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Implementation of misoprostol for postabortion care in Kenya and Uganda: a project evaluation

Implementation of misoprostol for postabortion care in Kenya and Uganda: a project evaluation

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By Joachim Osur, Traci L. Baird, Brooke A. Levandowski, Emily Jackson, Daniel Murokora Objective: Evaluate implementation of misoprostol for postabortion care (MPAC) in two African countries. Design: Qualitative, program evaluation. Setting: Twenty-five public and private health facilities in Rift Valley Province, Kenya, and Kampala Province, Uganda. Sample: Forty-five MPAC providers, health facility managers, Ministry of Health officials, and nongovernmental (NGO) staff involved in program more...

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Umeå Centre for... on April 24, 2013

Russian Market Of Ecological Control And Monitoring

rnrmarketresearch.com –

Purpose of this report was to analyze market of ecology monitoring in Russia. The research is unique as this is the only product, describing the market of ecology monitoring in Russia. This report includes analysis of legal issues, main stages and description of the main market players. Request a sample copy of this report @ http://www.rnrmarketresearch.com/contacts/request-sample?rname=91110 Please pay attention: Benefits of buying the report: The report provides information, which more...

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Gloria Buies on April 24, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Remote management of projects in fragile states

This report examines examples of the use of remote management of projects in fragile and conflict affected states (FCAS). Remotely-managed projects are the primary mode of practice for many development actors in countries where security risks are high. Key findings: The use of remote management in development cooperation has increased significantly in recent years, with projects in many locations including: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Angola, Sri Lanka, Uganda, more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on April 24, 2013

Education and Development or Emigration and Remittances: The Cape Verdean Dilemma

Education and Development or Emigration and Remittances: The Cape Verdean Dilemma

Cape Verde is a country prone to droughts with few natural resources and a significant emigration rate. However, the nation is known forits stable political and economic environment. This case study will address several questions. Should Cape Verde continue to develop educational and professional opportunities to decrease imports, increase exports, and decrease emigration? Or, are emigration and the remittances sent back to Cape Verde the best for a tiny nation that at times struggles to more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

GSDRC Helpdesk Research Report: Interventions for collective action and accountability

Collective action has a relatively long history in political science and economic theory, but its application to governance programming in development is a relatively new phenomenon. As such there is little evidence of interventions that have been specifically designed to address collective action failures and increase accountability. There is, however, a range of literature relating to collective action and accountability interventions from which to draw inferences that may address both. This more...

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GSDRC Applied K... on April 24, 2013

Remittances, Informal Loans, and Assets as Risk-Coping Mechanisms

Remittances, Informal Loans, and Assets as Risk-Coping Mechanisms

This paper investigates whether agricultural households in the rural Philippines insure their consumption against income shocks and whether they use migration, remittances, informal loans, or assets as ex post risk-coping mechanisms. Since these households have limited access to formal insurance and credit markets, any shocks to their volatile income can have substantial impacts. Using panel data, and rainfall shocks as the instrumental variable for income shocks, this paper finds little more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

Weaving the Economic Linked Open Data

Weaving the Economic Linked Open Data

The integration of economic functions within and among economies has been recognized as a driver for development. Eurozone and the Strategy for a European Single Market. The question is how can we create a bidirectional flow between the endeavours for economic Linked Open Data (LOD) and integrated economic processes. The authors address the above issue by providing the ontological framework for interlinking open data with regards to public budgeting and spending, e-procurement and business more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

From Open Data to Information Justice

From Open Data to Information Justice

This paper argues for subsuming the question of open data within a larger question of information justice. The author shows that there are several problems of justice that emerge as a consequence of opening data to full public accessibility, and are generally a consequence of the failure of the open data movement to understand the constructed nature of data. The author examines three such problems: the embedding of social privilege in datasets as the data is constructed, the differential more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

The EU Citizens' Agenda: Europeans have 'their say'

The EU Citizens' Agenda: Europeans have 'their say'

ec.europa.eu –

People across the European Union want to have their say on EU citizenship and the future of the EU as a whole. Two closely linked new initiatives have enabled them to do just that. This brochure sums up:what people told the European Commission in its online public consultation on EU citizenship, held from 9 May to 27 September 2012 andthe citizens’ dialogues launched by the Commission in 2012 to engage with citizens locally, where they live, in a discussion about their concerns and suggestions more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

Government Spending Watch: A New Initiative You Really Need to Know About

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Take the Millennium Development Goals – the basis for innumerable aid debates, campaigns, and negotiations. A large chunk of the MDG agenda concerns the size and quality of public spending – on health, education, water, sanitation etc. So obviously, the first thing we need is to know how much governments are spending on these things, right?

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Moushumi Biswas on April 24, 2013

Silicon Valley: Where Innovation Meets Development

Silicon Valley: Where Innovation Meets Development

blogs.worldbank.org –

The Sanitation Hackathon & App Challenge three grand prize winners, mSchool, Taarifa, and SunClean, flew over from their home countries, Senegal, Tanzania, England, and Indonesia to attend the awards ceremony in Washington, DC. With a 64-inch touchscreen provided by Microsoft, the teams showcased their apps to sanitation sector specialists at the WB-IMF side event on Investing in Sanitation.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 24, 2013

Strengths of and Barriers/Limitations to Effective Citizen Engagement

jointstewardshipboard.com –

In providing feedback on the strengths of efforts to facilitate citizen engagement, organizations provided insight into their own strengths, but also pointed to larger successes experienced in the Hamilton area. Identified strengths are separated out into the general theme areas that emerged through interviews with stakeholders.

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

Corrigendum: Migration and Development Brief 20

Corrigendum: Migration and Development Brief 20

blogs.worldbank.org –

The Migration and Development Brief 20 issued on April 19, 2013 contained a tabulation error in Table 1 of page 11. This affects the estimates highlighted below, which were shifted by one year. For example, the remittance inflows for the World in 2012 were reported as $514 billion, instead of $529 billion. The table has been corrected in this version of the Migration and Development Brief 20 which is also posted at the World Bank's migration page.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 24, 2013

Volunteering: A Catalyst for Citizen Engagement , Social Inclusion, And Resilient Communities

Volunteering: A Catalyst for Citizen Engagement , Social Inclusion, And Resilient Communities

volunteer.ca –

How can we better understand the role volunteering plays in strengthening citizen engagement, social inclusion, and building resilient communities? Reflecting on some of the transitions within the voluntary sector and trends in volunteer engagement that have emerged over the past five years will help us map out where we want voluntary action to be when we celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, in 2017. The authors set the context for Canada’s voluntary sector landscape by examining demographic more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

CIHR’s Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook

CIHR’s Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook

cihr-irsc.gc.ca –

The primary purpose of this Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Casebook is to highlight and share some of the diverse citizen engagement activities that are occurring throughout Canada. There are many excellent examples; more than 40 outstanding cases of citizen engagement within the Canadian health care system were submitted for review for this Casebook alone. Those chosen for inclusion in this book represent a wide range of citizen engagement activities from across the health more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 24, 2013

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