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  Can sustainable forestry contribute to development?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Sustainable forest management can, in theory, contribute to economic growth, protect the environment and benefit rural communities. However, is this ideal achievable?
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  Mother tongue first: Children’s right to learn in their own languages

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Education is power and language is the key to accessing that power. A child who thrives at school and develops self-esteem and pride will have better employment opportunities and is more likely to realise his or her potential.
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  Politics and poverty reduction strategies: lessons from Latin American HIPCs

  Overseas Development Institute, 2006

  This paper addresses the perception that poverty reduction strategy (PRS) processes in Latin America and the Caribbean have not grappled effectively with politics, and have not engaged successfully with political actors and institutions. The authors draw upon evidence from documents and interviews on how this situation has arisen and how it might be confronted.
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  Indigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.
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  Debt from microfinance traps Bolivia’s poorest

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Microfinance debt is increasing the vulnerability of the poorest in Bolivia, according to an impact assessment of the industry. Microfinance organisations (MFOs) are improving income, investment and employment - but only for their wealthier clients.
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  Gender mainstreaming or just more male-streaming?: experiences of popular participation in Bolivia

  Oxfam, 2005

  This article provides a critical analysis of an attempt to effectively mainstream gender into the political process in Bolivia. The Law of Popular Participation (LPP), which was implemented in Bolivia from 1994, is widely seen as the first significant attempt by policy makers in the region to mainstream gender into a national development initiative.
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  Bolivia revolutionises bilingual education

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Intercultural and Bilingual Education supports the rights of indigenous school children to be taught in their own languages.What can we learn from Bolivia, with one of the largest indigenous populations in Latin America, where children learn in their mother tongue?
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  Encouraging private investment for agricultural growth in Bolivia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Bolivia is one of the poorest countries in Latin America with 63 percent of the population living in poverty. This rises to 80 percent in rural areas, where women and minority ethnic groups are particularly poor. Rural development is essential for poverty reduction in Bolivia and sustained growth in agriculture is central to this.
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  Making European aid democratic

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  European Community (EC) development aid claims to be focused on poverty reduction, human rights, participation and democracy. But it is debatable how much civil society organisations influence the Country Strategy Papers that determine how this aid is distributed. 
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  No change, despite the ‘Indigenous People’s Decade’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Indigenous peoples represent ten percent of Latin America’s population. Despite increased political influence over the last decade, indigenous groups have seen few economic or social improvements. They continue to suffer higher rates of poverty, lower educational levels and more disease and discrimination than non-indigenous peoples. They are the region’s largest disadvantaged group.

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