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  Toilet wars: urban sanitation services and the politics of public-private partnerships in Ghana

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines the impact of the new forms of partnership between the public authorities and private/citizen-based organisations on urban environmental sanitation in the two largest cities of Ghana, namely, Accra and Kumasi.
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  West African NGOs Report on the Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action

  2004

  This report summarises the outcomes of a consultation organised by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) through the African Centre for Gender and Development, contributing to the decade evaluation of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA).
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  How good is primary schooling in Ghana?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Ghana has made considerable progress in increasing enrolments amongst both boys and girls. The rate of progress has been sufficient to achieve universal primary education (UPE) by 2015, and hence gender equality at primary level.
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  Can water and sanitation services reach low-income communities? Lessons from Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  By 2025 there will be 700 million urban Africans. Sub-Saharan Africa not only has the world’s fastest rate of urban population growth, but its cities also have the highest proportion of unplanned – and often illegal – low-income settlements.
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  Patronage, politics and toilets

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donors have persuaded many policy-makers in developing countries that the main problem with direct public service provision is the lack of incentives for public servants. They have subsequently sought to involve communities, citizens and the private sector in the management of urban sanitation services instead.
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  Equity of family planning in developing countries

  Deliver, 2004

  This policy briefing from DELIVER focuses on how to ensure equitable access to and use of family planning services and resources in developing countries. The authors refer to analyses of nationally representative data from demographic and health surveys in 20 countries, as well as data from reproductive health surveys in Guatemala, Honduras and Paraguay.
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  Gender perspectives in malaria management

  Malaria Knowledge Programme, 2005

  This policy brief from the Malaria Knowledge Programme highlights the impact of household gender roles and relations on the management of childhood malaria, focusing on research conducted in the Volta Region of Ghana.
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  Using mid-level cadres as substitutes for internationally mobile health professionals in Africa: a desk review

  Human Resources for Health, 2004

  This article, from Human Resources for Health, examines the experiences of using substitute health workers (SHW) in Africa. The review focuses mainly on physicians and reviews data from Tanzania, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Ghana. Findings demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of using SHWs and higher rates of retention within countries and in rural communities.
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  The struggle of Queen Mothers for equality in Ghana

  Social Science Research Network, 2004

  This paper focuses on the importance of according traditional women leaders throughout Africa the same recognition as male chiefs who have been co-opted into new positions of power in their societies.The author explores how, in spite of Ghana’s professed commitment to gender equality, pronounced in its domestic law and its international legal obligations, women in Ghana continue to suffer the burd
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  Harnessing the investment potential of migrants’ remittances: the importance of family ties

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Family ties are key to securing valuable remittances and financial investment from migrants to their home countries. Although migrants who maintain close family ties frequently send money back home, the investment potential of such remittances is often lost.

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