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  Domesticating global policy on GMOs: comparing China and India

  Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003

  This IDS working paper compares the way in which two leading developing countries in the global debate on biotechnology have sought to translate policy commitments contained in international agreements on trade and biosafety into workable national policy. It is a complex story of selective interpretation, conflict over priorities and politicking at the highest levels of government.
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  Dynamics of debt accumulation in India

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003

  This paper states that debt arises out of differences between cumulated primary deficits and excessive growth over interest rates. The author argues that this had been caused by an increase in the interest rate over the growth rate which led to an increase in the debt-GDP ratio.
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  South-South collaboration picks up steam

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  Nations such as Brazil, India, South Africa and China are increasingly acknowledging that they share not only common social and economic challenges, but also common goals in international trade negotiations.
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  Impacts of agricultural research on poverty: findings of an integrated economic and social analysis

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2003

  This paper examines how agricultural technologies influence and are influenced by the diverse livelihood strategies, vulnerability context, relations of gender and power, and other conditions of the poor. It reports findings of a CGIAR research project including seven case studies of different types of agricultural research:
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  The potential demand for and strategic use of an HIV-1 vaccine in Southern India

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper assesses the potential demand for and strategic use of an HIV- 1 vaccine in southern India. It assesses the size of potential high- and low-risk target groups for an HIV-1 vaccine in the 117 districts of Andhra Pradesh, Maharasthra, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu.
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  Reflect and ICTs: from rhetoric to reality: ownership and participation

  Reflect and ICTs, 2003

  Short paper looking at the reality of participation and ownership in ICT for development field programmes. It focuses on Indian case studies of the UNDP Kiosks programme in Orissa and Gyandoot.
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  Reducing child mortality in India: keeping up the pace

  World Bank, 1999

  This study asks: Is the apparent stagnation in India’s child mortality rate real or simply due to irregularities in the data? If the stagnation is taking place, what factors are behind it?
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  Impact of liberalisation on social security arrangements in India

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper addresses the impact of liberalisation on social security arrangements in India and measures the effect of opening up various sectors to private participation. It looks at the growth of informal economy after liberalisation and its effect on the individual and ageing populations.
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  Utilization of maternal health care services in Southern India

  Science Direct, 2001

  This paper examines the patterns and determinants of maternal health care utilisation across different social settings in south India: in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
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  Globalisation and the developing countries: emerging strategies for rural development and poverty alleviation

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2002

  This on-line book reviews the impact of globalisation on a range of issues, including the effects of changing global rules and regulations on the economies of developing countries in general, and their agricultural sectors in particular. The book divides into four main sections, and includes chapters by various authors.Part I: globalisation from the perspective of the South.

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