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  Results of the OECD-DAC survey on harmonisation and alignment (first draft)

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2004

  This report presents a draft overview of the results of an indicator based survey undertaken across the 14 countries by the OECD Development Assistance Committee’s (DAC) Task Team on Harmonisation and Alignment.While partner countries and donors are making real efforts to improve coordination and aid effectiveness, the study found that there are still areas for improvement:partner count
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  Internal migration and the development nexus: the case of Bangladesh

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper reviews the relationships between migration and development in Bangladesh, focussing on conditions and entitlements in the labour market and the consequences of migration, including remittances and their effects on poverty and inequality.
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  Migration as a livelihood strategy of the poor: the Bangladesh case

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper outlines the history of migration from Bangladesh; identifies the numbers and profile of international migrants; examines labour market conditions and remittance flows; and analyses government policies and programmes for managing migration.
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  Managing trade-offs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Achieving both profitability and strong social performance is the ultimate promise of microfinance. It is not impossible, but neither is it easy, and relatively few micro-lenders are there yet.
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  The wider impacts of microfinance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Most MFIs (Microfinance institutions) seek to promote the business of their clients and thereby raise client incomes. Some MFIs also invest in services intended to achieve direct social impacts in the form of raising awareness on health, encouraging children’s education, promoting women’s empowerment within households and so on. MFI achievements on this front have been relatively well-documented.
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  Microfinance and the MDGs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Microfinance, and the impact it produces, goes beyond just business loans. Poor people use financial services not only for business investment in their microenterprises but also for health and education, managing household emergencies, and meeting the wide variety of other cash needs that they encounter.
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  Partnership and performance in the city: can urban NGOs raise their performance?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) gain their experience in rural development. Are they therefore lost in the city – unable to understand the concept of ‘community’ and unsure how to pursue a pro-poor agenda? How can NGOs be assisted in their progression from service providers to advocates, able to exert pro-poor influence on policymakers?
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  Sex work toolkit: targeted HIV/AIDS prevention and care in sex work settings

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This WHO toolkit is intended as a resource to guide the development and implementation of effective HIV interventions in diverse sex work settings and is aimed at anyone who works in HIV prevention in these settings. The first section of the toolkit provides an introduction and context for HIV interventions in sex work.
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  Teacher and health care provider absence: a multi-country study

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper looks at the incidence and causes of absenteeism in public health workers and teachers in eight countries. Research was based on unannounced visits to a random sample of health care facilities and schools.
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  Integration of reproductive health services for men in health and family welfare centers in Bangladesh

  Population Council, USA, 2004

  This paper from the Population Council reports on a project in Bangladesh which integrated male reproductive health services into traditionally female-focused health and family welfare centres. Training was given to service providers on male reproductive tract infections (RTIs) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

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