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    Profiting from poverty: privatisation consultants, DFID and public services

    War on Want, 2004
    This paper analyses, for the first time, the role of privatisation consultants in developing countries.
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    Experiences of contracting with the private sector: a selected review

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
    This HSRC paper reviews the experiences of social agencies contracting with the private sector to provide health care services, and focuses on the capacity of this mechanism to improve access to services by the poor. A sample of country experiences are reviewed, reflecting a range of potential methods for using contracting to benefit the poor.
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    Private provision in its institutional context - lessons from health

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2004
    Debate surrounding the roles of public and private sector in the provision of health services rarely reflects the reality of countries where most poor people live. This HSRC paper aims to explore this reality and develop practical strategies for meeting the needs of the poor.
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    Relationship banking, deregulation and short-term debt

    Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, India, 2003
    In economies with limited mechanisms for designing and enforcing contracts, it is often important for individual banks and firms to establish stable relationships.
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    The ISO and corporate social responsibility: small and medium-sized enterprises

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004
    The existing social responsibility (SR) debate almost entirely focuses on large enterprises. The drivers of the debate, including NGOs, investors and regulatory authorities, naturally tend to focus on large, high profile companies.
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    Current state of the art in impact assessment: with a special view on small enterprise development

    Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004
    This guide, published by SDC, aims at providing some best practice guidelines for those undertaking impact assessment with particular reference to the field of small enterprise development (SED).The guide:runs through some of the general issues concerning impact assessmentoutlines the evolution of various common methods and approaches developed and discussed particularly for SED and
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    A manual for gender oriented entrepreneurship promotion

    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2003
    This manual provides strategies, concrete instruments, and practical examples to support professionals in micro and small enterprise promotion programs.
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    Working with private sector providers for better health care: an introductory guide

    Options Consultancy Services, 2001
    This guide, produced by Options Consultancy Services, aims to provide a practical but critical approach to developing strategies for working with private sector providers (PSPs) for better health care in developing countries.
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    Public-private mix for DOTS implementation: what makes it work?

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004
    This article from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization compares processes and outcomes of four public-private mix (PPM) projects implementing DOTS for tuberculosis (TB) control, in New Delhi and Pune, India, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, and Nairobi, Kenya.
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    Reforming infrastructure: privatization, regulation and competition

    Development Economics Vice Presidency, World Bank, 2004
    This report draws lessons from the World Bank's experience with the reform and privatisation of infrastructure utilities over the last twenty years. The Bank has based policy around the privatisation of utility monopolies, arguing that if these industries are properly restructured, substantial competition can emerge in many activities.

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