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  South Asia economic report: social sectors in transition

  Asian Development Bank, 2006

  This second issue of the South Asia Economic Report (SAER) discusses social sectors in transition, with a particular focus on education and health. It looks at transformational trends and their impact on the education and health sectors and proposes measures to manage these social sectors through this transition.
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  Foster care proves sustainable for Mozambique’s children 

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Mozambique’s violent conflict, which ravaged its countryside for 16 years, displaced or killed more than a quarter of its population. Between a quarter and half a million children experienced the war’s direct effects – including extreme violence and separation from family.
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  Institutionalising Pan-Africanism: transforming African Union values and principles into policy and practice

  Institute for Security Studies, 2007

  The ideal of Pan-Africanism is embodied in the African Union (AU). Based on a review of the progress that the Pan-African movement has made through the AU, this paper assesses the potential for a stronger union.
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  Grassroots democracy and income distribution: evidence from village election in China

  The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2006

  Can democracy reduce inequality? This paper studies how the introduction of village elections in China has affected income distribution at the village level. It shows that grassroots democracy works to enhance local governance even in the nation’s highly centralised political system. Using household and village survey data spanning 15 years, authors find that elections:
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  Dhaka: improving living conditions for the urban poor

  World Bank Office, Dhaka, 2007

  Dhaka is the fastest growing mega-city in the world, attracting an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 mostly poor migrants a year. This paper argues that urgent measures are required to address the vital needs of the city's rapidly growing urban poor.
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  The metropolitan regions of Latin America: problems of governance and development

  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2007

  A key feature of recent development in Latin America and the Caribbean has been the urbanisation of the population and economic activities, and the emergence of several cities extending into large metropolitan areas. This paper describes the transformation of these metropolitan regions and explores how to address the complex challenges involved in governing them.
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  Cities, terrorism and urban wars

  Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2007

  This paper explores the link between terrorism and development. It addresses the complexities of defining terrorism and discusses acts of political violence in both a northern and southern context.
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  Are all labor regulations equal? Assessing the effects of job security, labor dispute and contract labor laws in India

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007

  Are labour laws important constraints to income and job growth in the manufacturing and registered sectors of India? This paper studies the economic effects different types of labour laws, as well as of the increasing use of contract labour in India.Key findings include:
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  Minding the gaps: integrating poverty reduction strategies and budgets for domestic accountability

  World Bank, 2007

  This study examines what challenges have arisen in countries where efforts have been made to integrate poverty reduction strategies (PRSs) with national budgets. It argues that both PRSs and national budgets offer scope for enhanced domestic accountability, but that fractures in planning and budgeting systems pose obstacles for donors and national governments.
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  False starts: the exclusion of Romani children from primary education in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina

  Amnesty International, 2006

  The low school attendance rates and poor achievement levels of Romani children in the former Yugoslavia are often explained through the use of negative stereotypes about the Roma’s "way of life" or attitude towards education.

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