Dear eFindings subscriber, Welcome to the monthly issue of eFindings. In response to feedback from subscribers, eFindings reports are now available in HTML and PDF versions. To view the PDF reports, download Adobe Acrobat Reader ===> http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. 1. Findings 259: Five Key Messages: Recommendations for Capacity Development in Africa written by Callisto Madavo, sourced from WBI Development Outreach, September 2005 As Africans and their international partners gear up for a major push to fuel development and poverty reduction, Africa has a new opportunity to push the development agenda and to improve conditions for the continent’s poor. In July 2005, the Group of Eight industrialized nations agreed to double aid to some $50 billion a year, recognizing the common interest in accompanying Africans on the road to sustainable development. But for increased aid flows to translate into better development outcomes, African governments and societies have to strengthen their capacity to implement development programs. 2. Infobrief 121: Nigeria: Design of the Community Social Development Project (CSDP) written by Sharon Watkins The objectives of the CSDP are to build on the Community-based Poverty Reduction Project (CPRP) I through (i) expanded project coverage within the participating States of the two projects; and (ii) enhanced project integration using the broad framework of a community-based poverty reduction strategy in conjunction with the Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Program (LEEMP). Project design stresses transparency, autonomy of the State agencies responsible for allocating funds at the local level, and the use of a fully participatory approach. Sectors currently targeted for capacity enhancement include water and sanitation, natural resource management, safety nets, transportation, health and social services, and education. http://www.worldbank.org/afr/findings/infobeng/infob121.htm (HTML)
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3. IK Notes 89: Grandmothers Promote Maternal and Child Health: the Role of Indigenous Knowledge Systems' Managers written by Judi Aubel, PhD, MPH, In virtually all societies, the managers of indigenous knowledge systems that deal with the development, care and well-being of women and children are senior women, or grandmothers. In that function, grandmothers are expected to advise and supervise the younger generations. However, most development programs neither acknowledge their influence nor explicitly involve them in efforts to strengthen existing family and community survival strategies. There is a need to broaden the concept of IK in development programs to view IK in the context of community and household systems, and to consider both beneficial and harmful practices in indigenous knowledge systems related, for example, to health, nutrition or initiation rites. To learn more about Africa Region informal publications and development periodicals, visit the Africa Region Publications Database with over 435 listings. Major features include search capabilities by Country, Sector, Author and Keywords === > http://www4.worldbank.org/afr/pubs/index.cfm Please feel free to send your suggestions/comments on how to improve eFindings and related products. See past issues and publications: Africa Region Publications ===> http://www.worldbank.org/afr/pubs.htm
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