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  Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  The paper gives an overview of Denmark's official development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.
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  Poverty and the ‘Population Problem’

  Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1996

  Addresses three aspects of poverty and the "population problem" from an economic perspective. First, the statistical basis for the oft-cited positive correlation between poverty and household size. Secondly, re-examines the conflicting economic and demographic interpretations of this correlation.
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  Get Ahead Foundation [NGO credit in South Africa]

  Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank, 1998

  Briefly outlines some of GAF’s numerous activities during the past decade. These diverse projects reflect a donor-driven approach to development that was common among South African NGOs during apartheid. The end of apartheid in 1994 precipitated changes in donor priorities, and indirectly caused Get Ahead to change its methods.
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  The socio-economic impact of HIV and AIDS on rural families in Uganda: an emphasis on youth

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1994

  While youths are among the most vulnerable groups to HIV infection, they are also the most promising agents of behaviour change. Young men and women are vulnerable to HIV infection because they begin sexual activity at an increasingly younger age, tend to have multiple partners and have restricted access to information on safer sexual practices.
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  The impact of HIV and AIDS on children, families and communities: risks and realities of childhood during the HIV epidemic

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998

  The impact of HIV/AIDS extends beyond those living with the virus, as each infection produces consequences which affect the lives of the family, friends and communities surrounding an infected person. The overall impact of the epidemic encompasses effects on the lives of multiples of the millions of people living with HIV/AIDS or of those who have died.
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  Case Studies of Two Women's Health Projects in Bolivia

  Family Health International, 1996

  Profiles two programs in Bolivia: La Casa de la Mujer in Santa Cruz and the Kumar Warmi (Health Woman) clinic operated by the Centro de Informacion y Desarrollo de la Mujer (CIDEM) in El Alto. Both programs involve women in the design and delivery of health care, and both offer health care as one of an array of services designed to improve women's quality of life.
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  Gender disparity in South Asia : comparisons betwen and within countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1998

  While gender disparities in health and education outcomes are higher on average in South Asian than in other countries, the large within country differences in gender disparity, between Indian states or Pakistani provinces, demand more local explanations.
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  The Social Consequences of the East Asian Financial Crisis

  Social Crisis in East Asia, World Bank, 1998

  What began as a currency crisis in Thailand has evolved into a social crisis across the region and beyond. Within East Asia it was initially hoped that the crisis would involve a sharp contraction and sharp recovery—a "V"-shaped response to a shock, as occurred in Mexico after the 1994/95 currency crisis.
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  UNDP Poverty report 1998: Overcoming Human Poverty [summary]

  Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998

  Report notes that around one third of people in developing countries continue to live in ‘income poverty’ — earning less than $1 per day. But it emphasizes the importance of looking beyond income to address human poverty — the lack of essential human capabilities such as being literate, healthy and adequately nourished.
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  The UK White Paper on International Development - and Beyond

  Overseas Development Institute, 1998

  In November 1997, the British Government published its long-awaited White Paper on international development, the first comprehensive statement on British aid for 22 years. It has been widely welcomed as a significant shift in the orientation of British development policy and as a marker for other donors.

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