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  Social protection index to help improve poverty reduction programmes

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Policymakers and donors are increasingly viewing social protection as an important tool for poverty reduction to achieve the Millennium Goals by 2015.  However, the discussion so far has focused on definitions and objectives of social protection. Very little information is available on the quantitative aspects beyond broad estimates of its costs.
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  Indigenous and tribal peoples: an ethnic audit of selected poverty reduction strategy papers

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  Indigenous and tribal peoples represent about 5 per cent of the world's population, but over 15 per cent of the world's poor. The incidence of extreme poverty is higher among them than among other social groups and they generally benefit much less than others from overall declines in poverty.
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  Indigenous peoples, poverty reduction and conflict in Nepal

  International Labour Organization, 2005

  This case study argues that despite the good intentions and increasing realisation of the importance of social inclusion for poverty alleviation and lasting peace, reflected in the PRSP, insufficient attention has been given to indigenous peoples’ issues in Nepal.Problems of the PRSP as identified by the paper include:the indigenous peoples issue has not been recognised as a crosscuttin
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  Tracking resource and policy impact: incorporating millennium development goals and indicators and poverty reduction strategy paper monitoring across sectors

  Statistics Norway, 2004

  The main aim of this report is to show how a statistical system for tracking resource and policy impact could be designed and implemented.
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  Bio-intensive farming system: an alternative approach to address poverty and livelihoods concerns

  Eldis Document Store, 2004

  This article explains the rise of rural impoverishment and marginalisation in Nepal as a function of the effects of globalisation, open market economic policies and inappropriate development policies.
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  Caste discrimination and the private sector

  India Committee of the Netherlands, 2005

  This report outlines the main arguments and issues raised in the seminar entitled ‘Employment Principles for Foreign Investors in South Asia’ held in 2004 in London. The seminar raised a number of important issues in relation to caste discrimination and foreign investment in South Asia.
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  Toward a conflict sensitive poverty reduction strategy: lessons from a retrospective analysis

  World Bank, 2005

  This report aims to determine how causes and consequences of violent conflict can best be addressed within a country’s poverty reduction program. It is based on a a retrospective analysis of the poverty reduction strategy (PRS) experience in nine conflict affected countries namely, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BIH), Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Georgia, Nepal, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka.
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  Voices of the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific: achieving the millennium development goals through a global partnership

  United Nations Development Programme, 2005

  This report reviews progress towards the MDGs within the 14 least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific. The 14 countries are Afghanistan, Lao PDR, Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tuvalu, Cambodia, Nepal, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Samoa. It argues that the dynamism of Asia represents both a challenge and an opportunity.
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  Measuring empowerment in practice: structuring analysis and framing indicators

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper proposes a framework for measuring empowerment (ME) comprising three core concepts: agency, opportunity structure, and degree of empowerment. In this regard, it defines empowerment as a person’s capacity to transform choices into desired actions and outcomes.
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  Strategic gender interventions and poverty reduction: principles and practice

  Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004

  This manual has been developed to support the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction projects in Asia. It focuses on identifying strategic gender initiatives to help enhance women’s agency in the household and community.

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