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  The impact of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Whilst the HIV/AIDS epidemic is affecting people all over the world, it affects young and middle-aged adults most seriously. This is the most economically active age group, meaning the disease has a dramatic impact on agricultural production, rural livelihoods and food security in many countries.
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  Chinese Boxes: whatever happened to poverty ?

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  This article highlights some key issues in the debate over the scale and trend of poverty in China and its implications for global poverty assessments. Its commentary is based on the review of a recent research article, by Reddy and Miniou (RM), on poverty measurement in China.
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  China’s emergence in the global economy and Brazil

  Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005

  This paper examines the impact of China’s expanded role in the world economy on trade and investment flows to and from Brazil. It also looks at the challenges emerging for the Brazilian private and public sectors, and the policies and initiatives being taken to meet those challenges.
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  The impact of China’s FDI surge on FDI in South-East Asia: panel data analysis for 1986-2001

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2005

  This article assesses to whether China’s surge in foreign direct investment inflows is raising concerns that it is taking such investment away from other South-East Asian economies.
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  China's accession to the WTO: impact on ethnic women in minority rural areas

  Country Analytic Work, 2004

  This study assesses the exact impact of the WTO entry on the minority women in ethnic rural areas in China.
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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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  The reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.
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  A joint assessment of HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in China (2004)

  UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS in China, 2004

  This report provides an update on the 2003 Assessment of HIV and AIDS Prevention Treatment and Care in China. It describes the overall HIV and AIDS situation in China, stating that national HIV prevalence remains low. However, clusters of high prevalence exist, both geographically and among specific sub-groups.
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  Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing: WHO report 2005

  World Health Organization, 2005

  The 2005 World Health Organization (WHO) report on tuberculosis control is based on data received from 199 countries. Findings show that TB incidence is rising slowly but prevalence and death rates are falling; however, prevalence, deaths and incidence have all been rising in Africa, particularly in those countries with the highest rates of HIV infection.
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  Laying down the law – protecting access to health services in rural China

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  In the transition to a market economy, China has passed many laws aimed at protecting public interests, especially those of poor people. One example is the Maternal and Infant Health Care (MIHC) Law. Further regulations and resources will be needed to strengthen the MIHC Law, however.

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