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Clinical social franchising: an annual compendium of programs, 2009
University of California, Los Angeles, 2009Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, social franchising organisations engage private medical practitioners to add new services to the range of services they already offer.DocumentWorld Drug Report 2009
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009This annual report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) analyses market trends, and compiles detailed statistics on illicit drug markets for cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines, and opiates among others.DocumentIs Latin America retreating from individual retirement accounts?
Center for Retirement Research, Boston College, 2009In 1981, Chile initiated old-age pension reforms that introduced mandatory funded individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and moved away from public systems. Ten other Latin American countries followed the Chilean model in the 1990s.DocumentDown to the wire: the impact of transnational companies on sustainable electricity provision in developing countries: case studies in Argentina and Peru
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2009This report addresses the impact of electricity provision by three companies on sustainable development in Latin America, specifically looking at Argentina and Peru. The report examines the corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies and practices of these three transnational corporations (TNCs).DocumentAccess to health care in relation to socioeconomic status in the Amazonian area of Peru
2009Good health is recognised by many as being central to individual and national development. However, there is often a disconnect between the access and utilisation of health services by the poor.DocumentHow efficient is ecotourism in Peru’s Casa Matsiguenka?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009Indigenous ecotourism promotes conservation alongside development for indigenous communities. But is it financially viable? In 1997, two communities in the Peruvian Amazon received funding to set up an ecotourism lodge. However, eight years later and despite being in a popular tourist destination, the lodge has still not made an overall profit.DocumentTalking about Governance. European Community Aid: Policy and Practice on Governance and Democracy
One World Action, 2006This report synthesises findings from research conducted by One World Action on practices of democracy and human rights in the context of governance in seven countries - Azerbaijan, Georgia, Guatemala, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru and Rwanda.DocumentTransforming security and development in an unequal world: introduction
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009Ruling administrations often determine security policy and direct its apparatus for the 'benefit of society'. But is security something to be grateful for, or a citizens’ right? Rather should security be determined by the concerns of ordinary citizens and so incorporate a range of perspectives to reflect the differing needs of the different sectors of society?DocumentHow bioenergy projects could boost rural livelihoods
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009Some 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity and over 2 billion rely on biomass for their cooking and heating needs. Across the developing world there are encouraging examples of small-scale initiatives developing and transforming bioenergy resources into cleaner and more convenient forms of energy. How can they be scaled up?OrganisationCross-Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions offers volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania and Thailand, where volunteers work side-by-siPages