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    Toward peace in the Southern Philippines

    United States Institute of Peace, 2007
    This report is an assessment of the Philippine Facilitation Project (PFP) managed by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) between 2003 and 2007. It states that many difficulties were faced at the outset. The Moro Islamic Rebellion Front (MILF) suspected USIP’s presence, motives, and relationship with the U.S. government.
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    IPPF HIV Prevention Report Cards

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
    Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the aim to strengthen HIV Prevention strategies for girls and young women.
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    Socio-economic and political concerns for GM foods and biotechnology adoption in the Philippines

    AgBioForum, 2008
    This paper assesses the political and socio-economic concerns surrounding GM foods and bio-technology in the Philippines. It particularly focuses on past experiences and looking at what the future holds for GM in the country.
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    Political party and party system institutionalisation in Southeast Asia: a comparison of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand

    Deutsches Übersee-Institut / German Overseas Institute, 2007
    This article compares different levels and types of institutionalisation of party and party systems in Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The authors note that a higher degree of party and party system institutionalisation is positively correlated with the consolidation of democracy.
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    CDM country fact sheets

    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
    These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green House Gas (GHG) emission data, domestic approval related information, and the current situation of domestic CDM project development.
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    Children and armed conflict: report of the Secretary-General

    Reliefweb, 2007
    This document is the annual report from the Secretary-General. It details progress in the implementation of SC Resolution 1612 – ending the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict and its monitoring and reporting mechanism. The report's findings include:
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    Conflict, State Fragility and Women's Reproductive Health: The Case of Basilan, Philippines

    Poverty Frontiers, 2006
    This research documents women's experiences during and since the armed conflict in the Basilan region of the Southern Philippines that took place between 2000 and 2003, and focuses particularly on the availability and adequacy of women's reproductive health services.
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    Delivering literacy: challenging exclusion and promoting critical reflection

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Literacy has power to improve lives and address social problems, but its role in development is not simple and is never a quick solution. Literacy initiatives are complex and must take into account local context, resources and the needs of learners and their communities.
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    Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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    Supporting smallholder pig farmers in the Philippines

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The rapidly growing pig-rearing industry has great potential to reduce poverty in the Philippines. Smallholder farmers provide close to 80 percent of production. However, there are indications that they are being replaced by larger commercial farmers, who are better able to compete in the current markets.

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