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    Educational quality in Islamic schools: report no. 1: Nigeria

    2006
    This report presents the results of the EQUIP1 study on educational quality in Nigerian Islamic (or Qur’anic) schools.
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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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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    IPPF HIV Prevention Report Cards

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
    Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the aim to strengthen HIV Prevention strategies for girls and young women.
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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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    Climate change, urban flooding, and the urban poor in Africa

    ActionAid International, 2006
    The UN Millenium summit committed to achieving ‘a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers’ by 2020. However, in Africa – the world’s fastest urbanising region – climate change is threatening that goal.
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    Impact, challenges and long-term implications of antiretroviral therapy programme in Nigeria

    Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria, 2007
    This report from Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) studies the impact, challenges and long-term implication of the antiretroviral treatment (ART) response to AIDS in Nigeria.
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    Education expenditures and school enrollment in Africa: illustrations from Nigeria and other SANE countries

    African Development Bank, 2007
    Though greater government expenditure on primary and secondary education is being advocated by many, little empirical evidence exists on the beneficial impact of such expenditure on education attainment.
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    Improving public services through appropriate ICTs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Many poor people lack access to public services, such as drinking water, health and education. They also lack effective ways to complain, to forward their views, and to request information or services. Public services lack transparency, accountability and quality.
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    Examining the political-ecological footprint of Kano, Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    As the ‘ecological footprints’ (the human demand on nature) of sub-Saharan cities continue to expand, food production systems in the rural-urban interface increasingly come under stress. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country.

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