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  Development cooperation between Tanzania and Finland

  Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1999

  The objective of this study is to assess the programme implemented since the 1960s in relation to its policy orientation, efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, an attempt is made to give views on the design and implementation of future cooperation between the two countries. The report is divided into two parts.
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  Urban environment: Out of control?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 1999

  The enormous scale of urban problems in the South is well known. According to the World Health Organization, at least 600 million people live in urban areas with such a lack of basic services and with housing of such poor quality that their lives and health are continually under threat. However, the popular image of the uncontrolled growth of large numbers of mega-cities is at odds with reality.
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  Chemical Weapons Convention: Entry into Force Fact Sheet

  Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, 1999

  The entry into force of the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention is unique in the history of arms control. This disarmament agreement both bans an entire class of weapons and simultaneously addresses chemical weapon proliferation concerns. This SIPRI Fact Sheet summarizes the process that led to conclusion of the convention.
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  External debt statistics (selected data online)

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999

  OECD is the major source of creditor-based statistics on external debt. Debt stock and debt service statistics are available by category of debt, with world-wide coverage of non-OECD countries, for the period 1983 to 1995, as well as estimates of 1996 repayments on long-term debt.
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  The Habitat Agenda: Istanbul Declaration on Human Settlements

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 1999
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  Urban Indicators Programme

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 1999

  The UNCHS Indicators Programme has developed key indicators concerning urban and housing conditions for the development of government policy and strategies, as well as monitoring and evaluation. These indicators, collected from over one hundred countries, provide a well developed and significant contribution to the World’s Cities and Housing assessment.
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  Problems of compiling internationally comparable agricultural statistics and estimation of missing data (FAO)

  Faostat, FAO, 1999

  This "page" looks at some of the problems the FAO Statistics Division (ESS) faces in compiling agricultural statistics; it doesn't attempt to go into the problems facing the countries themselves - which are probably well known; it is not a guide to data collection in countries.
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  Overview of USAID Basic Education Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa II

  Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 2001

  Source of factual data on USAID's 12 basic education programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Included are descriptions of program objectives and characteristics; tables summarizing program timeframes, targeted institutions, demographic data, primary education system characteristics, project and non-project assistance funding, and implementing mechanisms; and detailed program descriptions.
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  Undertaking Supply and Demand Surveys for the Promotion of South-South Trade: an ITC methodology

  International Trade Centre, 1997

  As part of its technical assistance to this process, ITC has adapted selected methodologies to better assess the potential for South-South trade and assist countries and enterprises in accessing their regional markets.
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  Estimating the Level of Abortion In the Philippines and Bangladesh

  Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1999

  In countries where data on induced abortion are underreported or nonexistent--such as the Philippines and Bangladesh--indirect estimation techniques may be used to approximate the level of abortion.

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