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    The Progress Report on Implementation of Beijing Platform for Action on Women's Issues 1995-2005

    Royal Government of Cambodia, 2004
    Since 1995, when it signed up to the Beijing Platform for Action, the Royal Government of Cambodia has incorporated gender strategies into national plans and policies.
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    Women and microlending in Western Europe

    2006
    In June 2005, the European Microfinance Network (EMN) launched a survey of Western European microlenders which aimed to generate an accurate picture of microlending in Western Europe between 2002-2004 and examine possible barriers affecting women's participation in microloan programmes.
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    Status of Jordanian Women: Demography, Economic Participation, Political Participation and Violence

    2004
    This report is part of UNIFEM's initiative on Gender Equality Measured Through Statistics (GEMS). It presents statistical information on gender equality and the status of Jordanian women in four areas: demography, economic participation, political participation and violence.
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    Something more than Stories. Migration and Microcredit

    2006
    What is the reality of self-employed migrant women in Spain? Has microcredit helped them achieve a better life? This book tells the stories of 14 self-employed migrant women who are supported by microcredit funds given to them by different financial organisations in Spain.
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    Central American Forum on Microfinance, Gender and Empowerment

    Red Centroamericana de Microfinanzas, Redcamif, 2005
    Over two hundred officials interested in microfinance and gender in the region gathered at this forum.
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    Microcredit, Gender and Poverty Network: an Overview

    2004
    The Microcredit, Gender and Poverty Network was set up in Peru in 2000. It aims to focus on research and knowledge creation to maximise the impact of microcredit in the country's development and to benefit particularly the most vulnerable sectors, namely women and the poorest.
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    Women, Microfinance and Savings : Lessons and Proposals

    Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis, 2001
    The recent shift in terms from microcredit to microfinance reflects the acknowledgement that saving services and not only loans can be of great improvement to women. This article argues the importance of designing formal financial services with gender in mind, in order to redress gender imbalances at home, in the market and in the community. It discusses two services in particular.
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    Status report 2006: progress towards the goals for growth, social well-being and governance in Tanzania

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2006
    This report is a key output of Tanzania's National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA) for the period 2005-2010. It provides a consolidated national view of the strategy's progress based on MKUKUTA's three major clusters of desired outcomes for poverty reduction: growth, social well-being, and governance.
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    Achieving Women's Economic and Social Rights: Strategies and Lessons from Experience

    2006
    What are the greatest challenges that activists encounter in their efforts to improve economic and social rights for women? This Association of Women in Development (AWID) study, conducted in 2005, aimed to answer this question by interviewing 50 activists working in diverse settings all over the world.
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    Gender Guide to World Bank and IMF Policy-Based Lending

    Gender Action, 2006
    Why do World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) policy-based loans, and associated reforms (or 'loan conditionalities') generally bypass local democratic processes and contribute to the feminisation of poverty?

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