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    Children as active citizens: a policy and programme guide

    Child Rights Information Network, 2008
    Civil rights of children are probably the least understood rights and most challenging to realise. This guide defines some of the main government responsibilities for children’s civil rights and citizenship in East Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific, and provides a vision for children and their roles in families, communities and societies.
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    Decentralisation policy in Cambodia: exploring community participation in the education sector

    Tampere University, 2007
    This study analyses the characteristics of community participation in Cambodian rural schools. It looks at the spaces for participation created by the decentralisation reforms that the Government of Cambodia has undertaken in the education sector through ‘school clustering’ and ‘priority action’ programmes.
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    Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania

    The Advanced Study of India is the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.
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    The Oakland Institute

    The Oakland Institute is a policy think tank whose mission is to increase public participation and promote fair debate on critical social, economic and environmental issues in both national and intern
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    Making governments more accountable: the impact of civil society budget analysis and monitoring

    International Budget Partnership, 2008
    In the long history of the nation-state, keeping those in leadership positions accountable to the country and its citizens has been one of the most intractable problems of governance. It is widely agreed that effective and democratic  government is impossible without transparency and accountability.
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    Engaging neoliberal conservation

    Conservation and Society, 2008
    The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broader context of neoliberalism. This latest edition of Conservation and Society journal explores what can be gained by seeing conservation through a neoliberal lense.
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    Report on voter registration audit (VRA) in Cambodia

    National Democratic Institute, 2007
    Voter registration is an essential component of an election to guarantee the rights of voters to cast their ballots and ensuring the fairness of the poll. Voter registration lists embody the reality of enacting the civic rights of citizens.
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    30 years of democracy: riding the wave? Women's political participation in Latin America

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    This report reviews the current state of women’s participation in Latin American countries that have either maintained or adopted a representative and multi-party democratic system since 1978. It also examines the extent to which women are present in political office and party systems.
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    A rights-based approach to realizing the economic and social rights of poor and marginalized women

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2008
    Discussions among international donors and development agencies about how to reduce global poverty and increase overall well-being are particularly focused on realising human rights through a rightsbased approach.
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    Access of the poor to agricultural services: the role of farmers’ organizations in social inclusion

    Royal Tropical Institute, 2008
    Farmers’ organisations (FOs) in Sub-Saharan Africa play an increasing importance role in allowing farmers to access agricultural services.

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