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Follow the Money!
In 2007, the Southern Africa Trust commissioned a study on the trends and impacts of changing aid policies and shifting financial flows to civil society organisations in southern Africa. This new report provides an update with a focus on current trends in policies and practices, against the backdrop of the recent changes in global aid policies and the global financial crisis and economic downturn.
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State of the Union South Africa Report
The State of the Union South Africa report analyses South Africa's compliance with governance, economic, social, civil and political policy standards, and rights instruments. It tracks and engages governments and the African Union (AU) on their commitments by managing in-country research, community hearings and national consultations.
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Ending the Age of the Marginal Majority
Southern Africa's population is made up mostly of young people. But are we building on our region's youthfulness for a more secure present and future? In a context of entrenched poverty, extreme inequality, and ongoing social conflicts, young people in the region disproportionately face conditions of social and economic exclusion and vulnerability that expose them to insecurity and violence, both as victims and as perpetrators. Yet, the unique needs and attributes of the region's youth who are at risk are not adequately included in our mainstream development and security agendas. What can we do to change this situation?
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Who Will Feed the Poor?
In an era of unprecedented rising food prices, the issue of food security has become a matter of life and death, particularly for the poor and vulnerable and yet debates concerning the causes of and solutions to food insecurity in southern Africa remain polarized.
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Establishing a Civil Society Support Mechanism with the Pan African Parliament (PAP), the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM)
This study was jointly commissioned by the Southern Africa Trust and an advisory group of organisations that include TrustAfrica, ActionAid, Oxfam GB, Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), the Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA), the African Monitor and the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD). On 26 September 2006, these organisations met and held preliminary discussions around setting up an independent mechanism for civil society organisations to interface with the secretariats of the intergovernmental institutions of the African Union (AU) that are located in Midrand, South Africa: the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Pan African Parliament (PAP).
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Aid Effectiveness Research Report
Significant changes are taking place in the global aid architecture. A
number of efforts are also being made to mobilise additional development
finance and to make aid more effective in reducing poverty. The purpose of this
study commissioned by the Southern Africa Trust is to generate knowledge and
insight about how changes in global aid policies is affecting donor support to civil society in Southern Africa.
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