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  Globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets

  Bank for International Settlements, 2005

  This document is a compilation of papers dealing with the effects of financial integration on emerging markets. The compilation holds a number of background papers which explore general issues of globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets.
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  Can local governments generate enough revenue to deliver services?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Lack of finance greatly constrains municipalities’ ability to deliver services to poor people. Public finance literature has paid little attention to the potential for redistribution at local government level.
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  The Doha development agenda: impacts on trade and poverty

  Overseas Development Institute, 2004

  This series of briefing papers summarises of the principal issues of the WTO round, how the outcome might affect poverty, the progress of the negotiations, and the impact on four very different countries.Briefing papers are:“Trade liberalisation and poverty reduction” analyses potential Doha reforms and their poverty reduction effects“Principal issues in the Doha negotiations” pres
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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Published by UNFPA, this guide highlights the importance of cultural analysis and sensitivity in development efforts, addressing issues such as gender equality and equity, HIV and AIDS, female genital cutting, gender-based violence and reproductive health.
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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Changing attitudes, behaviours and laws - especially around gender relations - has proved to be a complex undertaking which demands a great deal of sensitivity to local social and cultural dynamics.
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  Half a world: regional inequality in five great federations

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper explores some of the reasons why large groups of the population pull ahead, while equally large groups stay behind within the context of regional (spatial) inequality.
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  Closing gender gaps in education: lessons from good practice

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Progress towards the development target of achieving gender parity in education by 2015 may be inconsistent, but there are noteworthy successes. What do they teach us about addressing child labour and exploring interaction between early education and women’s empowerment?
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  Empowering women and girls: challenges and strategies in gender equality

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2005

  This paper presents a collection of eight articles and case studies discussing the challenges, achievements and gaps in the empowerment of women and girls.
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  Opening minds, opening up opportunities: children’s participation in action for working children

  Save the Children Fund, 2004

  This report is the outcome of research on participation and working children in Bangladesh, Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras, India and Senegal.Working children’s participation involves a wide range of activities, such as: consultation with working children through participatory research on their working lives and asking them about the types of service interventions they feel they would gain from
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  Access to condoms and HIV/AIDS information: a global health and human rights concern

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This Human Rights Watch briefing paper documents censorship of information, myths and restrictions on condoms in a number of countries. While condoms remain the single most effective device against sexually-transmitted HIV, they face government-imposed constraints in numerous countries worldwide. This brief outlines the United States’ (US) "War on Condoms", and religious opposition.

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