Mozambique
User fees for health care are a life or death issue for millions of people in poor countries. Too poor to pay, women and children are paying with their lives. For those who do pay, over 100 million are pushed into poverty each year. This month will witness a global opportunity for world leaders to really make a difference to poor people by backing the expansion of free health care in a number...
A key consideration in planning action to assist poor and hungry households is simply to have a good understanding of where they live and the characteristics of those locations. For the past 10 years, poverty researchers at the World Bank, IFPRI, and other organisations have worked with local analysts to produced detailed poverty maps for more than 30 countries. Such maps provide estimates of...
Fifty countries are currently designated by the United Nations as “least developed countries” (LDCs): Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s...
Forests have been declared important for the well-being of the poor because of the kinds of goods and services that they provide. The authors asked whether forests are important for the poor not only because of the kinds of goods and services they provide, but also because they tend to be located where the poor are. A spatial analysis was conducted to ascertain the degree of spatial...
This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity. Specifically, the report presents the findings of research undertaken in 22 countries by independent country monitors on implementation of the Expanded Programme of Work on Forest Biological Diversity adopted under the Convention of Biological...
In this issue of id21 insights, articles focus on the role of community radio:
- Voices for change - Tuning in to community radio: The impact of new information and communication technologies on development is a subject of extensive international debate, particularly at the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society. While much of the debate...
Vitamin A is one of the critical micronutrients needed by all human beings. Vitamin A deficiency limits the ability of the body to defend itself against disease in about 40 percent of children under five years of age in the developing world. Consumption of this essential nutrient is extremely low in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In Mozambique, vitamin A deficiency affects more than 70...
This is the sixth update from the Forest Governance Learning Group (FGLG), an informal alliance of in-country groups and international partners currently active in eight African and three Asian countries. FGLG aims to connect those marginalised from forest governance to those controlling it, to help both do things better. Since 2003 the organisation has been carrying out focused studies,...
