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    Getting rid of child labour

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2000
    The main objective of this paper is to debunk some of the long standing myths about child labour and and contribute to the analytical and empirical basis for answering the policy question of whether and to what extent changes in GNP per capita, poverty, inequality, structure of the economy, demographic factors and basic education could effectively reduce the employment of child labour.The study
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    The economic crisis and child labour in Indonesia

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2000
    The economic crisis has imposed a tremendous burden on households in Indonesia but much of the cost of adjustment among children has been hidden from public scrutiny.This paper reviews the impact of the financial and economic crisis on child workers in Indonesia and discusses government responses to the crisis and policy initiatives which the government, international agencies and NGOs might co
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    The impact of social labelling on child labour in India's carpet industry

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2000
    At present, child-labour related social labelling in India is limited only to the carpet industry and is characterised by the existence of a multiplicity of labels that have generated numerous claims and counter-claims in recent times.This study examines the impact of four labelling programmes on child labour in the carpet industry: Rugmark, Kaleen, STEP and Care & Fair.
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    Child labour in the developed economies

    International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2001
    Whilst much attention is directed toward the controversial issues surrounding child labour in developing countries, the purpose of this report is to focus on the role of working children in the developed countries. The author argues that there are two main reasons to examine the situation of working children in the developed world:the historical problems associated with child labour bee
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    Educating nomadic herders out of poverty?: culture, education and poverty in Turkana and Karamoja

    World Bank, 2001
    This research article was carried out under the umbrella of the Learning and Research Program on Culture and Poverty of the World Bank.
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    Terror as a bargaining instrument: a case study of dowry violence in rural India

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    In India, domestic violence is frequently used as a bargaining instrument, to extract larger dowries from a wife's family, after the marriage has taken placeIn this paper, Bloch and Rao examine the case of three villages in southern India.
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    Household structure, gender, and the economic determinants of school attendance in Argentina

    Gendernet, World Bank, 1999
    The focus on educational policies is a key element for both the government of Argentina and the opposition so the relevant question is not whether, but how to invest more in education.This paper explores the role played by household structure and gender on the decision to send children to school in Argentina by examining the determinants of the education patterns of boys and girls based on the
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    The impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in South Africa

    Medical Research Council, South Africa, 2001
    Demographic projections of the epidemic indicate that HIV/AIDS will cause a rapid change the age and sex pattern of deaths in South Africa.A system to monitor the age pattern has been developed by the Medical Research Council.
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    Resource needs for HIV/AIDS

    International AIDS Economics Network, 2001
    This paper estimates the costs of of HIV/AIDS programmes by the year 2005, and how these might be met from domestic and international sources . The paper specifically looks at the costs of meeting the targets set by the General Assembly Special Session on AIDS in June 2001By 2005, programmes will require about US$9 billion annually, with half of these resources needed in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Our future pensions and globalisation: an exploration of the issue using the INGENUE model

    Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationales, 2001
    Paper argues that the demographic characteristics and disparities of pension schemes will lead to strongly contrasting trends in the supply and demand for capital across the various regions of the world, in this century.The long term trend of demographic ageing across the world stems from the fall in fertility rates and the rise in life expectancy to an advanced age.

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