What kinds of policy and programme interventions contribute to reductions in maternal mortality? : the effectiveness of primary level referral systems for emergency maternity care in developing countries (BAIFA Resources)
This Brief, based on a systematic review, recommends continued inclusion of referral interventions within maternal...
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maternal health services, health programmes, bangladesh, burkina faso, guatemala, india, indonesia, malawi, nepal, pakistan, zambia, zimbabwe
Decentralizing government and centralizing gender in southern Africa : lessons from the South African experience (BAIFA Resources)
This paper argues that: (1) effective involvement of women in local governance is predicated both...
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decentralization in government, gender, women, democracy, local government, political participation, social aspects, cultural and social anthropology, south africa, southern africa, angola, mozambique, zimbabwe, zambia
Citizen voice and state accountability : towards theories of change that embrace contextual dynamics (BAIFA Resources)
The question of 'what works under what circumstances' informs this study of citizen voice and...
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civil society, popular participation, accountability, local government, sierra leone, ghana, zambia, malawi, africa south of sahara
Universal access to reproductive health : accelerated actions to enhance progress on Millennium development goal 5 through advancing Target 5B (BAIFA Resources)
Case-studies from seven countries illustrating application of strategies to improve access to sexual and reproductive...
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health policy, maternal health services, brazil, cambodia, india, morocco, tanzania, uzbekistan, zambia
Supply chains in export agriculture, competition, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (BAIFA Resources)
The focus of this book is on a neglected source of \"real costs\" for farmers...
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, zambia, africa
An evidence-based approach to benchmarking the fairness of health-sector reform in developing countries : policy and practice (BAIFA Resources)
Research about the use of benchmarking concludes that it is attractive because they focus on...
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health services research, health services, poverty, cameroon, ecuador, guatemala, thailand, zambia
Democracy with women, for women : seven grants that helped change the face of governance : the UNDEF-UNIFEM partnership : first-round results and lessons (BAIFA Resources)
This overview and analysis of the 1st round of grants issued by UN Democracy Fund...
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women, development projects, funds, political participation, popular participation, empowerment, women's rights, africa, morocco, burundi, rwanda, zambia, congo, cameroon, ecuador, haiti, nepal, palestine
Ethnic-tourism as opportunity for cultural heritage conservation and promotion of local identities : ethnic-tourism as cultural homogenization and \"invention\" of ethnicity (BAIFA Resources)
This article is a case study of how a revival of Zambian cultural ceremonies demonstrates...
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cultural heritage, cultural property preservation, cultural property protection, alternative tourism, zambia
The critical issues affecting the introduction of Health Management Information Systems in developing countries in Africa (BAIFA Resources)
In Tanzania, Mali, Zambia and Uganda information systems are being introduced in hospitals in...
Cordaid-IICD health programme Uganda : Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) as a tool for organisational development (BAIFA Resources)
...Zambia and is supported jointly by the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)......