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    The macroeconomic framework and the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa: the cases of Ghana and Malawi

    African Forum and Network on Debt and Development, 2007
    Have traditional restrictive macroeconomic policies and budget ceilings limited some governments from giving HIV/AIDS the attention it deserves? This paper analyses the links between macroeconomic frameworks provided by the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and HIV/AIDS social spending in Ghana and Malawi.
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    Safety nets: reducing risk and encouraging development

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Providing ‘safety nets’ during food shortages involves distributing food or cash. This is a common short-term relief strategy to food shortages. Many economists claim that these discourage economic development, but safety nets actually encourage development when part of a comprehensive social protection strategy.
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    Pioneers, partners, providers: the dynamics of civil society & AIDS funding in southern Africa

    Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2007
    There has been a huge increase in the amount of money available to fight AIDs thanks to the Global Fund and the United States President’s Emergency Plan. However, there is a widespread perception in southern Africa that these funds are being ‘wasted’. So what should be done to improve efficiency, delivery and effective resource management?
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    Using climate as a poverty reduction and development resource in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Climate variation and extreme climate events can cause major problems for poor, vulnerable people. For example, changes in rainfall can limit agricultural activity, trigger disease epidemics and affect roads and water supplies.
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    Supporting non-state providers of sanitation services

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Improving sanitation services to poor people is rarely a priority for public service investment. Legal and regulatory shortcomings continue to hinder the provision of sanitation to both informal settlements and rural communities.
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    Malawi: justice sector and the rule of law

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2006
    The 1994 democratic Constitution that represented Malawi’s decisive break with Banda’s dictatorial regime ushered in a new set of human rights and democratic standards, aspirations and values. This included a commitment to ensure that Malawi complied with African and international norms and standards on human rights, the rule of law and democratic governance.
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    In the best interests of the child: harmonising laws in Eastern and Southern Africa

    African Child Policy Forum, 2007
    This report reviews and analyses how far 19 Eastern and Southern African countries have gone in harmonising and implementing the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC, or 'the African Charter').
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    Stable aid flows that promote farming help reduce poverty in Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Many African countries are highly dependent on aid. Opinions differ markedly on what makes aid effective. The policy environment in aid recipient countries has been the focus of much recent attention. But the stability and composition of aid flows also determine the poverty impact of aid.
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    Privatisation and liberalisation in the agricultural sector: an examination of processes and outcomes in three African cases

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007
    This report assesses issues surrounding promotion of privatisation and liberalisation measures by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the context of African primary production.
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    Deadly combination: the role of southern governments and the World Bank in the rise of hunger

    Norwegian Church Aid, 2007
    This report is a study of the impact of economic reforms on hunger-prone people in Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia. Its primary purpose is to assess whether food security has improved or worsened and why.  The document consists of a sythesis report, and individual country reports.

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