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  Import/export parity price analysis

  Famine Early Warning Systems Network, 2008

  This manual focuses on the role parity prices play in food security and early warning analysis. Parity prices are used to compare prices of a commodity in two different locations, when the two locations are in different countries.
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  Antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: scaling up inequalities?

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2005

  This editorial from the International Journal of Epidemiology questions the effect in equity of scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource poor settings.
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  What will higher global food prices mean for poor consumers and small farmers in southern Africa?

  Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008

  Rising food prices present a very real threat to ongoing efforts to combat poverty and hunger in southern Africa. However, this brief produced by the Regional Hunger & Vulnerability Programme (RHVP), argues that this is not necessarily the full picture.
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  Future prospects for African sugar: sweet or sour?

  Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2007

  With the expected reforms in the EU sugar regime:
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  Political sources of ethnic identification in Africa

  Afrobarometer, 2007

  This paper investigates the political source of ethnic identification in Africa. Drawing on data from 22 surveys covering 33,000 respondents across 10 African countries, the paper shows that the strength of ethnic identities in Africa is shaped by political competition. The people are more likely to identify in ethnic terms the closer their country is to a competitive presidential elections.
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  Can parliaments enhance the quality of democracy on the African continent? An analysis of institutional capacity and public perception

  Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2006

  Since the early 1990s, when many African countries resumed multi-party elections and democratic practices, legislative strengthening programmes have become an important part of international assistance. Parliaments are generally regarded as potential agents for democratic change but their actual role in enhancing the quality of democracy in Africa is far from clear.
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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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  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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  Making a hero book

  Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS, 2006

  This manual leads children and youth, in groups, through a series of autobiographical story telling and art exercises, designed to explore solutions and to mobilise a community response, in the face of specific personal and social challenges.
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  Addressing mistrust between governments and non-state service providers

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Non-state providers (NSPs) of services play a vital role in poor and isolated communities. Some governments recognise the need to collaborate with them but most do not. How can partnerships between policymakers and NSPs, including local entrepreneurs, faith and community-based organisations, and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) be made?

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