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  Measuring the impact of energy interventions on the poor: an illustration from Guatemala

  Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, 2000

  This paper proposes a methodology for measuring the impact of energy sector interventions on the poor with the intention of promoting the adoption of pro-poor features into their design.
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  NGOs and ICTs use in Republic of Congo

  Social Science Research Council, USA, 2003

  This paper assesses the usefulness of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes in terms of economic and social development in the Republic of the Congo.
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  Organisations that reach the poor: why co-production matters

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2002

  There is no standard definition of co-production alhough there is a key notion that the distinction between producers and consumers is blurred and that through an institutionalised, long term relationship between state agencies and organised groups of citizens, they both make substantial resource contributions.
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  Targeting poverty through community-based public works programs: a cross-disciplinary assessment of recent experience in South Africa

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001

  This paper examines the performance of seven programs in Western Cape Province at involving community participation and at targeting the poor and women.
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  Options for rural poverty reduction in Central America

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  In the light of the reduction in aid for rural development (RD) during the 1990s, and only very slow improvement of conditions in rural areas, this paper asks, what can be done to identify better RD strategies?
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  Civil society statement on policy coherence. ECOSOC Special High-Level meeting with the Bretton Woods Institutions and the World Trade Organization

  Rethinking Bretton Woods Campaign, COC, 2003

  This NGO joint statement on the policy coherence agenda of the World Bank / IMF and WTO argues that “misguided and failed” World Bank and IMF policy reforms on the liberalization of trade and financial flows, deregulation, privatization and budget austerity are now being locked into international trade law.The report highlights impacts on areas such as food security and access to essential ser
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  Can information and communications technology applications contribute to poverty reduction?: lessons from rural India

  Development Gateway, 2003

  This paper explores a number of case studies of initiatives using ICTs for poverty reduction in rural India. It details individual case studies as well as broader ways in which ICTs might contribute to poverty reduction.The authors then describe an economic model to explain the digital divide between rich and poor, that discusses costs in time and costs of access as impediments to ICT use.
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  Fighting HIV/AIDS: progress, prospects and issues

  World Bank Publications, 2003

  This report discusses the status of the global fight against HIV/AIDS, region by region, charting progress to date and prospects for achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), which includes to “have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS”. Following an overview of the state of the epidemic, the paper reviews the current financial commitments that international donors
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  New rules, new roles: does PSP benefit the poor?

  Wateraid, 2003

  This synthesis paper reports on the impact of the increasing role of the private sector in the provision of water services and resources on the rural and urban poor in 10 developing countries.
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  The State of the World's Forests 2003

  State of the World's Forests, FAO, 2003

  The 2003 version of the bi-annual State of the World’s Forests from FAO has a more policy orientated focus than previous reports . Looking first at recent changes in the forestry sector, the reports broader recommendations call for stronger integrated policies and better linkages across sectors, such as agriculture, transportation and trade.

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