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    Fighting hunger and poverty in Ethiopia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Drought, famine and war persist in Ethiopia, despite government efforts to combat these. Government attempts to create a policy environment enabling broad economic growth and employment rarely succeeded. Was the Employment Generation Scheme more successful at providing food and income?
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    Female-headed households and livelihood intervention in four selected weredas in Tigray, Ethiopia

    Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2006
    This report looks at the activities of different organisations working for the improved livelihood of the local community in Tigray, Ethiopia, with a particular emphasis on the Women's Association of Tigray (WAT), as an indigenous NGO.
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    Left out? Coverage of adolescent reproductive health programmes in Ethiopia’s capital

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In sub-Saharan Africa, most adolescent reproductive health (RH) programmes are at the pilot stage and scaling these up remains a challenge. But are they reaching the intended people? A study conducted by the Population Council and the Ethiopia Ministry of Youth and Sports, looks at the coverage of youth programmes in two slum areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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    Can low income countries afford basic social protection?: first results of a modelling exercise

    International Labour Organization, 2005
    This report presents the methodology and the results of a modelling exercise that demonstrates that basic social protection benefits are not out of reach for low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, even though some international assistance would be necessary for a transitory period.
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    Health workforce issues and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: an analytical review

    Human Resources for Health, 2006
    This article, from Human Resources for Health, explores how the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) addresses the challenges of a health workforce bottleneck to the successful implementation of priority disease programmes.
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    Bridging the finance gap in housing and infrastructure

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The Community-Led Infrastructure Finance Facility is pioneering a new approach to providing long-term loan finance for community-driven infrastructure initiatives. This financial mechanism gives urban poor people’s organisations direct access to money to develop sustainable solutions for slums. Launched in India, this approach could be replicated globally.
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    Agricultural research to reverse highland degradation: thinking beyond boundaries

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Agricultural research often aims to reduce productivity constraints by focusing on individual farm components (livestock, crops, soil or trees). There is a strong argument for emphasising how each discipline can contribute to reversing system-wide problems, such as declining soil nutrients or water supplies.
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    Ethiopia: FGM/C Country Profile

    2005
    Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) - which refers to practices which involve cutting away part or all of a girl's external genitalia - is a widespread practice in Ethiopia. According to this FGM/C country profile of Ethiopia, 80% of women in Ethiopia have undergone some form of cutting, and 52% of women report that at least one of their daughters has been circumcised.
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    An Assessment of Reproductive Health Needs in Ethiopia (Chapter on Gender and the Social Context of Reproductive Health)

    World Health Organization, 1999
    In the years since the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, Ethiopia has begun to grapple with the need to assess a broader range of reproductive health issues. This is most notable in the creation in 1996 of its national Health Sector Development Programme - a 20-year effort to achieve universal access to essential primary health care services.
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    Ethiopia National Action Plan

    United Nations, 2000
    The Government of Ethiopia has declared its unequivocal commitment to the development of women with the announcement of the National Policy on Women in 1993 (referred to as the Women's Policy), and the promulgation of the new Constitution in 1994.

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