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  Recent trends in the development agenda of Latin America: an analysis of conditional cash transfers

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper analyses the characteristics, design and implementation factors contributing to the popularity of conditional cash transfers (CCT) in Latin America. It is based on an analysis of the Mexican Program of Education, Health and Nutrition (Progresa) and the Brazilian Bolsa Escola.
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  Challenges and opportunities for gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

  World Bank, 2003

  This study highlights that while women in the Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant advances with regard to equality, traditional social patterns continue to undermine their participation in the labour market, and hinder the ability of households to escape from poverty.
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  Girls’ education in Africa: what do we know about strategies that work?

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper focuses on examining strategies that have worked to increase girls’ education in Africa.
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  Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: accounting for differences in household income distributions across countries

  Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2002

  This paper examines household income distributions between Brazil, the United States, and Mexico.
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  The reality of virtual reality: the internet’s impact within gender equality advocacy communities in Latin America

  Information Technology and International Cooperation Programme, SSRC, 2004

  This report (based on experience in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico) argues that:the potential of ICT to foster democratic relations and effective strategies within civil society depends on the consciousness with which advocates adopt, share, and deploy the technologythe internet is a critical resource for marginalized or socially suspect groups and subjects, providing a unique space for
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  Public perceptions and expectations of biotechnology

  Biotechnology and Development Monitor, 2001

  This edition of the Biotechnology and Development Monitor surveys the perceptions and expectations that have developed in the public domain on agricultural gene technology in recent years. Authors from different parts of the world analyse the factors that have influenced public perceptions and expectations of biotechnology as applied to agriculture in their own countries over the last 25 years.
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  Trade liberalization and the structure of poverty in developing countries

  Global Trade Analysis Project, 2003

  This paper gives an analysis of the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and explores how national poverty rates could be affected by global trade liberalization.Some of the main findings from this analysis are:the poor tend to be more specialized in the earnings sources than the non-poor, which makes them more vulnerable to tra
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  Export dynamism and market access

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2003

  This paper undertakes a product-specific analysis of the evolution of world trade over the past two decades.
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  Public participation in national biotechnology policy and biosafety regulation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper explores the challenges entailed in applying the principles and methods of public participation to national and international policy processes.
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  Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2003

  This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.

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