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  Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

  Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 2002

  This paper examines the impact of water privatisation on child mortality rates in Argentina.Between 1991 and 1999, about 30 percent of water companies covering approximately 60 percent of the population were privatised.
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  The economics of public and private roles in health care: insights from institutional economics and organizational theory

  World Bank, 2001

  Advances in health during the past few decades have been impressive. The increase in life expectancy and the decrease in fertility throughout the world have been greater in the past 40 years than during the previous 4,000 years.
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  Community development corporations in US civil society

  Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000

  Community development corporations (CDCs) are a unique American creation examined in this paper. Operating as nonprofits within civil society, CDCs work to achieve economic and social revival of low income areas. They undertake housing and commercial development projects, starting with their own businesses and, providing increasing capital to other businesses in their target areas.
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  Tenure, diversity, and commitment: community participation for urban service provision

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2002

  This paper examines factors influencing a household’s willingness to participate in community based service provision programs.
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  Spanning the digital divide: understanding and tackling the issues

  Bridges.org, 2002

  There are a variety of definitions of the digital divide and a range of opinions on the key factors affecting it.
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  Private sector development: pro-poor, or merely poor, service delivery?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2002

  Looks at whether the private sector development addresses the challenges faced within pro-poor development, and draws on past experience of privatisation, especially within the context of privatisation.
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  The impact of government policy on macroeconomic variables: a case study of private investment in Tanzania

  African Economic Research Consortium, 1999

  Government policies are critical in determining the rate of economic growth, the levels of private investment and the magnitude of credit to the private sector.Since the adoption of the economic recovery programmes (ERPs) in 1986, Tanzania has embarked on policies that aim to rebalance the role of public and private sector in the economy and thus emphasize private sector development.This is
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  Democracy in Nigeria: continuing dialogue(s) for nation-building

  International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2000

  This assessment report entitled is the product of an elaborate consultative process conducted by 42 Nigerian resource persons and contains concrete recommendations to strengthen the process towards establishing lasting democracy in Nigeria.
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  A country ICT survey for Tanzania

  Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2001

  This paper presents the results of a survey of ICT availability, usage and needs in Tanzania.The report is divided into a number of chapters detailing:trends in ICTs in Sub-Saharan AfricaICT policy development in Tanzaniaconnectivity and accesstechnology education and human resources in the countrythe use of ICTs in the private sectorThe final section of the repo
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  Partnerships with partner organizations in Ghana

  Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1997

  Conference paper examining the Ghanaian experience of providing water through Partner Organisations (POs) after a central government shift from provider to facilitator.

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