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Rising world prices for fuel and food represent a negative terms-of-trade shock for Mozambique. The impacts of these price rises are analyzed using various approaches. Detailed price data show that the world price increases are being transmitted to domestic prices. Short-run net benefit ratio analysis indicates that urban households and households in the southern region are more vulnerable to food price increases. Rural households, particularly in the North and Center, often benefit from...
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Activating communities to achieve public health change and initiate policy reform usually requires collective action from many entities. This case study analyzes inter-organizational networks among members of a coalition created to expand health insurance coverage to uninsured children in a large metropolitan area. Six networks were measured: collaboration, competition, formal agreements, receive funding from, send funding to, and greater communication. The response rate was 65.8% (50 of the...
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The relationship between climate change and its effects on human health has been widely studied. Increases in temperature and variations in precipitation can exacerbate a number of human diseases including respiratory infections, malnutrition, vector and water borne diseases such as malaria and cholera. Besides all efforts undertaken by the Mozambican Government to reduce poverty and meet the MDGs targets, it is clear that climate change effects will influence negatively in meeting these...
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This report is about how women entrepreneurs can contribute more to the quality and direction of economic and social development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Economic growth in the Middle East has been remarkable since 2004, mainly because of higher oil prices. Rapid job growth has followed, driven mainly by the private sector. Yet the region still faces two important challenges: the first is to create better jobs for an increasingly educated young workforce; the second...
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More and more, development organizations are under pressure to demonstrate that their programs result in significant and lasting changes in the well-being of their intended beneficiaries. However, such "impacts" are often the product of a confluence of events for which no single agency or group of agencies can realistically claim full credit. As a result, assessing development impacts is problematic, yet many organizations continue to struggle to measure results far beyond the reach of their...
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The metallic mineral, industrial mineral and construction material resources in Mozambique have been mapped as part of the Mineral Resources Management Capacity Building Project, financed by a grant provided by the Nordic Development Fund. A database covering the location and characteristics of more than 600 mineral indications, showings and deposits within the geographical contract area assigned to the GTK Consortium was created. A total of 140 mineral occurrences were selected for field...
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