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  Improving the management of sustainable development: towards a new strategic framework for large developing countries: China, India, and Indonesia

  Institute of Advanced Studies. United Nations University,, 2002

  Based on the case study analyses of China, India, and Indonesia, this report introduces and examines some of the important issues related to developing a national strategy for sustainable development.
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  An overview of a new policy framework for higher education transformation in South Africa

  Policy and Law Online News [Polity.org.za], 1999
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  Higher education transformation in South Africa: Government Green Paper

  African National Congress, 1999
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  How Bad Governance Impedes Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh

  OECD Development Centre, 1998

  In 1995/96, 47.5 per cent of the population of Bangladesh were still living below the poverty line. While this represents a decline compared to 62.6 per cent in 1983/84, the absolute number of poor people has in fact increased over the same period.
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  Competitive Agricultural Technology Funds in Developing Countries

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999

  Dissatisfaction with traditional mechanisms of funding agricultural research and dissemination (AR&D) in developing countries has led to the introduction of competitive agricultural technology funds (CATFs) in an increasing number of them. This model is now favoured by many donors, despite the fact that available information on its modalities and performance has been fragmentary.
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  Fin(d)ing our way on trade and labor standards?

  International Labour Organization, 2001

  With the impasse over whether and how to link labor standards and trade agreements stretching into its eighth year, attention has turned to "monetary assessments," or fines, as alternatives to trade sanctions.Fines have the advantage of adding "teeth" to agreements on labor standards without impeding trade and may be more palatable to developing countries than trade measures.
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  Globalization, poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a political economy appraisal

  OECD Development Centre, 2001

  Paper explores the policies and political context underlying the response of African countries to globalisation, with an emphasis on trade liberalisation.African countries have had mixed experiences with globalisation, with some achieving better social outcomes than others.

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