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  Human rights for women and children in Pakistan

  Centre of Strategic Planning for Development, 2005

  This first international publication of the "NGO Net for women and children rights" in Pakistan highlights the human rights situation of women and children in Pakistan. The report examines women's subjection to domestic and communal violence, low literacy and education rates for women, abuse and oversight of women in the workforce, and women's political participation.
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  Learning to live together: building skills, values and attitudes for the twenty-first century

  International Bureau of Education, UNESCO, 2004

  The aim of this study is to examine best practices in helping school students learn to become more responsible citizens. It hopes to teach them to be assertive rather than aggressive, to understand conflict and its prevention, to become mediators, to respect human rights and to feel a sense of belonging and responsibility to their local surroundings as well as to the international environment.
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  Education of adult children and mortality of their elderly parents in Taiwan

  Population Council, USA, 2005

  This study aims to prove the hypothesis that, in Taiwan, the education of one’s children may have as important an effect, if not a greater effect, on parents’ health and mortality than the parents’ own education.The results of the study indicate that educational levels of both parent and child are associated with older adult mortality, but the child’s education is more important when controllin
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  Nigeria: study of non-state providers of basic services

  International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2004

  This paper looks at the service delivery of health, urban water and education by non-state providers (NSPs) in Nigeria.Each sector study focused on three broad forms of government (or civil society) intervention or action: dialogue between state and non-state actors in deciding and reviewing policy and legislation about standards and regulatory systems; the implementation of interventions to re
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  One in two: children are the key to Africa’s future

  Save the Children Fund, 2005

  This report makes the case for investment in children as the key to breaking Africa’s cycle of poverty.
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  Girls, HIV/AIDS and education

  United Nations Children's Fund, 2005

  This paper looks at the links between sexual knowledge/behaviour and educational level among young people.
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  Investing in development: a practical plan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals

  Millennium Project, 2005

  Investing in development is the final report of the UN Millennium Project. It presents the findings and recommendations of the project, which will be reported directly to the UN Secretary-General and the Administrator of the UNDP.The report makes ten key recommendations:developing country governments should adopt development strategies bold enough to meet the MDG targets for 2015.
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  The better life options program for adolescent boys in India

  Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2002

  The Better Life Options Program for adolescent boys is a holistically designed program that guides adolescent boys towards better life skills, education, relationships, values etc.
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  Social spending, human capital, and growth in developing countries: implications for achieving the MDGs

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2004

  Using panel data from 120 developing countries from 1975 to 2000, this paper explores the impact of different policy interventions on human capital, economic growth and social indicators, with a view to evaluate their implications for the MDGs.Key findings of the study include:both education and health spending have a positive and significant direct impact on the accumulation of educati
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  World Youth Report 2005

  United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2005

  This report presents an overview of the global situation of young people.The report highlights the following issues: the impact of globalisation on young women and men; the use of and access to ICTs; the impact of HIV/AIDS on young people; the active involvement of young people in armed conflict, both as victims and as perpetrators; and the increased importance of addressing intergenerational

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