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  Indigenous peoples, poverty and human development in Latin America: 1994-2004

  World Bank, 2005

  This executive summary presents findings of a report exploring whether the UN International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, opened in 1994, was accompanied by material and human development gains for Indigenous Peoples in Latin America.Findings of the report include:few gains were made in income poverty reduction among Indigenous Peoples during the Indigenous Peoples’ decade (
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  Banking the underserved: new opportunities for commercial banks - exploring the business case

  Department for International Development, UK, 2005

  This paper reports on a study documenting the financial experience of a diverse sample of commercial banks that have opted to expand into microfinance as a new line of business.
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  Insurance for the poor?

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2005

  This paper discusses the scope for extending insurance to the poor in Latin America and Carribbean (LAC) countries. It highlights the need to reduce risk and its consequences, as current systems do not provide sufficient protection. On this basis, it argues that insurance provision to the poor has a role to play within a comprehensive system of protection against risk.
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  What energy systems are appropriate for poor villagers?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Renewable energy projects in rural communities have often failed to achieve positive results. Evaluations of such projects are rarely done. Energy expansion in remote rural areas is not proving reliable or sustainable in the long term. What can be done to help communities work with specialists and policy-makers to use renewable energy technology (RET) to fight poverty?
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  The reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.
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  The effects of contraception on obstetric outcome

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This paper from the World Health Organization examines the link between contraceptive use and improved maternal and child health. A review of existing evidence shows that family planning leads to longer birth intervals, fewer births to older and very young mothers, and fewer women having large numbers of children – all key factors in reducing maternal mortality.
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  Mining in Peru: unearthing the truth

  Christian Aid, 2005

  This paper assess the consequences of a number of reforms in the 1990s aimed at attracting foreign investment in the mineral sector.
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  Inequality in Latin America: processes and inputs

  Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2003

  This paper analyses the multidimensional aspects of inequality by discussing the concept of inequality along three types of processes:economic, social, and political, and three different dimensions: regional, rural/urban and across population groups.
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  A missing point in the livelihoods approach: the question of property rights

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper explores the relationship between property rights and livelihoods.
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  Does it matter that we can’t agree on the definition of poverty?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Although poverty reduction is the central objective of the Millennium Development Goals, there is little agreement over the definition of poverty. Different methods of defining poverty identify different people as ‘poor’ and have different implications for policy.

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