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    The extent and geographic distribution of chronic poverty in Iraq’s Center/South Region

    United Nations [UN] World Food Programme, 2003
    The paper describes an analysis of chronic poverty for the Center/South region of Iraq. It finds that one in five Iraqis or 4.6 million people suffer from chronic poverty. WFP had estimated before the war that 60% of the Iraqi population were entirely dependent on the monthly food rations.
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    Holy war to opium war? Adapting to globalisation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can internal forms of war also be seen as economics by other means? Can a study of an Afghan village community on the margins of the global economy improve our understanding of the political economy of warlordism which sustains protracted conflict?
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    Containing conflict: a donor perspective

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What can donors do to strengthen the capacity of a society to manage tensions and disputes without resorting to violence? What governance interventions might improve a state’s capacity to contain conflict? How can we better understand the role corruption and natural resource spoiling plays in managing and generating conflict?
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    More than bums on seats: making schools responsive to children’s needs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What factors structure educational disadvantage? How can international agencies work with governments, non-government organisations and communities to overcome them?
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    Sick cities? Evaluating healthy city projects

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What makes a healthy city? How can urban health promotion projects involve women and the poor? Researchers from the UK’s South Bank University report on an evaluation of ‘Healthy City Projects’ (HCPs) in five countries.
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    Sibling rivalry? Son preference puts girls at risk

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why do boys have a better chance of survival than girls in some countries? Researchers from the USA East-West Center, the UK University of Southampton and the Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs studied the interconnections between son preference, family size, and female mortality rates.
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    Tackling the poverty-trafficking link: can the sexual abuse of children be ended?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The child sex trade is a multibillion-dollar industry. Girls and boys are bought and sold like commodities and sexually exploited for commercial gain. What is the international community doing to end this inhumane trade? Can it succeed?
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    Flying software: is the Information Society heading South?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In 1998, developing countries will export around US$3bn-worth of computer software to Western markets, making use of telecommunication networks - a conspicuous signal that Information Society benefits can be global. However, such 'headline images' are deceptive. Software production reflects output, location and skill skews that provide limited benefits for developing countries.
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    Sex work not slavery. Redefining prostitution on the international agenda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    In UN Conventions, prostitution is often defined as a human rights violation on a level with slavery. A recent research report issued by Anti-Slavery International argues against such identification and calls for a redefinition of prostitution as sex work.
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    DEEP impact: teachers and technology

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    While issues of access and the relative merits of satellites or solar power are being discussed internationally, a project in South Africa and Egypt is exploring what actually happens at the classroom level when ICTs are introduced. How do ICTs change the way teachers teach? How do pupils respond to ICTs- enhanced teaching?

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