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RECENT RESEARCH
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Securing land and infrastructure in Namibia
How can urban development be improved to meet the needs of poor people? Experience from Namibia shows how a strong people’s movement can address the needs of poor people without depending on property rights or state welfare. http://www.id21.org/nr/u2dm1g1.html <http://www.id21.org/nr/u2dm1g1.html>
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A sustainable livelihoods approach to watershed management in India
Over half the cultivated area in Andhra Pradesh depends on rainfall, although the State is prone to drought. A sustainable livelihoods approach to watershed development could prove a useful strategy for the development of this and other dryland areas.
http://www.id21.org/rural/r5js1g1.html <http://www.id21.org/rural/r5js1g1.html>
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Shaping scientific excellence in agricultural research
Science and technology are central to development in Africa. But scientific solutions to development problems are not always appropriate to the places where the problems arise. How can scientists be supported to develop appropriate, innovative and sustainable solutions to problems?
http://www.id21.org/nr/n1jc1g1.html <http://www.id21.org/nr/n1jc1g1.html>
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Involve miners to help small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa
Millions of dollars have been spent to make artisanal and small-scale mining more regular, but there are no clear improvements in the sector. Despite this, the Global Support Facility continues to give contracts for programmes based more on consultant priorities than the knowledge and needs of the miners.
http://www.id21.org/nr/n2gh1g2.html <http://www.id21.org/nr/n2gh1g2.html>
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OTHER NEWS:
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id21 insights 73 – Improving the nutrition of children and women
The latest issue of id21 insights is now available. http://www.id21.org/insights/insights73/index.html
This issue is guest edited by Lawrence Haddad from the Institute of Development Studies, in the UK, with academic advice from Catherine Geissler, at King’s College, London, in the UK. The issue asks why nutrition is not a higher priority for donors, and contains many recommendations and suggestions for giving nutrition more attention within the development community.
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IDS Research Fellows in Knowledge, Information and Communication in International Development (closing date, July 29, 2008)
What roles do knowledge, information and communication play in positive social change? The Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, has launched a new research theme to advance understanding in this area (including the contribution of associated technologies) and is looking to appoint two Research Fellows to lead this work, linking research and practice within its Information Department, Communications Unit and Research Teams.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/about-ids/working-at-ids/current-vacancies <http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/about-ids/working-at-ids/current-vacancies>
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Latest issue of ‘id21 insights’:
‘Improving the nutrition of children and women’
id21 insights 73, July 2008
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id21 insights 72, April 2008
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