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    Knowledge and skills are needed to profit from ICTs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Economic growth, employee empowerment, flexible working practises, higher wages for women… . The economic and social benefits of investment in information and communications technologies (ICTs) are visible throughout the 'developed' world. Similar opportunities do exist in developing countries but policy changes are needed before firms can reap the same rewards.
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    How donors fail at educating children in conflict-torn states

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Even in times of conflict, education is a basic human right. Yet out of the world’s 77 million children out of school, half live in conflict-affected fragile states – a disproportionate number. Why are these children losing out on attending school and what is needed to rectify this situation?
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    Global Information Society 2007

    Global Information Society Watch, 2007
    The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.
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    Killings, arbitrary detentions, and death threats: the reality of trade unionism in Colombia

    Amnesty International, 2007
    “Don't complain about your labour conditions or campaign to protect your rights because you will be silenced, at any cost" is the message that Columbian trade unionists are receiving. This report highlights the systematic attacks against trade unionists and outlines cases of human rights abuses against them and their families.
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    Enhancing Southern capacity: rhetoric and reality

    Forced Migration Review, 2007
    Virtually every humanitarian agency talks about their commitment to building Southern capacity and, increasingly, this discourse has been focused on forming ‘partnerships’ with Southern organisations. In this edition of Forced Migration Review, researchers and practitioners from around the world examine how far the rhetoric of capacity-building is matched by the reality.
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    The ACP experience of preference erosion in the banana and sugar sectors: possible policy responses to assist in adjusting to trade changes

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2007
    This paper aims to situate the process of preference erosion in the trade relations between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Union (ACP-EU) in the context of internal EU policy adjustments. These adjustments are designed to prepare the EU agricultural and food products sector for trade liberalisation at the multilateral and bilateral levels.
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    Education under attack: A global study on targeted political and military violence against education staff, students, teachers, union and government officials, and institutions

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2007
    The deliberate use of force on educational institutions, students, teachers, academics, education trade unionists, education officials are on the rise globally. The worst-affected are countries that are witnessing ongoing conflict.
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    Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality. The Case of Colombia; Ecuador; Paraguay; Guatemala; Venezuela; Argentina; Bolivia; Nicaragua; and Mexico

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2006
    This series of reports provides a gender analysis of the progress made in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in certain Latin American and Caribbean countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Mexico. Each report uses different instruments and methodologies to analyse the data.
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    Conflict-sensitive business practice: guidance for commercial reforestation in Colombia

    International Alert, 2006
    This manual is an adapted version of the Conflict-Sensitive Business Practice (CSBP) toolbox which applies the CSBP methodology to the Colombian reforestation sector in Colombia. The manual discusses the national information related to planted forests as well as conflict management and resolution.
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    Violence, power and participation: building citizenship in contexts of chronic violence

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    This paper discusses the role civil society can play in situations of violent conflict. In particular it explores the role of civil society organisations in Colombia and Guatemala and how these organisations can build citizenship and address violence. The paper argues that in order to address chronic violence it is important to clarify the issues of power.

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