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  Do literacy programmes for indigenous people ignore gender?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Adult education programmes developed for or by indigenous communities rarely address gender inequalities. Programmes often aim to promote indigenous people’s rights, including bringing together communities who are actually differentiated along lines of gender, class and age. Despite their commitment to adjusting unequal power relations, course designers rarely mention gender.
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  Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

  This paper presents the results of teacher and health worker absenteeism in primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda.Main findings from the study include:averaging across the countries, about 19 percent of teachers and 35 percent of health workers were absentin India, one quarter of government primary school teachers were absent f
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  Time to tackle corruption in education

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In some developing countries massive amounts of funds transferred from ministries of education to schools are leaked. Bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion and selling of exam papers can bring the teaching profession into disrepute. Illegal payments for school entrance and other hidden costs help explain low enrolment and high drop-out rates.
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  South Asian positions in the WTO Doha Round: in search of a true development agenda

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2005

  Bringing together contributions of five research organisations in five developing countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – this book highlights the concerns of South Asian countries regarding the WTO Doha Round, and provides information and analysis on the main agenda items facing developing countries in future negotiates on the WTO.Chapters of the book include:"Ag
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  Food aid and food security in the short and long run: country experience from Asia and sub-Saharan Africa

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper analyses the outcomes of food aid and food security in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Zambia.
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  Principles into practice: learning from innovative rights based programming

  CARE International, 2005

  Based on 16 case studies carried out by CARE International the report argues for the use of rights-based approaches (RBAs) when addressing issues of social injustice and poverty.The report lists 5 challenges that arise when applying RBAs: obtaining the initial support: support from government authorities and counterparts is needed to create the operating space, since many of the
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  Family planning in Pakistan: impact of new clinics

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Pakistan has one of the highest levels of unmet need for family planning in the world. Thirty-three percent of women wish to limit or space their births but do not use any contraception. More than 30 years of government and private sector family planning provision appears to have had very little success.
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  Future policy choices for the education sector in Asia

  Asia 2015 Conference: Promoting Growth, Ending Poverty, 2006

  Although considerable progress has been made in recent years towards educational goals in Asia, much remains to be achieved.
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  Artesunate beats quinine against severe malaria

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Quinine is currently the only drug recommended for the treatment of severe malaria throughout much of the tropics. A study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Myanmar shows that treatment with artesunate cuts adult mortality by over a third compared with quinine. Artesunate should become first-line treatment for severe falciparum malaria in adults, the researchers conclude.
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  South Asian Yearbook of Trade & Development

  Centre for Trade and Development, 2005

  This publication is a comprehensive collection of twelve research papers on trade- related topics relevant to the development concerns of South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka).

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