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  Linking farmers to markets

  Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006

  This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.
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  Indigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.
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  Improving rural road networks – how do poor people benefit?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Decisions on rural road building have historically been made on mainly economic grounds. Planners and donors are now keen to include measurements of potential social benefits that new and improved roads can make to rural poor people.
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  Pro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.
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  The Doha development agenda: impacts on trade and poverty

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This series of briefing papers summarises of the principal issues of the WTO round, how the outcome might affect poverty, the progress of the negotiations, and the impact on four very different countries.Briefing papers are:“Trade liberalisation and poverty reduction” analyses potential Doha reforms and their poverty reduction effects“Principal issues in the Doha negotiations” pres
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  Results of the OECD-DAC survey on harmonisation and alignment (first draft)

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2004

  This report presents a draft overview of the results of an indicator based survey undertaken across the 14 countries by the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Task Team on Harmonisation and Alignment.While partner countries and donors are making real efforts to improve coordination and aid effectiveness, the study found that there are still areas for improvement:partner count
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  Helping older people who care for grandchildren orphaned and affected by AIDS

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  An estimated 13 million children under the age of 15 have already lost either one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. A further 40 million children will lose their parents within the next 10 years. As the HIV/AIDS epidemic hits families in Africa and Asia, large numbers of grandparents are assuming responsibility for the care of orphans and vulnerable children.
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  Review of Nordic monitoring of the World Bank and IMF support to the PRSP process

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2003

  This report details the first joint Nordic monitoring of the World Bank and IMF support to the PRSP process in seven countries: Bolivia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia.
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  Trade liberalization and the structure of poverty in developing countries

  Global Trade Analysis Project, 2003

  This paper gives an analysis of the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and explores how national poverty rates could be affected by global trade liberalization.Some of the main findings from this analysis are:the poor tend to be more specialized in the earnings sources than the non-poor, which makes them more vulnerable to tra
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  Reducing poverty or repeating mistakes?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2003

  This report summarises partner perspectives, positions and recommendations in relation to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process, policy contents, implementation and monitoring of PRSPs. It offers a critique of PRSPs, and addresses the roles played by government, donors and civil society. It also highlights the various groups' capacities and their commitment.

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