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    Future characteristics of the elderly in developing countries and their implications for policy

    Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006
    This paper generates profiles of the elderly to 2050 on key characteristics for a set of thirteen developing countries that vary by region, size, economic level, and cultural traditions. Findings show dramatic shifts in the educational attainment and family size of the elderly over the next 30-40 years.
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    NAMA state of play: countries negotiation positions

    South Centre, 2006
    This note presents, in a schematic form, the negotiating positions of selected WTO Members or Groups of Members, with particular focus on Non- Agricultural Market Access (NAMA). The Members or Groups of Members selcted are:United StatesEuropean CommissionJapan, NorwayKoreaCanada, N.
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    Making city growth work for poor people

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Do poor people benefit from urban economic growth and if so, how? Conventional theory suggests that almost everyone should gain from economic growth. Eventually that growth should trickle down even to very poor people. In practice, however, the process has brought mixed results. The relationship between growth and poverty reduction is more complex.
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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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    Poor people speak up to impact urban governance

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    For millions of people in developing country cities the informal sector provides the principal source of income. The relationship between city governance and informal traders is generally complex. Conventional legislation affecting the traders has often been inappropriate and has had detrimental effects on their livelihoods.
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    Should policymakers support small enterprises?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are common in developing countries. They often comprise the majority of businesses and provide a high proportion of employment. However, SMEs are diverse: policy interventions must understand what they are dealing with to successfully contribute towards sustainable development, rather than detract from it.
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    The benefits of working together: small and medium forest enterprises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Small and medium enterprises account for a huge proportion of the businesses and jobs in the world’s forests. These enterprises can be easy for poor people to set up, but without support, the challenges of being small threaten their survival. The best way forward is usually finding a common cause and working together as an association.
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    Politics, science and shrimp farming – whose ‘objectivity’ counts?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Shrimp farming is a major industry in many developing countries, providing important foreign exchange and offering potential for economic development, particularly in rural areas. However, since the early 1990s, researchers, activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been protesting about its environmental and social impacts.
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    Urban governance and access to basic services

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In many developing country cities poor people suffer from insecure and over-crowded housing as well as inadequate access to water and sanitation. Municipal governments play a primary role these areas, but often fail to provide basic services. As a consequence, poor people have explored informal ways of gaining access to water, land and shelter.
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    Can leprosy be eliminated by a single global campaign?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    In 1991 the World Health Assembly set a target to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000. The disease, which still caries a stigma, damages the skin and nerve endings and leads to ulcers and disability. A major World Health Organisation campaign has provided antibiotics to treat the disease in a number of countries. However a number of new cases have appeared in previously low priority countries.

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