and markets: policy choices for the livestock sector in Africa

    I. Scoones, W. Wolmer / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Seen for many years as a poor investment for development, livestock production issues are increasingly back on Africa's development agenda.
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    Making accountability count

    P. Newell, J. Wheeler, A. Dunn / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    This policy brief examines and clarifies some of the notions around the concept of accountability, whether this may be government accountability, corporate accountability, or civil society accountability. It looks at who benefits from improved accountability and focuses on how people claim accountability in practice.The paper points out that accountability can rarely be provided from above.
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    The formation of the Brazilian environmental movement

    A. Alonso, V. Costa, D. Maciel / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    Drawing on new perspectives for analysing social movements, this paper blends a variety of concepts – political opportunity structure, micro-mobilisation contexts, collective identity formation, framing processes and mobilising strategies – to examine the formation of the Brazilian environmental movement from the 1970s through to the 1990s.
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    Is the non-state education sector serving the needs of the poor? Evidence from East and Southern Africa

    P. Rose / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
    This paper, written for a Department for International Development (DFID) seminar in preparation for the 2004 World Development Report, explores the evidence on non-state provision of education in East and Southern Africa.
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    Get what you want, give what you can: embedded public finance in Porto Alegre

    M. Baquero, A. Schneider / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    How can governments raise taxes and improve public services for poorer groups, while at the same time securing the political support of those with wealth?In Porto Alegre, this working paper suggests, participatory budgeting has been key to the considerable successes of the government in reducing inequality while maintaining the support of the middle classes.
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    Reducing complexity in the industrial policy debate

    H. Schmitz / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    A central concern of industrial policy is how to configure the relationship with the global economy. The complexity of the context make this a difficult task for policymakers. This paper suggests a way of framing discussions between policymakers, advisers and researchers.
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    Gender and Sexuality Cutting Edge Pack (CEP)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Sexuality can bring misery through sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, female genital mutilation, or marginalisation of those who break the rules, such as non-macho men, single women, widows who re-marry, sex workers, people with same-sex sexualities, and transgender people. Sexuality can also bring joy, affirmation, intimacy and well-being.
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    Gender and Sexuality: Overview Report

    P. Ilkkaracan, S. Jolly / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Why are gender and sexuality important for policymakers, practitioners and activists? Sexuality and gender can combine to make a huge difference in people's lives - between well-being and ill-being, and sometimes between life and death.
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    BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 18: Sexuality

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    Sexuality can bring misery through sexual violence, HIV/AIDS, maternal mortality, female genital mutilation, or marginalisation of those who break the rules, such as non-macho men, single women, widows who re-marry, sex workers, people with same-sex sexualities, and transgender people. Sexuality can also bring joy, affirmation, intimacy and well-being.

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