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    Impact of microfinance: a critical survey

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    Especially during the past 10 years, microfinance programmes have been introduced in many developing economies.
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    Educational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007
    The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.
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    Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: insights and lessons from country experiences

    World Bank, 2007
    How do growth strategies affect the ability of poor households to participate in and benefit from growth? This book explores how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. It provides insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth.
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    The impact of maternal health on poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The links between poverty and poor maternal health are well established. Poorer countries experience the highest rates of maternal mortality, whilst maternal death and life-threatening and debilitating illness are higher amongst women from poorer households. However, there is now growing evidence that poor maternal health can also exacerbate poverty.
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    Agricultural R&D in the developing world: too little, too late?

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2006
    Are developing countries are at risk of becoming technological orphans?
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    Missing in action: teacher and health worker absence in developing countries

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005
    This paper presents the results of teacher and health worker absenteeism in primary schools and health clinics in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Peru, and Uganda.Main findings from the study include:averaging across the countries, about 19 percent of teachers and 35 percent of health workers were absentin India, one quarter of government primary school teachers were absent f
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    Time to tackle corruption in education

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In some developing countries massive amounts of funds transferred from ministries of education to schools are leaked. Bribes and payoffs in teacher recruitment and promotion and selling of exam papers can bring the teaching profession into disrepute. Illegal payments for school entrance and other hidden costs help explain low enrolment and high drop-out rates.
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    Artesunate beats quinine against severe malaria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Quinine is currently the only drug recommended for the treatment of severe malaria throughout much of the tropics. A study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Myanmar shows that treatment with artesunate cuts adult mortality by over a third compared with quinine. Artesunate should become first-line treatment for severe falciparum malaria in adults, the researchers conclude.
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    Water for Production: an Overview of the Main Issues and Collection of Supporting Resources

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    Water is fundamental to the well being of women and men both in the household and productive activities and is key to poverty reduction and development. Water is also a strategic resource in that its control is a source of power. Interventions that change the control, use of and access to water resources inevitably raise gender issues and opportunities.
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    Politics, science and shrimp farming – whose ‘objectivity’ counts?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Shrimp farming is a major industry in many developing countries, providing important foreign exchange and offering potential for economic development, particularly in rural areas. However, since the early 1990s, researchers, activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been protesting about its environmental and social impacts.

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