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  Danish aid policies for poverty reduction : from non - committal statements to a more strategic approach

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1996

  The paper provides an analysis of Danida policies in the poverty reduction area. Current Danish aid efforts to address poverty issues are based on a prolonged understanding among policy makers and aid bureaucrats that a basic premise of Danish aid has been its focus on alleviating poverty.
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  Report on work on benchmarks and indicators [for measurement of desertification]

  Convention to Combat Desertification, 1997

  Report describing current monitoring methods. The annex to the report includes more technical issues
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  Statistical Profile of Education in Sub-Saharan Africa (SPESSA)

  Association for the Development of Education in Africa, 1999

  Statistical database of indicators for education in SSA for the period 1970-1990 (uses data for 1970, 1980, 1985 and 1990). Data series can be selected by country and topic and displayed in tabular and graphic formats. Results can be printed or downloaded in spreadsheet format. Also includes some background socio-economic datasets.
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  How Do Teachers Use Textbooks? A Review of the Research Literature

  Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1997

  This paper reviews surveys of textbook use in order to address issue of whether donor investment in textbook provision is the most effective form of investment (as the Work Bank argues) Concludes that "because the availability of textbooks does not assure their use, and because their use varies considerably from teacher to teacher, observing how teachers use textbooks and asking them why they use
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  Educating Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: USAID's Approach and Lessons for Donors

  Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1997

  For the past ten years USAID, other donors, and their African development partners have focused on basic education as one of the key building blocks for development. USAID's Africa Bureau has especially sought to assure that girls, too, benefit from the provision of an equitable, efficient, and high-quality education.
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  Imports trade statistics by region/country & product group (1995-1999)

  International Trade Centre, 1999

  Series of country specific tables produced from the UNCTAD Comtrade database. Data is classified by SITC3 at the three digit level, giving trade values in US dollars.
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  Exports trade statistics by section & product group (1995-2001):

  International Trade Centre, 1999

  Series of import/export screening tables produced from the UNCTAD Comtrade database. Lists value of exports of commodities per country (at 3 digit SITC rev3 level)
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  Imports trade statistics by section & product group (1992-2001): major importers of specific commodities

  International Trade Centre, 1999

  Series of import/export screening tables produced from the UNCTAD Comtrade database. Lists value of import of commodities per country (at 3 digit SITC rev3 level)
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  Exporting to the Republic of South Africa: an overview

  International Trade Centre, 1997

  The potential for intra-African trade is considerable and exceeds several times the current low levels of trade among African countries.
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  Trade Opportunities in Southern Africa: An assessment of the export potential of members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with respect to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

  International Trade Centre, 1999

  The present paper aims at identifying promising sectors and product groups for trade development in Southern Africa.

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