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The Fight Against HIV/AIDS The HIV/AIDS epidemic has revealed inadequacies in Burkina Faso’s ‘vertical’ approach to community health. The report advocates a universal interdisciplinary response based on local socio-cultural and economic conditions. It also explores how the virus has given rise to serious opportunistic diseases aggravating the social, economic and demographic impact on community development efforts. The report led the way to negotiations with international financial institutions, resu... Burkina Faso - 2001 |
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Governance, Poverty and Social Capital The theme of the report is the decline of governance in the Comoros Island. The report finds that the island needs to adopt ‘good governance’ at local, regional and national levels and demonstrates the link between the economic situation confronting Comoros and the current political and social crisis. Comoros - 2001 |
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Addressing social and economic disparities for Human Development In Kenya, access to social, economic and political opportunities is far from equal. The Report probes these inequalities to discover the main causes, looking at income and employment, social development and access to social services. This theme is particularly pertinent given the current decline in economic performance and the associated increases in poverty and unemployment. The Report finds that the human development situation in Kenya has been declining since 1990 with a fall in life ex... Kenya - 2001 |
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Poverty and Human Development in Malawi This first Human Development Report on Malawi aims at ssessing Malawi's development situation from the perspective of the human development paradigm. It takes the family of human development indicators as defined within this paradigm and applies their respective related measurement techniques (appropriately modified when necessary) to the relevant socio-economic data on Malawi. In order to put the findings of this National Human Development Report in perspective, the Report begins by presenti... Malawi - 2001 |
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Gender, women and HD: an agenda for the future The precarious living conditions of the majority of Mozambicans may first lead to the erroneous perception that the differentiated analysis of the HD of men and of women is a forced exercise, limited only to the agendas of those who wish to follow the fashion in contemporary social debate, by dealing with heavily publicised issues of gender. The report concludes however that it is not enough to be the majority ... and, therefore, the theme is very pertinent. Mozambique - 2001 |
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Gender and Violence in Namibia The 2000/2001 Namibia NHDR focuses on Gender and Violence and its impact on Namibian society. The report gives an overview of violence as a global, South African and Namibian issue and explores the underlying causes and contributing factors, including globalization and social changes such as domestic violence and rape. Detailed statistical data on violence and gender issues in Namibia are provided as well as a critical analysis of responses to violence against women by central government, t... Namibia - 2001 |
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Governance and Human Development The Senegal NHDR 2001 looks at the impact of governance on human development. In 2000 the first fully transparent elections were held in Senegal, testing the democratic capabilities of the state institutions, the press, civil society organizations and the public. The report gives a thorough analysis of the governance of Senegalese institutions, economic processes and social policies. The report argues that human development is not simply a result of economic processes; it also depends on t... Senegal - 2001 |
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Human Development Report on Governance La Gouvernance Benin's NHDR offers an in-depth analysis of the conceptual framework of governance. It was substantially supported by the Regional African Project for the Evaluation of Governance Capacities. Given the process of democratization in Benin since 1990, the analysis of this report centers on governance, its performance and its various dimensions. For the first time in Benin, the report calculates the Human Freedom Index (HFI), which was introduced in the Global Human Development Report in 1991... Benin - 2000 |
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Towards an AIDS-Free Generation The Report addresses the relationship between HIV/AIDS and poverty considering them primary development challenges in Botswana. Since the first reported AIDS case in 1895, HIV has spread very quickly. The report indicates that without adequate treatment and care, a third of the adult population could be dead in 8-12 years. The authors call for comprehensive prevention, treatment and development efforts to combat AIDS. As a direct result of the Report, the President of Botswana announced tha... Botswana - 2000 |
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Human Development Report Burkina Faso 2000 The Role of Governance Burkina Faso's NHDR 2000 addresses the country's need for elaborating a national strategy to alleviate poverty. The 2000 NHDR of Burkina Faso tackles governance both conceptually and within the national legal, institutional and political framework. Further, the Report provides an analysis of national development stakeholders' roles and capacities in governance. It highlights the need for building strategic public private partnerships to promote good governance in Burkina Faso. The Report also... Burkina Faso - 2000 |
