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Poverty mapping for selected African countries
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003This document represents a collection of Poverty Maps for eleven African countries, namely, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Tanzania. The maps are constructed using the head count index as a tool for measurment and analysis of the incidence of poverty.DocumentThe impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute's Research Program on Rural Finance Policies for Food Security for the Poor
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002This study examines the impact of IFPRI's multi-country research project on Rural Finance Policies for Food Security for the Poor (IRFPP) within four countries (Nepal, Bangladesh, Ghana and Malawi). It also examines IRFPP's contribution to global knowledge about rural finance and food security.DocumentUnderstandings of education in an African village: the impact of information and communication technologies
Department for International Development, UK, 2003This document presents the final report of an educational research project which investigated students’, teachers’, parents’ and other community members’ understandings of schooling in a rural village in Ghana.DocumentPrivate sector participation in water supply: too fast, too soon?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Is water privatisation being over-promoted? Is private sector participation (PSP) in its current forms likely to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to provide the poor with reliable, affordable and sustainable, safe drinking water? How do members of poor communities affected by the process judge PSP?DocumentDecentralisation and poverty reduction: the reality in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Although decentralisation is often heralded as a means to promote democracy and poverty reduction, there is little reliable evidence to prove these claims. In fact, ruling parties and ethnic elites in Africa have used decentralisation to further strengthen their own power and influence at a local level. New research argues that on its own, decentralization will not reduce poverty.DocumentHands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining
Friends of the Earth International, 2003This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries.DocumentGhana: pharmaceutical pricing study, policy analysis and recommendations
John Snow International UK, 2003This policy document looks at the impact of decentralised decision-making on access to essential medicines in Ghana, based on the findings of a detailed pricing study.Local autonomy in procurement decisions, combined with weak management, has led to wide variations in the prices of these medicines across the country and within regions.DocumentMen and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms
Synergy Project, USAID, 2003This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.DocumentGhana: Country Assistance Plan 2003-2006
Department for International Development, UK, 2003This document sets out DFID’s plans for assistance to Ghana based on the objectives of the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy.The main features of the Country Assistance Plan (CAP) are:an analysis of poverty reduction in Ghana, in terms of the potential, the challenges and the possible risksa framework for supporting Ghana in delivering concrete improvements in the lives and well-bein