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Energy consumption and GDP: analysis of relation in market and transitional economies
Economic Education and Research Consortium,, Russian Federation, 2005This paper is devoted to problems in the use of energy in the production sphere.DocumentSALW proliferation and its impact on social and political life in Kvemo Kartli
Caucasus Institute for Peace, Democracy and Development,, Georgia, 2004This work investigates the causes and extent of small arms and light weapons (SALW) proliferation in the Kvemo Kartli region of Georgia and proposes several policies to deal with the problem. The work builds on data gathered through in-depth interviews and focus groups.The data shows that one third of the Kvemo Kartli population owns legally registered small arms.DocumentThe effects of a fee-waiver program on health care utilization of the poor: evidence from Armenia
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2003This working paper, published by the World Bank, examines the impact of a fee-waiver programme for basic medical services on health care utilisation in Armenia, drawing on surveys conducted during the 1990s.DocumentProgress for children: a report card on gender parity and primary education
United Nations Children's Fund, 2005This report card, which is part of a series in which UNICEF monitors progress for children in the lead-up to 2015, measures the world’s advances towards Millennium Development Goals 2 and 3, which pursue universal primary education and gender equality and women’s empowerment.DocumentThe concept of gender policy and the Millennium Development Goals in Kazakhstan
Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals, 2004The brochure contains the Concept of Gender Policy in the Republic of Kazakhstan approved by a Government Resolution and the analysis of the state-planned measures and perspectives on implementation of the MDGs in the country.DocumentTowards a national action plan for youth employment in the Azerbaijan republic
International Labour Organization, 2005This paper examines unemployment amongst young people in Azerbaijan amd provides recommendations for improving employment prospects of the young.It finds that unemployment among young people is a pertinent issue in Azerbaijan, where two-thirds of the population are under 35 years of age, accounting for 61per cent of total unemployment.DocumentThe United Nations literacy decade in Asia and the Pacific: progress to date
UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005The rapid development of information and communication technologies has had an inconsistent and uneven global impact. The challenge posed by literacy gave impetus for the UN decade for literacy (UNLD), 2003-2012.DocumentA scorecard on gender equality and girls' education in Asia 1990-2000
UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2004This briefing reports on results derived from applying a methodology for measuring gender equality in schooling and education to Asian countries. The methodology takes some ideas of measurement associated with Amartya Sen's capability approach and utilises these in relation to existing data sets regarding girls' access to and continuation in school, as well as to their survival into adult life.DocumentPreventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV: a practical guide for providing HIV-positive women with family planning services
American International Health Alliance, 2005This manual, produced by the American International Health Alliance, was developed to assist in the prevention of sexual and mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV and to reduce the number of unwanted pregnancies in HIV-positive women.