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  Workers rights consortium assessment re Chong Won Fashion Inc. (the Philippines): report of findings and recommendations

  The Worker Rights Consortium, 2007

  This report outlines the findings and recommendations of the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC) concerning labor practices at Chong Won Fashion Inc., a factory located in the Cavite Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), in Southern Tagalog Province, Philippines.
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  M-banking: extending financial services to poor people

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  For many people across the developing world, storing or sending small sums of money is economically impractical. This is due to the high cost and inaccessibility of banks and formal financial services. Recently, however, telecommunications providers, banks, and other companies have begun offering a variety of financial services via a basic mobile phone handset.
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  Sector assistance program evaluation of Asian Development Bank assistance to Philippines power sector

  Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2005

  More than a quarter of the Asian Development Bank’s lending to the Philippines is for the development of the power sector, but an evaluation of this assistance effort concludes that the results of this assistance have been less than satisfactory.The evaluation of ADB power sector programmes between 1971 and 2004 finds that, while assistance has achieved the goal of increasing the population’s a
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  Rethinking the management of agricultural water

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  In the past thirty years, there have been many efforts to reform agricultural water management in developing countries. However, these have produced few positive results. Policymakers should rethink water sector reforms, particularly now that investment in water infrastructure is increasing.
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  Exchange rate uncertainty and monetary transmission in the Philippines

  Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands, 2006

  The relationship between exchange rates and interest rates are unpredictable. However, under some standard assumptions, interest rates can be adjusted to smooth nominal exchange rate movements at the expense of increased volatility in other variables.This paper uses data from the Philippines to generate results indicating the impact of policy change on output and inflation.
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  Communities, livelihoods and natural resources: action research and policy change in Asia

  International Development Research Centre, 2006

  This book responds to the question of how poor rural people can improve their living conditions and the productivity of their resource base through local interventions in natural resource management. The book describes and analyses processes and outcomes from a set of action research projects in the poorest parts of Asia.
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  The link between quality of care and contraceptive use

  International Family Planning Perspectives, 2003

  This paper, published by International Family Planning Perspectives, examines the extent to which quality of family planning care influences women’s use of contraception in the Philippines. High-quality care is expected to help reduce rates of contraceptive discontinuation and unintended fertility.
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  State structure and electoral systems in post-conflict situations

  International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 2007

  This paper discusses the role of elections and the structure of the state in post-conflict states. The paper argues that well designed and managed elections can create legitimate political structures that promote negotiation and political stability.
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  Learning from AMEC’s oil and gas asset support operations in the Asia Pacific Region, with case-study of the Shell Malampaya Gas-to-Power Project

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This is the first in a series of evidence-based reports on the role of large engineering contractors in strengthening the positive local economic and social impacts of capital investment projects in the oil and gas sector in developing countries.
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  Biotechnology product development, biosafety regulations and environmental risk assessment in the Philippines

  IDRC Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 2006

  This study looks at the current biotechnology and biosafety situation in the Philippines.

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