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  Through a gender lens: Resources for Population, Health and Nutrition Projects

  Family Health International, 1998

  Reviews existing models and methodologies for incorporating a gender perspective into U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) development initiatives.
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  Health as an informational good: the determinants of child nutrition and mortality during political and economic recovery in Uganda

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1995

  The paper uses data from the 1992 Integrated Household Survey to model the determinants of child mortality and malnutrition. Parental beliefs about health have a strong and very highly significant influence on child mortality. Education and income also play a role, partly coming through its effect on beliefs, but early primary education seems to have little effect.
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  NGOs and the right to adequate food - Hunger and malnutrition: the human rights approach

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1999

  Chapter from the FAO publication "The right to food in theory and practice" (see separate entry) about the position of NGOs and Civil Society in the debate, containing extracts from a draft "Code of Conduct on the human right to adequate food" which summarises responsibilities of stakeholders at local, national and international level.Despite the recognition of the right to adequate food in the
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  The Shift from Development to Emergency Assistance and its Impact on Poverty and Nutrition

  1999

  Increasing amounts of bilateral and multilateral aid are being used to respond to macroeconomic shocks, political instability and natural disasters. This paper sets out a conceptual framework for considering the consequences of this trend. There are three levels of analysis: provision; coverage; and assessment of impact.
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  Reforming Institutions for Service Delivery: A Framework for Development Assistance with an Application to the Health, Nutrition, and Population Portfolio [of the World Bank]

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Argues for greater "institutional pluralism" in how the World Bank does business in the infrastructure, rural, and social sectors.
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  Guidelines for Participatory Nutrition Projects

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1995

  Guidelines to help development staff working at community level to promote the design and implementation of participatory nutrition projects.Designed for use by professional staff from different technical and institutional backgrounds, who have had formal technical training or education, and who either work at the community level or are responsible for community development activities.
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  New technologies and the global race for knowledge

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 1999

  The recent great strides in technology present tremendous opportunities for human developmenbut achieving that potential depends on how technology is used.
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  Knowledge and Information for Food Security in Africa: from traditional Media to the Internet

  Communication for Development (ComDev), FAO, 1998

  Draws on experiences with a range of communication technologies in Africa - from traditional media to the Internet - to examine the important role of knowledge and information for food security.
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  Family Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society

  Family Health International, 1999

  Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.
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  Decentralization and public sector delivery of health and education services: The Indian experience

  Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 2000

  The paper has two main objectives. The first is to trace the progress in the process of decentralization in the provision of public services in India.

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