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  Evaluation of CESAR’s activities in the Middle East funded by Norway

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2004

  This report presents the outcome of an evaluation of activities in the Middle East by the Centre for Environmental Studies and Resource Management (CESAR).
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  Rethink: A handbook for sustainable peace

  Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, 2004

  This handbook is intended as a tool for people working in areas affected by war and armed conflict and in the peace and rebuilding process.It draws on numerous examples of women’s efforts in peace-building and reconstruction to illustrate the problems which can arise from failure to mainstream gender issues into programmes, and the benefits which can be gained by recognising and involving women
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  An ounce of prevention: the failure of G8 policy on armed conflict

  World Vision, 2004

  This report attempts to catalogue the human, social and economic costs of conflict in sixteen different countries and recommend changes that will help prevent future conflicts.
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  Facilitating conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2003

  Science and technology have long been recognised as essential driving forces in the development process.
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  Culture matters: working with communities and faith-based organizations: case studies from country programmes

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This paper reports on efforts by UNFPA’s to develop culturally sensitive programming in the area of gender equity and equality, and reproductive health and rights.
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  Does a free trade area favor an optimum currency area?: the case of Morocco and the European Union

  Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée, Morocco, 2003

  The purpose of this paper is to investigate simultaneously the potential effects of European Union's Association Agreement with Morocco and the adoption of the Euro as a single currency on exchange rate regime of Moroccan Dirham. The paper starts by presenting briefly the Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement between Morocco and the EU.
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  Financial liberalization, saving, investment and growth in MENA countries

  Institut National de Statistique et d'Economie Appliquée, Morocco, 2003

  Over the last two decades MENA countries as much of the developing countries have experienced a wave of liberalization of financial sector.
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  Wage earners, self-employment and gender in the informal sector in Turkey

  Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2000

  Does gender make a difference in the formal and informal sectors in Turkey? This study addresses gender differentials in compensation for private sector, covered wage earners, defined as being part of the formal sector and uncovered wage earners and the self-employed, defined as being part of the informal sector. The analysis is carried out for men and women workers separately.
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  Does foreign ownership matter for survival and growth?: dynamics of competition and foreign direct investment

  Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2004

  This paper analyzes the differences in entry characteristics, post-entry performance and learning behaviors of foreign and domestic firms in Turkish manufacturing industry.
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  Reconciling refugee protection and security concerns in wartime: the case of Iraq

  Migration Policy Institute, 2003

  Concerns about national security, particularly since the attacks of September 11, have led to an increasingly restrictive international climate for refugee protection.

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