Private health insurance in Uganda: bridging the gap in public health provision?

This article discusses two organisations currently providing voluntary private health insurance in Uganda and considers their contributions to bridging the gap in provision in the country's public health sector.     

Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by an average 20 per cent because they were working in a context of high HIV prevalence. Yet the CSOs' workplace response to this threat was very limited, and they remain highly vulnerable to future impact. We consider why the CSOs have not been more proactive, and we recommend that donor policy should help partners to respond to the epidemic and enable them to remain effective.     

运用AHP对高校学生创新思维培养要素进行有效性分析

通过问卷调查方式建立AHP的层次结构模型和判断矩阵，并用AHP模型对影响高校学生创新思维培养的各因素进行有效性分析，为高校学生创新思维培养提供重要参考。     

论侦控构造与司法职权优化配置

现代主要法治国家，普遍以公正和高效为价值目标，调整本国侦控构造。大陆法系国家，警察机关成为实际的侦查主要力量．而检察机关虽然享有全部侦查权，但其侦查权逐渐弱化，成为形式上的侦查权主体；英美法系国家，检察机关逐渐强化对侦查程序的影响，检警关系逐渐紧密化。我国侦控构造无论在公正还是在效率上都存在问题，应当以公正和高效为价值目标，强化检察机关的侦查监督，确立检察机关的侦查指挥权。     

论侦查实验结论的证据效力

侦查实验结论的证据效力亦即它是否具有证据资格以及证明力的大小问题,在理论界和实务界都存在着很大争议,有必要对其进行探讨。侦查实验结论的形成有着科学的理论基础,而且具备证据的基本属性,因此理应具有证据资格,而且鉴于其特殊性,应将其独立成一类单独的证据形式。同时,不同类型侦查实验结论,其证明力大小也不同。     

Measuring the Effectiveness of New Approaches to Housing Support Policy for Persons with Disabilities

Housing support policy for persons with disabilities who require access to 24‐hour formal or informal support is changing throughout Australia. This is consistent with international trends including: independent living in generic housing; facilitating choices about where and with whom people live; individualised home‐based support; and community integration. Are these trends leading to policies that are effective in the Australian context? This article presents a framework for analysing the effectiveness of new approaches to housing support using a rights perspective. The framework consists of four domains: client outcomes; administrative systems; service viability; and coordination between formal and informal carers. Applying the framework to six case studies found that they all aim to foster independence, while providing effective individualised, holistic housing support.     

Identifying barriers to GIS-based land management in Guatemala

The development of a cadastral system for the Republic of Guatemala was one of the priorities of the 1997 Peace Accord which ended 30 years of civil war. In response to uncertainty about land ownership and land titles, the development of a national cadastre, the equitable distribution of land, and transparent records of land tenancy are viewed as key to maintaining peace in Guatemala. This article addresses the most significant barriers to developing a National Land Information System to support cadastral reform. Interviews with government agencies indicate that, although technical improvements can be readily implemented, social problems and governance factors seriously hinder the completion of the cadastral process. These findings are discussed in the light of international aid and development policy.     

On the agenda: North–South research partnerships and agenda-setting processes

Co-operation between researchers in the global North and South is critical to the production of new knowledge to inform development policies. However, the agenda-setting process is a formidable obstacle in many development research partnerships. The first section of this article examines how bilateral donor strategies affect collaborative agenda-setting processes. The second section explores researchers' motivations for entering into North–South partnerships; the obstacles that Southern researchers encounter in agenda-setting processes; and the strategies that they employ to ensure that research partnerships respond to their concerns. This analysis suggests that while strong Southern research organisations are best placed to maximise the benefits of collaboration, donors and researchers alike are well advised to recognise the limitations of this approach and use it prudently, because North–South partnerships are not necessarily the best way to advance research agendas rooted in Southern priorities.     

论未成年人民事行为能力及其所为民事行为之效力

未成年人尚未成年，对自己的行为缺乏全面的认识能力及预判能力，为了保护其利益，世界各国的民事法律制度，无不对其行为能力及其所为行为的效力进行必要的限制，我国亦同。我国现行的未成年人民事行为能力制度，存在着过于简单、笼统；缺乏对未成年人意思能力的应有尊重；与现实生活的实际状况相背离等缺陷不利于对相对人的权益保护，亟需完善。     

Rethinking poverty alleviation: a ‘poverties’ approach

This article argues that the practice of poverty alleviation is greatly limited by a vision of poverty that fails to capture the locally specific causes of and solutions to the challenges that threaten human well-being. This problematic vision of poverty takes real-world form in such initiatives as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers. It is a key reason why this and other contemporary poverty-alleviation efforts do not show greatly improved results compared with previous efforts. By reframing our understanding of the challenges to human well-being from poverty to ‘poverties’, however, we might envisage a new approach to policy development in relation to poverty that moves us towards a truly sustainable development.