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  Using empirical information in the era of HIV/AIDS to inform mitigation and rural development strategies: selected results from African country studies

  The Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics - Michigan State University, 2005

  This study looks at the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the socioeconomic impacts in Sub-Saharan Africa on the agricultural sector.
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  "In-limbo": current status of some HIPC decision-point countries

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2005

  This report focuses on nine countries that are currently at the "Decision-point" stage of the HIPC Initiative process: Malawi, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe.
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  Malawi and the African peer review mechanism: a review of national readiness and recommendations for participation

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2004

  This report is intended to assist Malawi in preparing for peer review.
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  Assessment of violence against children in the Eastern and Southern Africa region

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This study provides an extensive picture of violence against children in Eastern and Southern Africa, providing regional and country specific information on national legal and policy frameworks and enforcements.
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  The Malawi ITN delivery model: country brief

  Population Services International, 2005

  This country brief from Population Services International highlights Malawi’s success in delivering 2 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to its population over two years, at an average price of $US 0.5 per net. This puts it on track to meet the ITN coverage targets agreed at the Abuja summit in 2000.
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  Lessons offered by Latin American cash transfer programmes, Mexico’s Oportunidades and Nicaragua’s SPN: implications for African countries

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005

  This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, discusses and compares cash transfer programmes intended to tackle poverty in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi. The paper argues that transferring cash to families has many advantages: it is simple to administer and gives the families freedom to decide how to spend the money.
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  Emergency Nutrition Network special supplement: community-based therapeutic care

  Emergency Nutrition Network, 2004

  This supplement, published by the Emergency Nutrition Network, focuses on community-based therapeutic care (CTC) programmes for the treatment of acute malnutrition. It presents field experiences and case studies from Ethiopia, Malawi, North Darfur in North Sudan, and South Sudan, covering management, technical, and cultural issues.
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  The Malawi Social Action Fund experience in scaling up local activities for the poor using civil society organisations

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005

  This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre discusses the experience of the Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) in delivering interventions that target the poor. It argues that MASAF has been successful not only in providing safety nets for the poor, but also in enabling communities to take charge of their own development.
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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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  Has financial liberalisation brought economic growth for southern Africa?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Most countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community have a history of repressive financial organisation, involving distorting financial markets by fixing interest rates below market levels and controlling the distribution of credit. Since the early 1990s these countries have gradually liberalised their financial systems.

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