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This project aims to increase the ability of CCAA programme partners in East Africa to understand climate change adaptation policy processes at local and national scales.
20 February 2009
Special issue includes papers by Martyn Davies, Raphie Kaplinsky and Dorothy McCormick, who were involved in the AERC meetings
20 February 2009
CLTS is an innovative methodology for mobilising communities to completely eliminate open defecation (OD).
2 February 2009
Small-scale fisheries in developing countries are often perceived as being a low-productivity and backward informal sector. As a result they are rarely considered in poverty reduction programmes and rural development planning.
Global climate change requires climate-friendly low carbon energy options. Hydropower is a low carbon energy sources which is globally abundant and has a high potential. Hydropower has been used around the world for centuries. In recent years, both small and large hydropower developments have seen increased use.
1 January 2009
Since the early 1990s, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have established semi-autonomous revenue authorities (ARAs), organisationally distinct from ministries of finance, with some real operational autonomy, and with staff paid at rates substantially higher than those in comparable public sector jobs.
1 January 2009
Published by: IDS
Most of Africa’s poor are rural, and most rely largely on agriculture for their livelihoods. But African agriculture is slow-growing or stagnating, held back by low yields, poor infrastructure, environmental change, HIV/AIDS and civil conflict. However, this sweeping picture hides some important success stories. we need to ask why agriculture is contributing to poverty reduction in some places but not all.
1 January 2009
It is now widely recognized that developing countries—and in particular low-income countries in tropical and sub-tropical...
1 January 2009
Published by: Electoral Institute for the Sustainability of Democracy in Africa