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Economic Reform, Poverty and Equity in Access to Health Care: Case Studies in Viet Nam

Published by: IDS

Household Coping Strategies in Response to the Introduction of User Charges of Social Services: A Case Study on Health in Uganda

Published by: IDS

This study examines approaches to health care seeking and financing by households living in communities in two poor rural districts of Uganda.

Who Gets Primary Schooling and Why? Evidence of Gender Inequalities Within Families in Guinea

Published by: IDS

This paper examines family-level determinants of schooling for boys and girls in Guinea using bivariate and multivariate analyses on data collected from school surveys.

Public Participation in Health: Making People Matter

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Participation of communities is widely argued to be an important factor in improving health outcomes and the performance of health systems.

Foreign Aid, Democratisation and Civil Society in Africa: A Study of South Africa, Ghana and Uganda

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The 1990s have seen increased interest on the part of Western governments in funding civil society in Africa in an attempt to promote the continent's democratisation process. This discussion paper examines how a range of foreign donors has developed civil society initiatives in Ghana, Uganda and South Africa.

Women and Agribusiness: Working Miracles in the Chilean Fruit Sector

Fresh fruit exported from Chile, and many other developing countries, has become commonplace in our supermarkets during the winter months. Employment in this branch of agribusiness is mainly seasonal and employs large numbers of women workers.

Lake Victoria’s Nile Perch Fish Cluster: Institutions, Politics and Joint Action

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The collective efficiency model contends that joint action is essential for coping with new challenges. This paper discusses how enterprises in the Lake Victoria fish cluster operate, interact and address common challenges facing the industry. It suggests that the lack of effective institutions and the existing power relations explain the inability of the cluster to respond effectively to recent crises.

Implementing a Sustainable Livelihoods Framework for Policy Directed Research: Reflections From Practice in Mali

Published by: IDS

This paper has two objectives. The first is to discuss the experience of carrying out research in a village in Mali as part of a multi-country, comparative research programme on the theme of Sustainable Livelihoods.

Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: A Review

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Environmental policies in developing countries are increasingly criticised for being predicated on highly questionable assumptions.

Gender, HIV/AIDS Transmission and Impacts: A Review of Issues and Evidence

Illustrated with case studies on Bangladesh, Brazil and Uganda, this report highlights that there are gender differences in vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.