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    e-Governance: can it lead to better government?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    What is e-governance? Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to the achievement of good governance goals? What are the implications for development? Why, when there is so much promise, do many e- governance initiatives go wrong? Can the gulf between the connected and the un-connected be bridged?
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    Women running households: as vulnerable as they seem?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Should humanitarian assistance prioritise households headed by women? Are such households at a disadvantage in all dimensions of vulnerability? What are the specific gendered forms of disadvantage faced by female-headed households?
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    Pushing Palestinians into poverty: occupation and the impoverishment of hope

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Why are Palestinians in the occupied territories sliding into poverty? Have prospects for economic viability, good governance, peace and reconciliation been shattered forever? What can the international community do to get Israel to comply with international law? 
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    Disasterproofing: reducing the impact of natural disasters

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The number of fatalities caused by natural disasters may be declining, but the number of people whose lives are wrecked as a result is increasing dramatically. Is development exposing more people to disasters? What is the cost of failing to prepare for them? Is risk reduction an essential condition for sustainable development?
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    Every death counts: using a census to measure maternal mortality

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Accurate information is essential when planning programmes to reduce maternal deaths. Civil registration systems are inadequate in many developing countries. So how can policy-makers access this essential information? Research co-ordinated by Macro International, USA, suggests that adding questions about maternal deaths to national censuses may be one solution.
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    Fighting disaster: reducing risk in cities

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    How can links between disaster mitigation and urban planning be strengthened? Can urban livelihood strategies reduce poor city dwellers’ vulnerability to disaster? Scant attention is currently paid by relief organisations to urban planning and disaster mitigation, according to a recent Care International report.
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    Palestinian livelihoods in Egypt

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Palestinians, numbering over eight million around the world, are known among other diaspora communities for their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Palestinians in Egypt are currently employed in a wide range of professions, among them wealthy businesspeople, entrepreneurs, and skilled and unskilled labourers. What are the conditions under which they have survived?
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    The paradox of education and unemployment in Egypt

    Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2002
    This paper addresses the paradox of the Egyptian education system which the author argues is incapable of providing markets with the quantity and quality of educated individuals most in demand.The main findings of the paper are:Egyptian educational outcomes are not consistent with market demand; the education system is producing the wrong mix, but also the wrong qualityEgypt has inv
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    The coordination of monetary and fiscal policies in Egypt

    Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2001
    This paper assesses the coordination of monetary and fiscal policies in Egypt during the 1990s when the Economic Reform and Structural Adjustment Program was adopted.
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    Global rules for business: challenges to firm competitiveness and opportunities for success

    Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2000
    This paper reviews how MENA countries have fared in the global economy and outlines the challenges and opportunities arising from the global changes in the economic environment by reviewing several economic indicators.The author suggests that the main challenges facing the region are:the implimentation of the Uruguay Round Agreements coming into force soon which will affect market acces

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