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and stable countries. The relevant variables are governance and the primary completion rate for female. The policy …
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The unequal global distribution of vaccines against the deadly COVID-19 virus has cast a spotlight on the lack of access to vaccines on the African continent, and the vulnerability that such a lack places on both the economies of African nations and the health of their people. Various...
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Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, a country with very high stunting prevalence and for which we have access to...
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-state actors in realising the promise of the MDGs in relation to the HIV/AIDS scourge in Africa. The Paper also calls on Africa …'s governments to design and implement effective health and AIDS policies, pursuant to their human rights obligations and MDG …
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injustice widows endure throughout Africa, and elsewhere, there is no consensus on the importance of changing the customary … widely accepted are now being challenged in the face of the changing socioeconomic conditions in Africa, flagrant human … rights violations, the health and human rights movement, and the AIDS epidemic. In many African countries social and legal …
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Aid allocation studies typically find considerable heterogeneity in donors’ allocation patterns; be it for total Official Development Assistance (ODA) or sector-specific aid. This paper investigates the underlying factors influencing donors’ selection and actual allocation decisions for...
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