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  Tax effort in Sub-Saharan Africa

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997

  Many sub-Saharan African countries face difficulty in raising tax revenue for public purposes. Low per capita incomes, an economic base in subsistence agriculture, poorly structured tax systems, and weak tax and customs administrations all contribute to difficulties in raising tax revenues.
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  Oral diseases : statistical data

  World Health Organization, 1999

  Global overiew of oral diseases, including dental caries, peridontal diseases, diseases of soft tissues of the mouth.
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  Global Health-For-All Indicators

  WHO Statistical Information Service, 1999

  Country tables presents the most recent values available for the 74 indicators which have been selected for the third evaluation of the HFA strategy.
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  The Role of Agricultural Education in Improving the Performance of Support Services for the Renewable Natural Resources Sector

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997

  Whilst recent research (mainly in sub-Saharan Africa) has indicated a number of successful innovations in agricultural education and training (AET), it has generally been unresponsive to changing patterns of demand for trainees, which are influenced by the changing roles of public and private sectors.
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  Improving access of smallholders to agricultural services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Farmer cooperation and the role of the donor community

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997

  Successful cooperation among smallholders requires a close match between their existing experience and financial capacity and the types of cooperation required by any joint activity. It is often built on previous cooperative experience.
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  Economic Outlook for East Asia 1998

  Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation, Tokyo, 1997
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  Global mortality, disability, and the contribution of risk factors: Global Burden of Disease Study

  ProCor, 1997

  Prevention and control of disease and injury require information about the leading medical causes of illness and exposures or risk factors. The assessment of the public-health importance of these has been hampered by the lack of common methods to investigate the overall, world wide burden.
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  Regional patterns of disability-free life expectancy and disability-adjusted life expectancy: Global Burden of Disease Study

  ProCor, 1997

  Information on non-fatal health outcomes of disease and injury has been largely neglected in health planning because of the conceptual and definitional complexity of measuring morbidity and disability in populations. One of our major objectives was to quantify disability for inclusion in health policy debates.
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  West African regional security in the post Liberian conflict era : issues and perspectives

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1997

  The paper attempts to analyse ECOWAS’ security regime’s first major effort towards enforcing compliance with its norms and values. The recent resolution of the Liberian conflict and Charles Taylor’s election to the Presidency may give cause for satisfaction but this paper argues that this may be premature as a result of what we see as the ethical questions that may arise.
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  White Paper on Japan's Foreign Direct Investment 1998: summary

  Japan External Trade Organisation, 1998

  With a focus on Japan, considers trends in global foreign direct investment, and offers a country/region overview. Includes supporting statistical data.

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