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    Crafting performance measurement systems to combat corruption in complex, multi-stakeholder organisations: the case of the World Bank

    Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, University of Singapore, 2007
    Increasingly, performance management systems are being used by a range of organisations. This paper explores the use of performance management in the context of large public-sector agencies, focusing on the World Bank and its efforts to strenghthen anti-corruption information systems in Indonesia, as a case study. Key findings include: 
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    Political institutions and local public goods: evidence from a field experiment in Indonesia

    Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, 2007
    Decentralisation processes in the developing world have raised question about how local political processes affect the provision of local public goods. This paper explores how different local political mechanisms affect the satisfaction of community members in Indonesia.
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    Banks, pulp and people: a primer on upcoming international pulp projects

    Pulp Mill Watch, 2007
    This report examines the pulp industry’s current expansion plans as well as the implications of these plans for people and the environment. The report argues that pulp mills have severe impacts on biodiversity, water, land rights and livelihoods.
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    Remittances: an unrecognised support mechanism during humanitarian crises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Remittances – money sent home by migrants – can help families survive conflicts or natural disasters. However, humanitarian agencies often fail to consider remittances when planning interventions. This neglect reflects tendencies to undervalue crisis-affected populations and to simplistically depict disaster-affected people as helpless and vulnerable.
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    The best of both worlds: balancing conservation and development in Indonesia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Tropical forests are under threat from development. However, development also brings benefits such as improved access to healthcare. Is it possible to protect forests and ensure a better life for local people?
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    Patents, compulsory license and access to medicines: some recent experiences

    Third World Network, 2007
    Patents can affect the access of patients (especially the poor) to medicines. The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) also affects the space available to developing country Members of WTO to formulate the drug patent policies of their choice.
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    Anti-child trafficking legislation in Asia: a six country review

    International Labour Organization, 2006
    What are the inadequacies of the legal frameworks addressing the problem of cross- border trafficking? This extensive paper looks at international legal frameworks, and regional conventions. It highlights inadequacies of the legal frameworks in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Indonesia as well as the discrepancies between the national laws and international instruments.
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    Towards equal opportunities for all: empowering girls through partnerships in education

    United Nations Girls' Education Initiative, 2007
    This document looks at education partnerships as a way of empowering girls and promoting equal opportunities. It discuses seven case studies from East Asia on programmes addressing the educational needs of girls, particularly those who are marginalised for economic, social or cultural reasons.
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    More and better teachers needed: achieving quality education for all

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Eighteen million primary school teachers are needed over the next decade to meet Universal Primary Education (UPE) goals, says a recent report from the UNESCO Institute of Statistics. This is to fill the new posts needed and the vacancies created by attrition (teachers leaving existing posts).
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    Missing in action: Addressing teacher absenteeism

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Getting teachers to come to work is a major barrier to improving education outcomes in some developing countries, especially in South Asia. Governments often spend 70 to 90 percent of their recurrent education budgets on teacher salaries, without the most basic of returns.

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