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  Medical bills push people deeper into poverty

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In some developing countries public health clinics charge patients for medical consultations. These medical fees, together with a loss of earnings due to ill health, have catastrophic consequences for families already living in poverty.
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  Linking farmers to markets

  Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006

  This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.
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  Company Codes of Conduct and Workers Rights: Report of an Education and Consultation Programme with Garment Workers in Asia

  2002

  Women Working Worldwide carried out an education and consultation programme with women workers in Asia, in July 1999 and December 2001. Eight organisations in seven different Asian countries undertook to adapt and print educational materials on codes of conduct for use in their own education programmes, as well as programmes of other nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and trade unions.
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  Impact of the tsunami response on local and national capacities

  Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, 2006

  This report is based on fieldwork conducted between mid-September and mid-November 2005 in four of the countries affected by the tsunami – Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Thailand.
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  Evaluating targeting efficiency of government programmes: international comparisons

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2006

  This research paper provides a formula for better assessment of the targeting efficiency of government programs. Using Thailand, Russia, and Vietnam as case studies the paper utilizes the pro-poor- policy (PPP) index to investigate the ‘pro-poorness’ of government programmes and of basic service delivery in education, health and infrastructure.
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  The life of football factory workers in Thailand

  Clean Clothes Campaign, 2006

  This study assesses two football producers, Mikasa Industries (Thailand) and Molten Thailand, which are both Japanese investment companies producing footballs, volleyballs and basketballs for export.
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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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  The role of interest rates in business cycle fluctuations in emerging market countries: the case of Thailand

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006

  This paper examines the effects of world interest rate shocks on real activity in Thailand.
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  Picking up the pieces: caring for children affected by the tsunami

  Save the Children Fund, 2006

  This report assesses the impact of the 2004 tsunami disaster on children in three areas: Aceh Province in Indonesia, South India and Sri Lanka.
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  Participatory monitoring: guidelines for practitioners in the fight against human trafficking

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  Participatory Monitoring (PM) tools are used as far as possible in the International Labour Organisation's project to combat trafficking in children and women in the Mekong sub-region. This toolkit, based on materials field-tested by project staff, has been designed to help monitor the project's progress, track trafficking and identify good practice.

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