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    Inequality and cost of electoral campaigns in Latin America

    Ibmec São Paulo, 2008
    A fundamental characteristic of Latin America and the Caribbean is the region’s high level of inequality. It is also a region that has shown impressive developments in democracy over the past decades. Electoral
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    Utility provision: contract design in the interest of the poor

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    While access to basic utility services such as water, electricity and sanitation are essential for meeting internationally agreed development goals, many of these services remain unaffordable or unavailable for the world’s poorest people.
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    The bang for the birr: public expenditures and rural welfare in Ethiopia

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    Ethiopia’s recent approach to rural development has been one of Agricultural Development–Led Industrialisation (ADLI). This strategy aims for broad-based development within the agricultural sector for economic growth. ADLI identifies regulatory, trade, market, and other policies as engines of agricultural growth.
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    The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank

    World Bank, 2008
    In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by conflict and much of the land area is inaccessible due to Israeli restrictions on movement of people and access to natural resources.
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    Applying a rights-based approach : an inspirational guide for civil society

    The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007
    Rights-based development starts from the ethical position that all people are entitled to a certain standard in terms of material and spiritual wellbeing. It takes the side of people who suffer injustice by acknowledging their equal worth and dignity; it removes the charity dimension of development by emphasising rights and responsibilities.
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    Who trusts government? understanding political trust among the poor in Bangladesh

    Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore (NUS), 2008
    This paper demonstrates that although poor people’s political values are sometimes hard to understand and counter-intuitive, it does not entail that their political views are uninformed or meaningless.
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    Macro-economic policies may worsen inequalities between groups

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    There has been much analysis of the impact of macro-economic policies, such as those prescribed by the International Monetary Fund, on poverty and inequality among individuals. But there has been almost no consideration of how such policies affect inequality between different social groups, or horizontal inequality.
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    Politics, state governance and manufacturing in West Bengal

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    West Bengal, historically India’s most industrialised state, has been ruled by a leftist government since 1977. Once hostile to Indian capitalists and foreign investors, it now pursues pro-business policies which seem to have helped revive manufacturing industry.
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    Making decentralisation work for children in Andhra Pradesh, India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The Indian Government is committed to reducing child poverty. With decentralisation, state governments are expected to implement programmes relevant to child welfare. An analysis of budget allocations indicates that policy objectives are not being supported with funding that prioritises child-focused programmes.
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    Law and poverty: the legal system and poverty reduction

    Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 2008
    Poverty tends to be considered as an economic subject area rather than a legal one. And yet, a society’s distribution of income and opportunity is the outcome of its legal system which may encourage or fail to prevent various forms of marginalisation.

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