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  Clean up your computer: working conditions in the electronics sector

  Catholic Fund for Overseas Development, 2004

  This paper analyses the labour standards and working conditions in computing manufacturing, particularly in developing countries where many stages of computer production are carried out by low-skilled and low-paid workers.The paper finds that unlike their counterparts in the clothing and footwear sector, computer companies have thus far escaped scrutiny on labour issues.
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  HIV/AIDS in the Mekong region: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, & Viet Nam: current situation, future projections, socioeconomic impacts, and recommendations

  HIV/AIDS Impact on Education Clearinghouse, 2003

  This report provides an overview of the current HIV/AIDS situation in the Mekong Region, presents projections as to where the pandemic is headed in the future, highlights some of the key social and economic impacts of the pandemic, and discusses strategies that will be needed to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS, improve care and support, and mitigate associated impacts.Findings include:cou
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  Timetable for change: effective HIV education in Asian schools

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  How is HIV-related education delivered in schools in the Asia-Pacific region? Where and at what age does the curriculum address HIV/AIDS? Research in 11 countries shows an emphasis on biological rather than social factors and neglect of the subject in primary schools.
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  Mae Chan workshop on integrated community mobilization towards effective multisectoral HIV/AIDS prevention and care

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 2001

  This report is a record of the proceedings from the “Mae Chan Workshop on integrated community mobilization towards effective multisectoral HIV/AIDS prevention and care”, which took place in Mae Chan (Thailand) from 20 to 22 November 2000.
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  Conference news: ageing, development and social protection

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2002

  The UNRISD conference examined the opportunities, problems and challenges of effective social protection for older people, including formal public policies and more informal strategies, such as household support systems.In Session One, participants considered the dynamics and challenges of population ageing in countries experiencing different development trajectories.
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  Age structural transition and economic growth: evidence from south and southeast Asia

  Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2002

  This paper looks at the nature and process of age structural transition in the countries of South and Southeast Asia and its influence on economic growth.
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  Intellectual and cultural property rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Asia

  Minority Rights Group International, 2003

  This report looks at efforts by the UN and governments to protect indigenous and tribal heritage from exploitation; the pressures on governments to allow exploitation of indigenous knowledge; the many initiatives taken by Asian indigenous and tribal peoples to protect their heritage; and the effects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Trade-Related Aspects of International
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  The IMF: wrong diagnosis, wrong medicine

  Oxfam, 1999

  Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change.
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  Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS

  UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents, 2002

  This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses.
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  Watershed management and poverty – time for a rethink?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

  Why have many watershed management projects failed to deliver on poverty alleviation and resource conservation goals? Have development agencies over-focused on the needs of small farmers? How can project managers learn to work with all stakeholders to take into account land use capacity and its restoration and prevention potential?

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