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    Organized labour in the 21st century

    International Labour Organization, 2002
    This report presents a representative sample of the comparative research undertaken by the International Institute for Labour Studies on comparative research on “Trade union responses to globalization”. It involves 15 countries namely, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ghana, India, Israel, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Niger, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia and USA.
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    Throwing away the primer: the 'real literacies' approach to adult literacy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What do we mean by 'illiterate'? Are we being misled by UNESCO rhetoric that literacy is the key to development? What happens when we herd into class individuals who may have nothing in common except for the fact they have been labelled 'illiterate'?
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    Winning ingredient: how can NGOs best achieve their goals?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How do you measure the success of an international campaign? How does a campaign develop over time? And how does it affect people’s lives? A New Economics Foundation report asks these questions in the context of one NGO campaign for breast-feeding in Ghana and another against the use of child labour in the carpet industry in India.
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    Fruits of the forest. Can tree products help reduce urban poverty?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can forest products help the urban poor? Can these resources actually support poverty alleviation programmes in urban and peri- urban areas?
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    Giving value to natural resources: a new framework for managers

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How best can the value of natural resources be decided? Both market and non-market approaches are currently in use. Yet few assess the relative values of different uses of natural resources.
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    Empty desks, empty futures: The curse of classroom gender gaps

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    It is almost a decade since the governments of the world, meeting at Jomtien in Thailand, pledged a commitment to achieving basic education for all, with special emphasis on improving access to primary schools and closing the gender gap.
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    Back to basics: education for work on the informal side of the developing marketplace

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 1998
    Self-employment has become a major contributor to national economies yet it remains largely invisible in education and training policies. As job opportunities shrink in the formal sector and youth unemployment skyrockets, self-employment may be the only survival option for many. How are governments responding to these changes?
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    Poor outlook, good practice. Assessing urban sanitation from the point of view of the low-income user

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Providing poor urban residents with adequate and appropriate sanitation facilities is a key challenge for the international community. An estimated 500 million people in urban areas have no access to sanitary services, and a much larger proportion use facilities which are hazardous to health or which degrade the environment.
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    New terms of engagement: can forest communities benefit from commercial partnerships?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Are companies who work with forest dwellers ripping them off, simply smartening up their corporate images or genuinely committed to win-win partnerships? How can communities negotiate with companies on a more equal footing? Could forests be an area for pioneering new forms of community-private partnership and local governance?
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    Water, water everywhere – not a drop to drink? Assessing the outcomes of water aid

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can we accurately determine the benefits of water and sanitation projects? Until recently, success was seen in terms of input and output. But does this really tell us how sustainable the projects are? This report provides a methodology that measures potential outcomes for communities of water provision and sanitation.

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