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  Can bilateral donors make local communities ‘own’ Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donors view Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) as instruments to endorse government poverty alleviation policies and enable budget and sector-wide support. Recipient states are aware of pressures that force richer countries to give aid and know that the PRSP is likely to be endorsed ultimately.
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  Internationally recognised core labour standards in Bolivia

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This report assesses the respect and the observance of internationally recognised core labour standards in Bolivia.Altogether Bolivia has ratified all of the eight core ILO labour Conventions.
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  Undernutrition in Bolivia: geography and culture matter

  2005

  Malnutrition is an acknowledged problem in Bolivia, although its complex causes are not completely understood. The aim of this paper is to identify the main determinants of child health in Bolivia.
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  Economic growth and poverty reduction: measurement and policy issues

  OECD Development Centre, 2005

  The aim of this Working Paper is to broaden the debate on pro-poor growth.
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  Poverty reduction: are the strategies working?

  World Vision, 2005

  2005 has seen a new wave of development assistance initiatives in preparation for the UN Millennium Review, which put accountability at the centre of the development agenda.
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  Pro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.
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  Balancing indigenous crops and market demands in the Andes

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Severe weather conditions, such as droughts and floods, regularly damage crops in the highlands of the Andes. To reduce their vulnerability to risks, indigenous farmers plant many varieties of staple crops, such as potatoes and quinoa. However, new market pressures and preferences threaten this diversity and, by consequence, food security and incomes.
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  Indigenous peoples, poverty and human development in Latin America: 1994-2004

  World Bank, 2005

  This executive summary presents findings of a report exploring whether the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, opened in 1994, was accompanied by material and human development gains for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.Findings of the report include:few gains were made in income poverty reduction among Indigenous Peoples during the Indigenous Peoples’ decade (
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  Donors as political actors: fighting thirty years war in Bolivia

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  Based on the authors own experiences the paper examines donors’ involvement in political processes within aid-recipient countries and explores how the donor community became engaged in a conflict about monitoring the Poverty Reduction Strategy in Bolivia.
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  Promoting social adaptation to climate change and variability through knowledge, experiential and co-learning networks in Bolivia

  Shell Foundation, 2004

  This paper summarises different aspects of country development that might be critical in the context of developing a strategy for climate change adaptation.

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