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  We all need more education: What can be done to reduce teacher absenteeism

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2009

  3ie Brief No. 5, March 2009 Monitoring and financial incentives have been shown to have a significant impact on absenteeism, whereas local monitoring of attendance has failed to have such an impact. However, more evidence is required to strengthen these conclusions.
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  Caribbean sustainable tourism policy framework

  Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme, 2008

  The purpose of this policy framework is to put forward guidelines for the sustainable development of tourism in the Caribbean.
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  Vitamin A supplements for preventing mortality, illness, and blindness in children aged under 5: systematic review and meta-analysis

  British Medical Journal, 2011

  Vitamin A refers to a subclass of retinoic acids long understood to help regulate immune function and to reduce morbidity of infectious diseases. Vitamin A is required for normal functioning of the visual system, maintenance of cell function for growth, epithelial integrity, production of red blood cells, immunity, and reproduction.
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  International success stories in reducing undernutrition: strategic choices, policy actions and lessons

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2011

  The overall burden of stunting in developing countries is estimated to have reduced from 40 per cent to 29 per cent. Reductions in undernutrition have not always demonstrated a direct relationship with economic development and progress of various countries indicates that there is no one solution to improving nutrition.
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  Infant-feeding patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood: data from five cohorts in low- and middle-income countries

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010

  Infant-feeding patterns may influence lifelong health. This study tests the hypothesis that longer duration of breastfeeding and later introduction of complementary foods in infancy are associated with reduced adult cardiovascular risk.
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  Commodity windfalls, polarization, and net foreign assets: panel data evidence on the voracity effect

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Basic inter-temporal theory of the current account predicts that countries which experience temporary revenue windfalls from international commodity price booms should experience an increase in their net foreign assets. This paper examines the effects that windfalls from international commodity price booms have on net foreign assets in a panel of 145 countries during the period 1970-2007.
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  Assessing the global effect of trade facilitation: evidence from the MIRAGE model

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  This paper contributes to the empirical literature on trade facilitation by capturing the complexity of the trade facilitation by using ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) of administrative barriers estimated from a gravity model. Furthermore, the paper introduces trade facilitation in the multiregional and multi-sectoral CGE model, MIRAGE.
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  What drives the global land rush?

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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  Obesity patterns among women in a slum area in Brazil

  Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2011

  High-energy diet and sedentary lifestyle fail to completely explain the epidemic of obesity in developing countries. In this cross-sectional survey, the prevalence and patterns of overweight/obesity were assessed among women in a slum in Brazil.
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  Mujer, agricultura y seguridad alimentaria: una mirada para el fortalecimiento de las políticas públicas en América Latina

  UN Women, 2012

  En el presente documento se analiza el carácter estratégico que tiene la mujer rural en relación a la agricultura y la seguridad alimentaria y la forma cómo han ido respondiendo las políticas públicas a este respecto.

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