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Achieving economic and social rights : the challenge of assessing compliance

ANDERSON, Edward
FORESTI, Marta
December 2008

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This paper considers the challenges governments face when implementing economic and social rights obligations into policy and practice. Assessing government compliance with its obligations is necessary for accountability but is a complex issue for which new approaches are needed. The cost of delivering these rights also needs to be taken into account when developing approaches to assess compliance

Policy briefs as a communication tool for development research

JONES, Nicola
WALSH, Cora
May 2008

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There has been little systematic research in the development field about the communication needs of developing country policy-makers and how such research can be used to inform policy brief content and design. This background note looks at the research communication environment involving researchers, policy-makers and development practitioners from the North and South in science, technology and innovation

Social protection for low capacity households in Zambia

HOLMES, Rebecca
SLATER, Rachel
May 2008

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Social protection is seen as a central pillar of growth in Zambia’s National Development Plan, but its implementation remains a challenge. Enabling households to ‘graduate’ from social protection support means building their assets and increasing their resilience to shocks and stresses, and existing strategies are hampered by lack of knowledge on the numbers and needs of poor households

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