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  Socioeconomic Stratification by Wealth Ranking: Is it Valid?

  Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997

  This paper validates a Rapid Rural Appraisal wealth ranking technique using standard socioeconomic indicators from a household survey in rural Bangladesh. Key informants stratified 1637 households into three wealth groups according to a number of broad criteria and a questionnaire was subsequently administered to each household.
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  Electronic Learning Guidebook on Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM)

  World Bank Institute, World Bank, 1998

  Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) refers to the involvement of irrigation users in all aspects of irrigation management, and at all levels. This electronic learning guidebook is a self-paced learning tool for acquiring knowledge about PIM and how to implement and promote PIM at the country level.
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  The Alexandria Business Association Small and Microenterprise Project, Egypt

  Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1988

  This case study is designed to go behind the financial data (which show that ABA is indeed moving to financial sustainability) and place the project within the culture of the microfinance world as presently constituted.
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  Cost Benefit Analysis of Private Sector Environmental Investments: A Case Study of the Kunda Cement Factory

  International Finance Corporation, 1999

  Considers the case of a cement plant in Estonia and tries to answer the question: how do the (private) costs of curbing pollution compare to the (social) benefits to the population? While it is often easy to estimate costs, it is exceedingly difficult to capture the benefits, especially in developing and transition countries.
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  The Information Society and Development: the Role of the European Union

  Information Society Project Office, EU, 1997

  Recent trends towards the information society potentially concern most human activities, including learning, communication, work and leisure. This applies equally to the developing countries, notwithstanding the diversity of their market situations, policies or technological capacities.
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  Tanzanian Local Administration: A Vehicle for Democratic Development?

  Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 1998

  Argues that the role of local government administratorsis a crucial one. If the administrators are well motivated, the administration is able to function properly, even when the resources are limited. If the administrators are not given incentives and recognition, their work is likely to develop towards a counterproductive direction.
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  Donors and Poverty in Lindi and Mtwara, Tanzania

  Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 1998

  The paper sets out to make some preliminary observations on donor, especially Finnish, attempts at alleviating poverty in Lindi and Mtwara regions. It makes a case for the need for research and practical thought about poverty. The paper is divided into three parts. First, it examines donor conception of poverty in south-eastern Tanzania.
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  Participation and Sustainability: Partners in Conflict?: The Case of the East Usambara Catchment Forestry Project (EUCFP), Tanzania

  Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, 1998

  Discusses the concepts of participation and sustainability and how we see them in the context of the EUCFP
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  The impact of HIV and AIDS on children, families and communities: risks and realities of childhood during the HIV epidemic

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998

  The impact of HIV/AIDS extends beyond those living with the virus, as each infection produces consequences which affect the lives of the family, friends and communities surrounding an infected person. The overall impact of the epidemic encompasses effects on the lives of multiples of the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS or of those who have died.
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  The Importance of the Local Government in the Management of the Costal Line in Chile: The case of the Sixth Region

  International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 1998

  Paper on the legal and policy issues relating to the integrated management of the coastal area of Chile.

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