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  Following the Leninist capitalist road: Vietnam’s challenge to neoliberalism

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  While many of the post-communist transitional economies of eastern Europe have faltered, Vietnam has witnessed steady growth. This is despite the continuation of one-party rule, high levels of state intervention and significant control of production through state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
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  Food security and the millennium development goal on hunger in Asia

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper provides an overview of food security issues in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.It identifies the key issues relating to food security in Asia, setting out progress and the prospects for achieving the MDG on hunger and analysing how these issues are likely to develop in 10 to 25 years time, in par
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  Timetable for change: effective HIV education in Asian schools

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How is HIV-related education delivered in schools in the Asia-Pacific region? Where and at what age does the curriculum address HIV/AIDS? Research in 11 countries shows an emphasis on biological rather than social factors and neglect of the subject in primary schools.
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  Poor return on investment? Why are literacy programmes failing to reach the poor?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Has the Education for All debate overshadowed literacy? What is the relationship between literacy and poverty? Should literacy programmes be carried out for their own sake or as part of a wider livelihood programme? What are the impacts and trade-offs between literacy and formal education? What are effective entry points for literacy programmes? How can success be measured?
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  The biotech developmental state?: investigating the Chinese gene revolution

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper looks at how and why China has pursued research on agricultural biotechnology within the public sector, in contrast with other parts of the world where the private sector has been dominant. In particular, the paper focuses on the role of science-policy networks in promoting a biotechnology discourse.
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  Conference news: ageing, development and social protection

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002

  The UNRISD conference examined the opportunities, problems and challenges of effective social protection for older people, including formal public policies and more informal strategies, such as household support systems.In Session One, participants considered the dynamics and challenges of population ageing in countries experiencing different development trajectories.
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  Measuring poverty in a growing world (or measuring growth in a poor world)

  United Nations [UN] Statistics Division, 2003

  This paper empirically explores the contradictions and inadequacies of measurements of growth and inequality between national accounts and surveys. It explores the reasons as to why there is divergence of results from national accounts and survey-based estimates of consumption.
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  Medical expenditure and rural impoverishment in China

  Department of Population and International Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 2003

  Due to escalating medical costs and lack of insurance coverage, medical spending causes financial hardship for many rural families in China, despite continued economic growth and increasing income in the country as a whole. This paper, published in the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, reviews the escalation of medical costs and lack of insurance coverage.
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  Gender and sustainable development in drylands: an analysis of field experiences

  Gender and Development, FAO Sustainable Dimensions, 2003

  With an estimated 40 percent of people in Africa, South America and Asia living in drylands, land degradation poses a significant threat to food security and survival. This report looks at the relationship between gender and dryland management based on an analysis of field experiences in Africa and Asia.
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.

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