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Improving Visual Teaching Material in Zambia
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This brief describes lessons learned from the ENEDCO project; a collaborative effort between seven schools in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia to develop the capacity of teachers so that they can enh...
Ambitious but achievable: Universal Access to Energy by 2030
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This report by the Secretary General's Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC) calls for concerted action on two ambitious but achievable goals: universal access for 2-3 billion energy poo...
Technology provides rural access to energy, empowers Burkinabe women
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 6 May 2010—On the first day of her official visit to Burkina Faso, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chief Helen Clark met yesterday with rural women farmers who...
The Resilience of Water Supply and Sanitation in the Face of Climate Change
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Providing access to safe drinking-water and
basic sanitation is a proven engine driving
development and promoting health. The water
and sanitation targets of Millennium Development
Goal 7 have gal...
The impact of HIV/AIDS on livelihoods, poverty and the economy of Malawi
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In a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, widespread HIV infection has already translated into full-blown AIDS epidemics. The effects of this disaster on lives and livelihoods are dramatic, yet ...
Bridging the divide through sustainable and innovative energy technologies
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This expert report highlights the need to bridge the divide between climate change and poverty reduction through innovative energy technologies and to bring about transformational impacts to address t...
Energy Services to acheive the MDGs and to alleviate poverty in the LAC region
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This joint initiative of the ECLAC, UNDP, and the club de Madrid reaffirms the importance of energy access in poverty reduction of the most vulnerable groups and achieving the MDGs in the Latin Americ...
Report of Africa Study Visit
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A representative from Ghana’s Community Information Centres (CIC) in Tamale visited several telecentres in the Kerala State in India at the end of 2009. The visit was part of a 10-day study tour.
Managing Africa’s water in a changing climate
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Nearly one-third of all water-related disasters occur in Africa. The second issue of Joto Afrika considers the relationship between climate change, the greater incidence of extreme weather events, suc...
ICTs for Democracy: information and communication technologies for the enhancement of democracy – with a focus on empowerment
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Access to and the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been shown to have the potential to help bring about economic development, poverty reduction, and democratisa...
