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  Contradicting commitments: how the achievement of Education For All is being undermined by the International Monetary Fund

  ActionAid International, 2005

  This paper intends to demonstrate the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) role in constraining countries from increasing public expenditure in education to meet the Education For All (EFA) goals and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  Beyond access: transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

  Oxfam, 2005

  This book focuses on transforming policy and practice to promote equitable processes in education, in response to the need for equality, quality, and justice for all.
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  The GM debate – who decides?: an analysis of decision-making about genetically modified crops in developing countries

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  GM (genetically modified) crops are rapidly gaining ground in developing countries, even though their adoption is highly controversial. This report explores how decisions are made about GM food crops in five developing countries - Brazil, India, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia - by drawing on current research and personal interviews.
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  Is private education good for the poor?

  E.G West Centre for Market Solutions in Education, UK, 2005

  This report argues that private, unaided schools, can play important role in reaching the poor and satisfying their educational needs. Private education has an important role in helping the government meet its ‘education for all’ targets.
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  Communities can create their own water supply and sanitation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Urban communities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Angola are creating – and funding – their own water supply and sanitation services. Partnered with local governments they are covering large areas at much lower costs than conventional projects. To meet the Millennium target of sustainable access to safe drinking water, international agencies need to learn how to support such innovations.
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  The Status of Women in India, Kenya, Sudan and Tunisia

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004

  The institutional framework of a country plays a determining role in the well-being of the women who live in it. This paper examines the status of women in four countries: India, Kenya, Sudan and Tunisia.
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  Can local governments generate enough revenue to deliver services?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Lack of finance greatly constrains municipalities’ ability to deliver services to poor people. Public finance literature has paid little attention to the potential for redistribution at local government level.
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  Rights-based approach to development transforms a major international NGO

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Fighting Poverty Together is the name of ActionAid’s (a British aid agency) rights-based approach to development. ActionAid introduced several changes in the way it functions to reduce dependence on child sponsorship, decentralise its internal management and simplify its organisational structure.  But has this brought about any real changes at the grassroots level?
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  Sending money home: a survey of remittance products and services in the United Kingdom

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This report provides comparable and accessible information on the products and services available to people wanting to send money home from the UK to developing countries. The report aims to increase transparency on costs, speed of money transfer, and the coverage and customer service that banks, building societies and money transfer operators offer in the UK.
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  Still clean - do hygiene practices continue after promotion programmes end?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  What happens after a hygiene promotion programme ends?  Surprisingly little research has been done to find out whether such programmes have lasting effects.  This study investigated the question in six developing countries and found that changes to behaviour do last.

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