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    Labor market reforms and their effect on formal labor demand and job market turnover: the case of Peru

    Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo, Peru, 2000
    Analyses the effects of several aspects of labor legislation that were modified through successive waves of reform since 1991.Primary effects of reform were that firing costs diminished sharply through the progressive elimination of job security regulations, the introduction of temporary contracts and changes in the severance payment structure.
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    High-level international intergovernmental consideration of financing for development: work of the United Nations system

    Financing for Development, 1998
    This is a high-level report outlining the work of the United Nations to address financing for development. The report results from a structured inquiry carried out with the help of several partner organisations, concerning financing for development.
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    Eighth Session of the ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance (Finance for Development in Africa - An issues paper)

    Financing for Development, 2000
    The aim of this Issues Paper is to review the mix of actions necessary to finance the developmental goals of Africa and to present policy options for the consideration of African Finance Ministers.Policy recommendations:While it is essential to mobilise all domestic resources to reduce the resource gap this will only be feasible in the long term.
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    SAPRIN challenges World Bank on failure of adjustment programs

    Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network, 2000
    This article emphasises the extent to which poverty, inequality and human suffering have increased in countries implementing the adjustment programs, that the international financial institutions (IFIs) had required as a condition for continued access to foreign capital.Conclusions:Designed to open and restructure economies on behalf of international investors, adjustment program
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    Harnessing global forces for poor people (Chapter 10, World Development Report)

    World Bank, 2000
    This chapter explores the kinds of global level actions, which can accelerate poverty reduction and help narrow the gaps, (in income, health, and other dimensions), between rich countries and poor.Key areas of international action for poverty reduction:Expanding market access in rich countries for developing countries' goods and servicesReducing the risk of economic crisesEncour
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    External shocks, financial crises, and poverty in developing countries

    World Bank, 2000
    This chapter ('External Shocks, Financial Crises and Poverty in Developing Countries'), of the World Bank report on 'Global Economic Prospects and Developing Countries':Reviews evidence about the impact on poverty of the external shocks and volatility to which developing countries are exposedPresents and assesses evidence of the impact of the 1997-98 financial crisis on poverty, in the
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    Alleviating poverty: role of good governance and constitutional reform

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2000
    This article explores the role that good governance and constitutional reform might play in poverty alleviation in India.Policy recommendations:There is a need for the state to move out of many areas, which it has previously occupied.
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    Rethinking small enterprise development: between poverty and growth

    Centre of African Studies, Edinburgh, 1998
    The current policy fascination with pro-poor growth has important implications for the small enterprise development field.
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    Evaluating capacity development in planning, monitoring and evaluation: a case from agricultural research

    International Service for National Agricultural Research, 2000
    Outlines the procedures employed in five evaluation studies and summarizes the results of each study. It also presents consolidated findings in response to three evaluation questions:What were the main contributions of the project to agricultural research management?
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    Recent developments in the debt situation of developing countries

    Financing for Development, 1999
    The present report analyses recent developments in the debt situation of developing countries, as well as new initiatives introduced by the international community to tackle the debt problems of developing countries.Policy recommendations:Review the list of HIPCs in order to ensure that all poor countries facing debt servicing difficulties will be considered under the initiative

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