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    Country report: ageing in Nigeria – current state, social and economic implications

    Research Committee 11 Sociology of Aging of the International Sociological Association, 2009
    Nigeria is yet to enact a National Policy on the care and welfare of older persons. Since March 2003 it has remained in draft form.
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    Pensions in Africa

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries: Botswana, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia
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    Health system reconstruction: can it contribute to state-building?

    HLSP Institute, UK, 2008
    There is a growing knowledge base demonstrating the importance of good governance in the health sector for effective health systems and improved service delivery. This study commissioned by the Health and Fragile States Network, explores the interactions between health sector strengthening and state-building.
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    Training manual on gender budget analysis

    Gender Responsive Budgeting, 2006
    The incidence of gender inequalities in Nigeria is widely regarded as an obstacle to achieving optimum social and economic development.
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    id21 viewpoint: The role of culture and the environment in sustainable tourism development

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    The Millennium Development Goals are accepted internationally as a common framework for development. But even though these goals are global, they are most effective when linked to local realities. This means adapting them to make the most of local social capital, use locally available resources and get local communities involved.
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    Improving staple crop boosts women’s influence in northern Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Cowpea is a popular and widely used crop in West Africa. It is a staple food crop, a source of cash, used for feeding animals and also contributes to soil fertility. Agricultural programmes that aim to increase the low productivity levels of cowpea are bringing wider benefits.
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    International health partnership (IHP+) country health sector teams: background literature review

    DFID Health Resource Centre (HRC), 2008
    This review outlines the current arrangements for country health sector teams (CHSTs) in ten International Health Partnership countries: Burundi, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria and Zambia. It provides a summary of good practice and effective national coordination in health and HIV/AIDS.
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    Global war on terror represses civil society in Western and developing nations

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    In Uzbekistan, many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have closed. In Kazakhstan, the President has warned NGOs not to interfere in local affairs. In Nigeria, members of ethnic-based organisations are in jail. In Uganda, peace initiatives have been stifled. These events are all part of a wider backlash against civil society organisations, says new research.
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    What can African governments do about failed ‘globalisation?’

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Globalisation in Africa has failed. Not because, as is traditionally argued, African governments haven’t adopted the right structural adjustment policies (SAPs), or because their effects take time to show. Structural adjustment has failed because the policies have sidestepped the developmental needs of Africa.
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    Poor conditions for women make society and the economy suffer

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Women are still an underclass in Nigeria and Japan, especially at work. Companies discriminate against women. Government and company policies make it difficult for women to combine a job and a family. Consequently, in Japan the population is declining and, in Nigeria, many children are badly brought up by child nannies.

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