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    A comparative perspective on poverty reduction in Brazil, China and India

    World Bank, 2009
    Brazil, China and India have witnessed falling poverty during their reform periods, but to varying degrees and for different reasons. This paper compares the experiences of these three countries and elaborates on what they could learn from each other.
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    Shifting paradigm: how the BRICS are reshaping global health and development

    Global Health Strategies, 2012
    BRICS' (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) foreign assistance spending has been growing rapidly and these countries have been exploring opportunities for more formal collaboration among themselves and with developing countries. International organisations have also started looking to the BRICS as potential donors and health innovators.
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    Packages of care for dementia in low- and middle-income countries

    Public Library of Science Medicine, 2009
    Two-thirds of people with dementia live in low- and middle income countries (LMICs), where there are few services available and levels of awareness is low.  This paper focuses on the effective management of dementia in LMICs, reviews the evidence on efficacy of interventions and their delivery derived from LMICs where possible.
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    HIV drug policies and south markets: settling controversies

    Future Medicine, 2009
    Despite progress, antiretroviral therapy coverage in low- and middle-income countries remains poor: only 31% of HIV-infected people in need were receiving treatment in 2007.
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    Brazil’s rural pension system, its development and impacts: lessons for China

    New Dynamics of Ageing, 2009
    Like Brazil in the 1960s, China is now facing problems of large geographical inequalities, as well high rates of rural to urban migration of younger aged adults. However, rural older people account for a much higher share of China‟s total population than in Brazil. This both increases the urgency for universal pension provision and increases the economic cost of doing so.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    The future of pensions and healthcare in a rapidly ageing world – scenarios to 2030

    World Economic Forum, 2008
    Populations are ageing at an unprecedented rate. This will undermine the financial sustainability of not only traditional pension systems, but also conventional healthcare systems. This report argues that urgent action in many countries around the globe is required to meet these challenges.
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    Can renewable energy help reduce poverty?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Current patterns of energy production are polluting, unsustainable and characterised by unequal consumption and access. Finding appropriate energy solutions for economic growth and increased social equity, while protecting the environment, is a massive challenge. Some countries are showing how to develop renewable energy technologies suited to local conditions.
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    Challenges of China’s economic reform

    The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
    The analysis in this newsletter argues that China’s gradualist approach to economic reform has been very successful for the political leadership. The author argues that with large economic growth and increasing complexity the government now faces two new and major challenges: 
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    Stitching for South Africa: taking responsibility for working conditions in garment supply chains for South African retailers

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007
    This report explores the labour standards and corporates social responsibility (CSR) codes of South African garment retailers. Short profiles of several South African retailers are presented, along with available information on their CSR policies and practices.

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