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    Getting poor children to attend primary school in Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Ethiopia’s current formal education system faces considerable problems, making it unlikely the country will achieve the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education by 2015. While the government has concentrated on increasing access to education, it has not examined the obstacles to primary school enrolment for poor children.
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    How to write a business plan: business planning for micro, small and medium enterprises

    International Research Network on Business, Development and Society, 2005
    The business plan is not only a planning tool, it is also an excellent communication instrument for investors and suppliers interested in understanding the operations and goals of the business.This document provides guidelines how to produce a business plan for medium and micro to small businesses.
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    Childhood poverty, basic services and cumulative disadvantage: an international comparative analysis

    Young Lives, 2007
    This paper explores the ability of children living in poverty to access multiple basic services. The study draws on a sample of over 8,000 children in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.The authors argue that children denied access to education or health services are more likely to reside in households deprived of other basic infrastructure and therefore prone to cumulative disadvantages.
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    Sex work and mobility: a new challenge for Ethiopian AIDS policy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Sex work is often cited in research as a key factor in HIV transmission. Past research has focused on men’s mobility, in particular their use of sex workers while working away from home. However, it is also important to consider the mobility of sex workers themselves as contributing to the AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia.
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    Improved access to information on livestock early warning

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2006
    Particularly in vulnerable pastoral regions, early warning systems can empower individuals and communities to act to prevent loss of life and reduce the economic and material impact of disasters. In this two-page article from Baobab, the essential aims, products and approaches of people-centred early warning systems are summarised, drawing on examples from the Horn of Africa.
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    African poverty through the lens of labor economics: earnings and mobility in three countries

    ESRC Global Poverty Research Group, 2006
    To understand poverty in Africa it is crucial to understand the performance of the small scale sector, from which the vast majority of the poor earn their living.
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    Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa: introduction to a special issue

    Journal of Development Studies, 2006
    This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal of Development Studies that explores persistent poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. As a set, these papers aim to break new ground in exploring the dynamics of structural poverty. The articles integrate qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis using longitudinal data and country case studies.
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    Towards effective and sustainable seed relief activities

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2004
    This report is the outcome of a FAO workshop on "Effective and Sustainable Seed Relief Activities", convened 26–28 May 2003. The aim of the workshop was to improve the effectiveness of seed relief interventions and the contribution they can make to sustainable improvements in seed, food and livelihood security.
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    Assessing emergency food needs in Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In Ethiopia, there are no standard procedures to assess emergency situations. As a result, the information these assessments produce varies in quality and credibility. This can damage responses to food insecurity and humanitarian crises.
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    id21 viewpoint - a response to id21 insights #61

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Food, agriculture and the challenge of beating hunger in Africa lead the international development agenda today. But these are not new issues: Africa has been falling behind on all key development indicators for decades. It is clear that Africa urgently requires new solutions.

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