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  Forced labour in Myanmar (Burma)

  International Labour Organization, 1998

  Report finds evidence of the pervasive use of forced labour imposed on the civilian population throughout Myanmar by the authorities and the military for portering, the construction, maintenance and servicing of military camps, other work in support of the military, work on agriculture, logging and other production projects undertaken by the authorities or the military, sometimes for the profit
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  NFTPs, Institutions, and Income Generation in Nepal: Lessons for Community Forestry [non-timber forest products]

  NepalNet, 1998

  This study documents four different institutional mechanisms that promote non-wood forest products to generate income. The objective is to highlight some of the institutional guidelines that are relevant to community forestry. The four institutional approaches documented in this paper are listed below. 1.
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  Forests in Sustainable Development: guidelines for forest sector development cooperation

  European Commission Directorate-General for Development, 1998

  Paper defines a strategy for forest sector development, and translates it for practical application. In response to the causes of deforestation and desertification, which are rooted in a complex web of socio-economic factors (both inside and, mainly, outside the forests) these guidelines are centred on the needs of people living in and making a living from forests.
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  Habari ya maendeleo ya Tanzania - 28. A bibliography on recent articles on Tanzanian development studies

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  Regularly published index to journal articles on Tanzania
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  The New 'Knowers' of West Africa. Muslims, Education and Social Change. A commentated bibliography.

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  Bibliography presents summaries of and comments on eight different texts, each providing important contributions to the subject of Muslims, education and social change in West Africa.
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  Fuelwood Consumption and Forest Degradation: A Household Model for Domestic Energy Substitution in Rural India [Rajasthan]

  Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998

  Paper examines domestic energy supply and demand in Northwest India. A household model is set up to analyse the links between forest scarcity and household energy consumption, focusing on the substitution of fuels from the forests and commons and the private domain. The model is estimated using recently collected data from villages bordering Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, India.
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  New Institutional Economics: A Survey of Property Rights and Natural Resource Management [case study from Rajasthan]

  Development Economic Research Group, Denmark, 1998

  In this paper, the results of a recent case study of forest conservation and management in Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India are reported. Changes in land use, grazing, household fuelwood collection and inadequate management institutions are identified as key factors causing forest degradation.
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  Modelling the Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Women, at Work and at Home: IDS research proposal

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  Researching the uneven impact of globalisation (mainly trade) on women and men in developing countries. It aims to construct and apply models to analyse the effects of trade liberalisation on the monetary economy, the household economy and the interactions between them.
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  Africa's export structure in a comparative perspective

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  Africa's exports are concentrated on primary products, mainly unprocessed, in sharp contrast to the exports of East Asia, which consist predominantly of manufactures.
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  Promoting Better Logging Practices in Tropical Forests: A Simulation Analysis of Alternative Regulations

  Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1998

  Suggestions to promote better logging practices in tropical forests include longer concession agreements, renewability provisions, and the use of performance bonds. Tests the empirical significance of these recommendations by using a simulation model developed with an unusually large data set from a lowland tropical rain forest in Peninsular Malaysia.

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