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  Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program for the Africa Region - Project Appraisal Document

  World Bank, 2000

  This document from the World Bank sets out the project plan for the multi-country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for the Africa Region. The MAP was set up in response to the weak effects national AIDS programmes have had in reducing HIV/AIDS incidence.
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  Turning bureaucrats into warriors, preparing and implementing multi-sector HIV-AIDS programs In Africa - a generic operations manual

  JC Brown, D Ayvalikli, N Mohammad / World Bank, 2004

  This manual has been prepared to provide practical advice on preparing and implementing multi-sector programmes for countries engaged in tackling the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is aimed at national AIDS commissions (NACs) and the external institutions involved in implementing national AIDS plans.
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  Corporate and environmental and social responsibility in the East Asia and Pacific region: review of emerging practice

  M. Shima / World Bank, 2006

  The economies of the East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) region have grown rapidly over the last few decades. However, this rapid growth was accompanied by considerable environmental damage, such as water and air pollution deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change impacts.
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  Cost of pollution in China: economic estimates of physical damages

  World Bank, 2007

  While rapid economic growth in China has brought millions of people out of poverty, the environmental consequences of China’s industrialisation is proving to be very costly. This study estimates the physical and economic cost of air and water pollution in China and argues that this development has huge economic consequences and which are disproportionately felt by the poor.
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  Health systems in East Asia: what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian Tigers?

  A. Wagstaff / World Bank, 2005

  The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers (Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan), and the recent reforms to them, provide many potentially valuable lessons to East Asia’s developing countries. This World Bank working paper provides an overview of the health systems in these countries/territories.
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  The concept of odious debt: some considerations

  V. Nehru / World Bank, 2007

  Non-governmental and civil society organisations have increasingly called for the cancellation of “odious” debt for developing countries. This paper by the World Bank discusses the concept of odious debt and argues that there are a variety of existing mechanisms which allow indebted countries to restructure their debt.
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  Good budgeting, better justice: modern budget practices for the judicial sectors

  D. Webber / World Bank, 2007

  This study provides information and practical guidance for government officials, project managers and advisers working on judicial reform projects. It focuses on some of the good practices developed in the UK, France and New Zealand in preparing and implementing justice sector budgets.
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  Overcoming barriers to health service access and influencing the demand side through purchasing

  T. Ensor, S. Cooper / World Bank, 2004

  This study, from the Health, Nutrition and Population family of the World Bank, reviews literature on demand barriers to accessing health services and surveys studies that report and evaluate methods for overcoming these barriers.
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  Maternal and child mortality development goals: what can the transport sector do?

  J. Babinard, P. Roberts / World Bank, 2006

  This report published by the World Bank focuses on the role of transport and road infrastructure in the delivery of and access to maternal and child health services, and in the effectiveness of the health referral process in developing countries.
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  Globalisation and employment conditions study

  D. Brown / World Bank, 2007

  This paper focuses on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade on wages, working conditions, and core labour protections. The paper draws on existing empirical evidence on the relationship between investment and labour practices as well as mechanisms to improve labour conditions such as fair trade, government regulation and voluntary agreements.

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