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    Responsible business practice: lessons from Ghana, India and Trinidad & Tobago

    Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2003
    This report attempts to provide a complete overview of socially responsible business practice in Ghana, India and Trinidad and Tobago and how each sector views the subject.The paper provides and overview of socially responsible business practice (SRBP) in each of the three countries and draws out the following factors that every sector faces in each country:there is a lack of informatio
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    Urban myths: assumptions about credit and tenure

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
    It is commonly assumed that granting clear land titles leads to increased investment by the urban poor in permanent housing and increased access to credit and therefore is a good strategy for improving their livelihoods.Research carried out by Homeless International and its partner organisations in Asia and Africa suggests, however, that:
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    Assessing the impact of using participatory research and gender/stakeholder analysis

    Participatory Research and Gender Analysis Program, CGIAR, 2000
    Collection of papers from a conference held in 1998 in Quito, Ecuador looking at methods for assessing the impact of using participatory research and gender/stakeholder analysis.Papers are introduced by a conceptual overview, and include:Farmer Participation and Formal-Led Participatory Plant Breeding Programs: Types of Impact to Date by Eva Weltzien R, Louise Sperling, Margaret E Smith
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    Prevention of coronary heart disease in south Asia

    The Lancet, 2002
    It is increasingly recognised that cardiovascular diseases are a major health problem in developing countries. However, tertiary health care for such diseases is expensive and frequently unavailable in developing countries.
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    Public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines: special issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2001
    This themed edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation presents editorials, research, reviews, discussions, letters and interviews on the issue of public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines.
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    Stock market development and its impact on the financing pattern of the Indian corporate sector

    Economic Research Foundation, India, 2001
    During the late 1980s, the developing countries started liberalising their financial sectors, placing increased emphasis on the development of their equity markets. So what has the impact been of stock markets on India's economic development?One of the most obvious and direct effect of the stock market is on the corporate sector of a country.
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    Addressing the general and reproductive health of women in global supply chains

    Business for Social Responsibility, 2002
    Women comprise a majority of the workforce in labor-intensive manufacturing industries such as apparel, footwear, toys, electronics, food processing and house-wares. They also work extensively in the informal sector, including in agriculture and handicrafts. The working environment in these industries can present health hazards to both male and female workers.
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    Indian diaspora as a strategic asset

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003
    With one of the largest pools of relatively low wage semi-skilled and skilled labour, India is poised as a critical of global sourcing of labour. How can India take advantage of these future trends, so as not only to maximise the welfare of Indians outside the country, but that of those within the country as well?
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    India: HIV and AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization and denial

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    This paper reports on the findings of research examining responses to HIV and AIDS in two contrasting sites in India: Bangalore and Mumbai.
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    Training manual: an introduction to promoting sexual health for men who have sex with men and gay men

    International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2001
    This manual, produced by the Naz Foundation India Trust, provides training modules on issues related to the sexuality and sexual health of men who have sex with men (MSM) and gay men.

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