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20 November 2003

Rural electrification a genuine project: Midzi. The rural electrification programme is not a political gimmick but a genuine project aimed at stimulating rural development, the Minister of Energy and Power Development, Cde Amos Midzi, has said.
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be aspirational?. I was reading a thing on the bbc which said that people tend to choose names which refelct their aspirations. So in the old days it was names like Ruby and Sapphire nowadays its brand names like Chanel, Armani etc.

Apparently there are even two little boys, one in Michigan and one in Texas, called ESPN after the sports channel.

you can read the full article here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3268161.stm By Alan_Stanley@aspen19.webcrossing.com. [Eldis: Baby name discussion]
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Bank silent on corporate corruption in Lesotho. Controversy over the call for debarment of a Canadian contractor is proving a litmus test of the Bank's commitment to apply the same standards to corrupt Northern companies as it does to Southern governments. [Bretton Woods Project]
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Conservation farming in Zambia. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Examines the effectiveness of the ‘conservation farming (CF) system’, a package of agronomic practices for smallholders introduced to Zambia in 1996 and advocated by a range of stakeholders from donors, government and private sector.

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Donor priorities for private sector development in Malawi. Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD) [eldis test]
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