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  New insights on preventing child marriage: a global analysis of factors and programs

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007

  One in seven girls in the developing world marries before the age of fifteen. Nearly half of the 331 million girls in developing countries are expected to marry by their 20th birthday. At this rate, 100 million more girls—or 25,000 more girls every day—will become child brides in the next decade.
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  Exports are key to raising incomes in Ghana and Tanzania

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Donors and policymakers have placed poverty reduction at the top of their agenda. Raising the incomes of people in poor countries will be essential. What causes incomes to rise? What policies are needed to promote better paying jobs in sub-Saharan Africa?
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  Waiting for a public sector job in Ethiopia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Urban unemployment in sub-Saharan Africa is very high. In Ethiopia, male urban unemployment is concentrated among the young and relatively well educated. Many of these young men remain unemployed while waiting for the chance of a good job in the public sector.
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  Reducing the cost of groundwater drilling in Ethiopia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  In sub-Saharan Africa, 290 million people lack access to safe water supplies. One reason is the high cost of drilling and borehole construction. Even small savings could extend coverage to millions of people. How can Ethiopia and other African countries reduce drilling costs?
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  Designing social funds for government decentralisation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Social funds and decentralised government are two distinct phenomena which are spreading rapidly throughout the developing world. The burning question is: can social funds, which have emerged in most countries as a highly centralised model, adapt to decentralised environments?
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  Consumption risk, technology adoption and poverty traps: evidence from Ethiopia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007

  Using fertiliser in Ethiopia is a high risk activity with moderately higher returns. This paper examines the differential ability of households to use risky production technologies, such as fertilisers, to avoid harvest failure and welfare consequences that follow. The report finds that:
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  The role of garsa (dobera glabra) for household food security at times of food shortage in Aba'ala Wereda, North Afar: ecological adaptation and socio-economic value: a study from Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007

  The endangered Dobera glabra plant species is highly valued for its diverse importance, including as a drought food and feed source and as a tool for forecasting the coming of drought. This paper assesses the role of D. glabra for household food security. The study was based on a combination of research methods, including:
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  A community health approach to palliative care for HIV/AIDS and cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies community health programmes as the key element in responding to the palliative care needs of those affected by cancer, HIV and AIDS in Africa. It outlines a project conducted in Botswana, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe to strengthen the delivery of palliative care programmes in those countries.
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  Is there persistance in the impact of emergency food aid: evidence on consumption, food security and assets in rural Ethiopia

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006

  This paper explores the presence of persistent impacts of two food aid programmes: the Employment Generation Schemes (EGS) and free food distribution (FFD), which were implemented following the 2002 drought in Ethiopia. It looks specifically at:
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  Livelihood diversification in Borana pastoral communities of Ethiopia - prospects and challenges

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007

  This paper analyses the livelihoods of the Borana pastoral communities of Southern Oromiya in Ethiopia. It aims to inform policy makers, donors, and development practitioners about the best strategies for protecting and promoting sustainable livelihoods in the region.

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