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Implementing energy subsidy reforms: evidence from developing countries
World Bank, 2013This report aims to provide the emerging lessons from a representative sample of 20 country case studies that could help policy makers to address implementation challenges, including overcoming political economy and affordability constraints, by looking at complementary instruments to compensate vulnerable groups for energy price increases.DocumentWhere energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific
ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and devDocumentClinical social franchising: an annual compendium of programs, 2009
University of California, Los Angeles, 2009Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, social franchising organisations engage private medical practitioners to add new services to the range of services they already offer.DocumentVoices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.DocumentCommunity self-mobilisation to end open defecation
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).DocumentAre teachers facing a motivation crisis?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of basic education for all by 2015 will be a major challenge for national governments, especially as concern is growing that teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated. Is there a crisis in motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and if so, why? How can teachers be adequately motivated?DocumentCommunity focus is key to eliminating filariasis
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Lymphatic filariasis (LF) affects at least 120 million people worldwide, with a further billion at risk according to World Health Organization estimates. Although an LF elimination programme is underway, could poor understanding of the social and cultural aspects of the disease threaten the programme’s success?DocumentCivil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience
Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008This 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.DocumentAchieving the MDGs in education: progress in the Commonwealth
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007In 2004, an estimated 77 million children of primary school age remained out of school worldwide. How are Commonwealth countries performing when it comes to progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in education and how likely are they to achieve these goals by 2015?DocumentFarmers on the fringe: peri-urban agriculture and urban waste
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Solid and liquid wastes are a valuable resource for poor people living around cities. Informal use of urban wastes in farming and aquaculture is vital to livelihoods and a key component of waste disposal, but is not integrated into official urban waste management strategies.Pages
