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  Norway's trade with developing countries

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2005

  Norwegian trade with low and low middle-income countries has increased in recent years. Its trade with the least developed countries, on the other hand, is stagnant and constitutes only a minor share of Norwegian foreign trade.
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  Evaluation of NPA's support to Mutuelle, a voluntary health insurance scheme in Rwanda

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  Following the withdrawl of donor support for health services after the emergency period, the government of Rwanda introduced user fees. This led to a decrease in the demand for health services, and it is from this background that Mutuelle emerged. Introduced in 1999, Mutuelle is a community based health insurance scheme.
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  Accountability on the move: the Parliament of Angola

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  The post-indepedence era, experienced in many African countries as a period of flourishing democracy, has, in Angola, been characterised by civil war and political upheaval.
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  International fact finding mission: report on cases of violations of the right to food in Uttar Pradesh, India

  FIAN Norway, 2005

  This advocacy group document confirms the violation of human rights in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, India. It specifically addresses abuses with regard to the right to adequate food.The report is based on information provided by a fact-finding mission composed of four separate teams.
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  Climate vulnerability in Cuba: the role of social networks

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of climate change adaptation in the context of social networks, and asks why some people are better able to cope than others. It examines recent economic and social developments in Cuba, and how these impact on vulnerability.
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  Policy analysis for sustainable land management and food security in Ethiopia: a bioeconomic model with market imperfections

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005

  This research in the highlands of Ethiopia shows how poverty and land degradation can be reduced in a resource-constrained agricultural area. It uses a bioeconomic model to address how alternative policy options can affect poverty and land degradation.
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  On the run: escaped farmed fish in Norwegian waters

  WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005

  Introduced species are considered a serious environmental problem, causing disturbances of natural ecosystems, competing for food and habitat, displacing indigenous species, and can carry diseases and parasites. Species that are able to breed with the wild stock can lead to a dilution of the natural gene pool thereby reducing a population’s or species ability to survive.
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  Exploring nature, wealth and power issues in agriculture and resource management: a case study on the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, northern Pakistan

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2005

  This paper discusses the Aga Khan Rural Support Program’s (AKRSP) participatory and democratic approach to development in the northern areas of Pakistan.
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  Evaluation of the released prisoners' project in Rwanda

  Norwegian Church Aid, 2005

  This is an evaluation of the Released Prisoners' Project (RPP) in Rwanda, a project financed and facilitated by the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA). This project was initiated in order to help those people who were imprisoned after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to reintegrate into society after being released from prison.
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  Awareness promotion and experience sharing on the implementation of the UNCCD-NAP to enhance pastoralist areas development in Ethiopia

  Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2005

  This paper reports on a workshop held in Ethiopia in 2004, targeting stakeholders involved in implementing Ethiopia’s National Action Plan (NAP) for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

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