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  Strategies for improving the health of the poor: the Sri Lankan experience

  Institute of Policy Studies, Sri Lanka, 2004

  This paper, published by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Sri Lanka, documents improvements in health indicators in Sri Lanka over time and examines the causes of these improvements. It argues that an effective, efficient and equitable health system like the one in Sri Lanka does not require resource levels that are beyond what most developing countries already spend.
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  Women, political parties and social movements in South Asia

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This UNRISD occasional paper - addressing issues regarding women, parties and movements in South Asia - was written for the preparation of the report, ‘Gender equality: striving for justice in an unequal world’.
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  An overview of ICT policies and e-strategies of select Asian economies

  Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program, 2004

  This overview is designed to guide policy makers in incorporating ICT policies and strategies into their development agendas.
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  Indo-Sri Lanka trade in services: FTA II and beyond

  Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, 2004

  Bilateral trade in services between India and Sri Lanka has shown an increase. While Sri Lanka has concentrated on the export of traditional services such as transshipment services and tourism, India has focused on export of both traditional and knowledge-based services.
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  The tsunami’s impact on women

  Oxfam, 2005

  This briefing looks at the impact of the tsunami in Indonesia, India, and Sri Lanka, and in particular at how it has affected women. It seeks to promote debate and awareness of the issues and to ensure that the recovery phase of the relief effort integrates the problems raised.
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  School-to-work transition of youth in Sri Lanka

  University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2004

  This study looks into the factors affecting the challenges encountered by youth in their search for employment in Sri Lanka.
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  Infrastructure is the key to poverty reduction in Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  African infrastructure development lags behind other regions. The lack of rural roads, telecommunications, electrification and water services is weakening poverty reduction efforts. Poor infrastructure directly affects poverty and requires urgent attention.
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  Toward a conflict sensitive poverty reduction strategy: lessons from a retrospective analysis

  World Bank, 2005

  This report aims to determine how causes and consequences of violent conflict can best be addressed within a country’s poverty reduction program. It is based on a a retrospective analysis of the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) experience in nine conflict affected countries namely, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Georgia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.
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  In search of excellence: exemplary forest management in Asia and the Pacific

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This publication reflects the outcome of an initiative to identify instances of exemplary forest management in the region and examine the core components of high quality forest management in an effort to illustrate good forest management to a wide audience and encourage others to take up some of the most promising ideas, methods and approaches.
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  As poverty urbanises, can cities become sustainable, equitable and productive?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Cities in developing countries continue to grow rapidly, accompanied by ever expanding informal settlements and worsening poverty. In cities where municipal capacity is already limited, effective measures are needed to address poor people’s priorities.

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