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  Trade preference erosion: expanded assessment of countries at risk of welfare losses

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This paper assesses the situation of the preference-reliant countries seen as being most at risk of experiencing negative welfare effects from preference erosion as a consequence of multilateral tariff liberalisation, with a focus on Bangladesh, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.The paper finds that, while most developing regions experienced welfare gains as a consequ
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  Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This UNRISD occasional paper - addressing issues regarding women, parties and movements in South Asia - was written for the preparation of the report, ‘Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world’.
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  A framework for scaling up poverty reduction, with illustrations from South Asia

  Department of Economics [Cornell University], 2005

  This paper develops a framework for thinking about the policy challenge of scaling up small scale interventions - both governmental and non-governmental - that address poverty reduction. The framework sees scaling up as addressing different components of market failure, government failure and civil society failure.
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  Inclusion and exclusion in South Asia: the role of religion

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  This paper, presented for the 2004 Human Development Report, argues that the building of inclusive societies requires the secularity of states. All other forms of state are exclusionary, particularly theocracies.
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  Inheriting extreme poverty: household aspirations, community attitudes and childhood in northern Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  This report summarises research into the influence of community institutions on the inheritance of extreme poverty. The authors explore the differences in childhood between ultra poor households and moderately poor households, as well as the inherent implications for policy and practice.
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  First language first: community-based literacy programmes for minority language contexts in Asia

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2005

  This comprehensive report is the outcome of the Regional Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programmes for Ethnic Minorities held in Kunming, China (May 2004). This workshop presented findings from UNESCOs action research on using the mother tongue/bilingual approach in pilot literacy projects for ethnic minority communities.
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  Does dowry improve life for brides?: a test of the bequest theory of dowry in rural Bangladesh?

  Population Council, USA, 2004

  This paper explores the association between dowry and the prevalence of domestic abuse to test the bequest theory of dowry. The authors find that, contrary to the prediction of the bequest theory, married females who paid dowry at marriage have a higher likelihood of reporting domestic violence compared to those who did not.
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  Healthcare for the ultra-poor: the case of BRAC’s CFPR/TUP programme

  Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005

  This paper from the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre explores the experiences of the Bangladeshi non-governmental organisation "BRAC" in implementing a customised development programme for the poorest named "Challenging the frontiers of poverty reduction/targeting ultra-poor" (CFPR/TUP).
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  Communities can create their own water supply and sanitation

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Urban communities in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Angola are creating – and funding – their own water supply and sanitation services. Partnered with local governments they are covering large areas at much lower costs than conventional projects. To meet the Millennium target of sustainable access to safe drinking water, international agencies need to learn how to support such innovations.
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  Business development support to small service providers

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  A significant proportion of small to medium enterprises in developing countries are engaged in providing services, rather than in manufacturing or processing. While the latter receive the bulk of donor and state support, little is known about small scale infrastructure providers and the constraints they face.

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