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    The impact of health management training programs in Latin America on job performance

    Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2004
    This study published in Reports on Public Health analyses the impact of a management training programme on health managers’ job performance in Mexico, Colombia and El Salvador. The study assessed the effects of an 18 month training programme for managers which included 5-day training workshops and a series of tasks that were carried out between the workshops.
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    Education for all by 2015: the good news

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Since 2000 enormous steps have been made towards achieving universal enrolment at primary education level. More girls are in school than ever before. Aid has supported effective national efforts in many countries. There is a ‘Dakar effect’ – evidence that working towards common education goals can strengthen countries to change individual lives.
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    Multinationals and the maquila mindset in Mexico’s Silicon Valley

    Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007
    In joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico expected a rise in foreign direct investment (FDI) that would bring environmental benefits through the growth of cleaner industry sectors, transfer of technology, and better management practices. This article examines why this was not the case.
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    Safety nets: reducing risk and encouraging development

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Providing ‘safety nets’ during food shortages involves distributing food or cash. This is a common short-term relief strategy to food shortages. Many economists claim that these discourage economic development, but safety nets actually encourage development when part of a comprehensive social protection strategy.
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    A review of the impact of cash transfer programmes on child nutritional status and some implications for Save the Children UK programmes

    Save the Children Fund, 2006
    This paper, produced by Save the Children reviews eight cash transfer programmes in Latin America and Africa, and discusses the effectiveness of each in improving the nutritional status of children. It finds that cash transfers to targeted households have the potential to improve children’s diet and nutritional status.
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    MAC HIV and AIDS global survey

    MAC AIDS Fund, 2007
    This study from the MAC AIDS Fund looks into the attitudes of 4,510 people in nine countries around the issue of HIV and AIDS. The results show a poor level of education about the HIV and AIDS epidemic; more than 40 percent of those interviewed across the nine countries do not believe that AIDS is always fatal.
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    Gender and Poverty: Determinants of Health in Ageing

    2007
    Women represent the majority of the ageing population in almost every country in the world. In Mexico, the issues elderly people confront are related to poverty, gender and ageing.
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    Women’s literacy training using ICTs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    About 18 percent of adults worldwide remain illiterate, the majority of them women and mostly from the poor sectors of society. How common is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for women’s literacy training and what strategies can help ensure a project is successful?
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    Budget policy and income distribution

    International Studies Programmme, Georgia State University, 2007
    This paper provides an overview of the conceptual bases of incidence analyses. It highlights some measurement issues, reviews the main techniques used to estimate tax, benefit and fiscal incidence, and summarises the empirical results that have been obtained for developing countries.
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    Global Corruption Report 2007

    Transparency International, 2007
    This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and provides

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