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  Palliative care in Latin America: is the WHO strategy working?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Over 20 years ago the World Health Organization (WHO) established pain relief and palliative care as components of its Cancer Control Programme. However, palliative care is still not available to millions of patients worldwide, including in Latin America.WHO advocates a three-part strategy for including palliative care in national health systems. Education
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  Not So Strange Bedfellows: Sexual Rights and International Development

  Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

  Is sexuality less important than poverty? This article, based on a session facilitated by BRIDGE at the 2005 Association of Women's Rights in Development (AWID) conference, explores the connections between development and sexuality. The speakers argue that sexuality is itself a survival issue.
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  Economic shocks and changes in school attendance levels and education expenditure in Peru

  Young Lives, 2005

  This paper studies the effect of economic shocks on household human capital investment patterns using a sample of 6 to 14 year-old children going through the Peruvian education system.
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  The social impacts of trade liberalisation: how can childhood poverty be reduced?

  Young Lives, 2005

  This brief looks at the ways in which trade liberalisation can impact on children, and uses two case studies, Peru and Ethiopia, to verify how these impacts play out in practice.
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  Case studies of good corporate governance practices

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2005

  This report describes the experiences of eight Latin American firms leading reform initiatives and improvements in corporate governance practices in three different countries: Brazil (represented by CCR, CPFL, Natura, Net, Suzano and Ultrapar), Colombia (represented by Argos), and Peru (represented by Buenaventura).The publication shares practical solutions to corporate governance challenges wi
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  MDGs mask injustice and inequality in Latin America

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Make Poverty History, the collective of international development organisations calling on the world’s governments and leaders to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, caught the public’s imagination. 2005 is an important year that demands we all back the campaign to institute fair trade, drop the debt and provide more aid.
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  Learning process affects business growth in Latin America

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  A small Latin American enterprise can only increase its competitiveness in international markets through two options: locate within a geographical business ‘cluster’ or develop relationships with suppliers, distributors, buyers and marketers in a ‘global value chain’. These are generally defined as the two most effective strategies for sustainable growth.
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  Paying its way: can tourism generate funds for protected areas?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Tourism is continuing to grow rapidly. Regions in developing countries with high levels of biodiversity are seeing the greatest growth. Protected areas are increasingly attractive to tourists and some conservation areas, traditionally supported by government funding, are raising significant income through tourism.
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  Putting energy at the heart of poverty reduction

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  A quarter of humanity still lacks access to electricity. 2.4 billion people use biomass – wood, dung and crop waste – for their basic energy need, cooking. Market-driven and supply-led approaches to providing energy are failing to reach poor people.
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  No change, despite the ‘Indigenous People’s Decade’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Indigenous peoples represent ten percent of Latin America’s population. Despite increased political influence over the last decade, indigenous groups have seen few economic or social improvements. They continue to suffer higher rates of poverty, lower educational levels and more disease and discrimination than non-indigenous peoples. They are the region’s largest disadvantaged group.

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