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1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
This paper describes programmes for developing effective leadership for change in agriculture and in the health sector in Africa. Aimed at top level public- and private- sector workers, the programmes exposes the participants to problem-solving strategies that they can apply to their own institutions.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
In recent years there has been a major shift in attitudes from viewing communities as passive recipients of health care, to adoption of new approaches seeking to make more of the potential that active community participation might offer for enhanced accountability and improved responsiveness of services.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
Agricultural intensification, in all its different forms, is one of the three major strategies adopted by households in order to attain a livelihood. This paper presents research findings on agricultural intensification from Ethiopia and Mali field research carried out under the Sustainable Livelihoods Programme. The paper focuses on the determinants of agricultural intensification in five research sites, in order to identify which factors inhibit or facilitate the process of agricultural change.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
What is the scope for local upgrading strategies where producers operate in global value chains? This paper examines the interaction of global chain governance and local industrial cluster governance and unpacks the key issue of whether insertion in a global value chain enhances or undermines local upgrading strategies.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
The focus of this literature review and bibliography is household healthcare seeking behaviour (HCSB) in poor rural communities of Asian transitional economies in general and Vietnam in particular.
1 January 2000
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Do adjustment policies assist or retard growth? This paper presents data on economic performance (aggregate and sectoral growth, inflation, investment and external account) for 20 countries.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
This study examines the reasons for the rise in the Zambian under-five mortality during the 1990s, paying particular attention to the relevance and effectiveness of health sector reform strategies and their impact on ordinary Zambians.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
This report is part of a project to explore the changing nature of poverty and vulnerability in urban China and the appropriateness of the government's policy responses.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
This is a review of the current thinking on issues of health and poverty in Africa. Its purpose is to provide the basis for a programme of work to support and design the implementation of pro-poor health strategies in Africa.
1 January 2000
Published by: IDS
The ratification process for the creation of a Free Trade Area (FTA) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is almost complete. Given the weak administrative capacity of member states, it is likely that the 'intended' FTA will operate like a Customs Union with Common External Tariff based on the lowest tariff rates prevailing for each commodity amongst member states (CUmin).