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  Forest Use and Soil Quality [Newsletter]

  European Tropical Forest Research Network, 2003

  The theme of this newsletter - forest use and soil quality - and particularly the effect of forest plantations on the soil - touches on the sustainable use of soil and water resources, biological diversity, and carbon sources and sinks.These links are explored in the introductory article.
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  The education imperative: supporting education in emergencies

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2003

  This publication aims to provide information about the current state of education in emergencies, explain why it is needed, and describe how it can be done better and reach more children.It begins by outlining the scale of the problem and stating that of the estimates 7 million refugees and internally displaced persons, around a third are school age children.
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  The impact of armed conflict on children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

  Watchlist/Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, 2003

  This paper argues that the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), fuelled by exploitation of natural resources and power struggles, is having an untold impact on exploitation of children.
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  Population mobility and HIV/AIDS in Indonesia

  UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development, 2001

  The aim of this study is to use existing information to provide a comprehensive picture of the levels, patterns, composition and trends of the various types of contemporary population mobility occurring within Indonesia, as well as from and to the country.
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  Forced migration and transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections: policy and programmatic responses

  HIV Insite, 2001

  Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV/AIDS have become urgent concerns for populations affected by armed conflict and migration (both forced and voluntary). Poverty, powerlessness, and social instability affect the spread of STIs and HIV.
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  Tracing the origin and history of the HIV-2 epidemic

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  The variety of HIV prevalent in West Africa, HIV-2, crossed into humans in the 1940s, but did not start to spread until sometime between 1955 and 1970 — just when Guinea-Bissau was embroiled in a war of independence, according to this study.The researchers analysed viral samples from the country.
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  Political Dimensions of Globalization and Equity in East Asia

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The paper examines the relationship between globalisation and equity in East Asia from a political perspective. Economic relations have replaced Cold War politics as the main determinant of state interaction in the region. Throughout Northeast and Southeast Asia, trade and investment liberalisation has been accepted as the key to accelerated integration into the regional economy.
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  Bottom of the barrel: Africa’s oil boom and the poor

  Catholic Relief Services, USA, 2003

  In the light of an expanding oil industry in Africa - centred on the oil rich Atlantic coast - this report assesses the opportunities and disadvantages the exploitation of such oil resources will bring to the poor.
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  Ethnic conflict, institutions and the tragedy of the commons: when human diversity hinders economic growth: empirical evidence from a sample of African countries

  Eldis Document Store, 2003

  This paper analyses the effect of ethnic conflict on economic growth.
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  Effects of a refugee-assistance programme on host population in Guinea as measured by obstetric interventions

  The Lancet, 1998

  When refugees arrive in a country in large numbers, they are generally moved into camps where they can get relief assistance. Several studies have shown that such refugee assistance may have a negative impact on the quality of health services offered to the host population because of the diverting of human and financial resources towards the refugee health services.

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