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    War in Iraq versus containment: weighing the costs

    Graduate School of Business . University of Chicago, 2003
    With reference to the American lead war in Iraq, this paper asks: is war more or less costly than a policy of containment? Would containment save lives?The paper finds that, relative to containment, war raises Iraqi welfare by nearly 50 percent in the baseline case.
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    Alone on the dance floor: UNHCR and the return of Afghan refugees

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Were donors, refugee agencies, the media and the Karzai government wrong to encourage Afghan refugees to rush home to a devastated country in the grip of drought and political instability?
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    Accidental damage – what is the outlook for unwanted babies?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    ‘Unintended’ pregnancies are either ‘unwanted’ or ‘mistimed’ (coming sooner than desired). What does this mean for a child’s health? Researchers from the University of London tackle this question using demographic and health survey results from Bolivia, Egypt, Kenya, Peru and the Philippines.
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    Things fall apart: collapse of the Nigerian industry

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Nigeria has plentiful natural resources, the largest domestic market in Africa and an abundant and cheap labour force. Why, then, has its industrial performance been so disappointing? What capability factors may explain this? Is there any prospect of increasing Nigeria’s industrial capacity to reverse its slide into industrial marginalisation?
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    Win-win in the inner city? Meeting the needs of business and the poor

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    In city centres across the developing world commercial developments are driving out low- income households and small businesses. What can be done to help poor communities withstand pressures for their relocation, usually to unsuitable, edge-of-city locations?
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    De-romanticising indigenous knowledge: challenges from Egypt

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    Is there really such a thing as community indigenous knowledge – a shared understanding of what makes something a resource and how it is valued? Or are we clinging to naïve notions of ‘pristine’ truths, the relics of a ‘purer’ past which we allegedly need to unlock in order to enhance development?
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    Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Egypt: status, issues, policies, and programs

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    Survey of the reproductive health status of adolescents in the country.The report looks at the social context and gender socialization issues that set girls and boys apart in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labor force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household.The report then outlines laws and policies that pertain to ARH and discusses infor
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    Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Yemen : status, issues, policies, and programs

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    Survey of the reproductive health status of adolescents in the country.The report looks at the social context and gender socialization issues that set girls and boys apart in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labor force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household.The report then outlines laws and policies that pertain to ARH and discusses infor
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    Adolescent and youth reproductive health in Jordan: status, issues, policies, and programs

    US Agency for International Development, 2003
    Survey of the reproductive health status of adolescents in the country.The report looks at the social context and gender socialization issues that set girls and boys apart in terms of life expectations, educational attainment, job prospects, labor force participation, reproduction, and duties in the household.The report then outlines laws and policies that pertain to ARH and discusses infor
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    The impact of environmental regulations on exports: a case study of Kuwait chemical and petrochemical industry

    Arab Planning Institute, Kuwait, 2002
    This paper examines the possible impact of domestic and international environmental regulations on Kuwaiti exports of chemicals and petrochemical products. The paper raises several concerns about the effects of environmental policies on international competitiveness.

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