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    Institutionalization of Democratic Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

    European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997
    Paper focuses on the institutionalization of democratic governance systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. It gives an insight into the institutional structures and mechanisms that allow democratic agents to operate and it provides a concise background on the role and functioning of political parties.
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    Democracy, Conflict and Development - Three Cases

    Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 1998
    Paper explores the connections between democracy, peace and development in three cases of recent history - Uganda, Kenya and Sri Lanka. It is shown that there are no simple and universal relationships. The experience of all three countries shows that democratic institutions are not sufficient to prevent conflict and can foment it in sharply divided societies.
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    The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis

    Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998
    What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped response to a shock, as occurred in Mexico after the 1994/95 currency crisis.
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    Country level profiles on health sector reform in Latin America and Caribbean

    Latin America and Caribbean Health Sector Reform Initiative, 1999
    Series of reports aiming to assess (through a common reporting format) country success in the effectiveness of health reforms in helping to improve the levels of equity, effectiveness and quality, efficiency, financing sustainability and community participation of the health systems and services.
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    Women and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Issues and Sources

    United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 1998
    Review of literature dealing with political, economic and social reconstruction from a gender perspective. One of its objectives is to go beyond conventional images of women as victims of war, and to document the many different ways in which women make a contribution to the rebuilding of countries emerging from armed conflicts.
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    Making Voice Work: The Report Card on Bangalore’s Public Service

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998
    A citizen’s assessment of public services provided evidence of inefficiency and corruption and stimulated public service providers to be more responsive to customers. So, public feedback can change behavior.
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    Action Research Methods in Beekeeping in Jumla, Nepal

    NepalNet, 1998
    Why is beekeeping an appropriate activity for particularly disadvantaged poor rural people in remote mountainous areas?
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    Poverty alleviation in Vietnam

    Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Programme, 1998
    Research project analysing the impacts of macroeconomic adjustment in the last few years in Vietnam on macroeconomic indicators and micro units – firm and household.WWW site has detailed results from the project and its surveys. Includes statistical indicators and poverty line data.
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    Habari ya maendeleo ya Tanzania - 28. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development studies

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997
    Regularly published index to journal articles on Tanzania
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    New Institutional Economics: A Survey of Property Rights and Natural Resource Management [case study from Rajasthan]

    Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998
    In this paper, the results of a recent case study of forest conservation and management in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India are reported. Changes in land use, grazing, household fuelwood collection and inadequate management institutions are identified as key factors causing forest degradation.

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