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  DFID KaR Action Research on :Improving transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of pro-poor government services

  Knowledge and Research Programme on Disability and Healthcare Technology, DFID, 2006

  This report and toolkit focuses on how ICTs can improve the effectiveness of public service delivery to the poor and vulnerable.
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  Beyond the numbers: understanding the institutions for monitoring poverty reduction strategies

  PovertyNet, World Bank, 2006

  This volume provides lessons on the design and functioning of Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) monitoring systems, based on the experience of twelve PRS countries.
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  Logistics and time as a trade barrier

  OECD Trade Directorate, 2006

  This paper analyses the significance of time delays for exports and imports, logistics services and international trade.
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  Education contracting: scope of future research

  John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

  This paper reviews evidence on the impact of education contracting models such as school voucher programmes and voucher-like initiatives, charter school and private finance of school infrastructure arrangements.
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  Moving away from poverty: a spatial analysis of poverty and migration in Albania

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This paper analyses recent patterns of migration and poverty in Albania, a country that - following the collapse of the communist regime in 1990 – has been experiencing high migration rates.Using a combination of survey and census data, the paper characterises spatial patterns in the distribution of poverty and migration at a high level of geographic disaggregation.The results emphasise the
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  The Human Security Framework and National Human Development Reports: a review of experiences and current debates

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2006

  This paper identifies some interesting and useful applications of the Human Security Framework.
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  Education and decentralization

  Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2006

  The manual clarifies the various aspects of the process of decentralising education, including legal, administrative and fiscal components. It explains the process itself and describes the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders. It aims to be a valuable tool and reference point for various stakeholders involved in the process at all levels.
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  Faites vos jeux, Messierus! or A case study on the impact of GATS in Bulgaria

  Women in Development Europe, 2004

  Examining the impact of GATS on water supply in Bulgaria, this case study throws light on the economic processes Bulgaria is going through as a result of pressure from the WTO for continuous trade liberalisation, including privatisation of water.
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  Keeping the promise? A study of progress made in implementing the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS in seven countries

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2006

  This report, from the Global AIDS Programme, is the product of seven studies which reviewed the progress being made in implementing the UNGASS (UN General Assembly Special Session) Declaration of Commitment (DoC). The studies were conducted in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti, Latvia, Malawi, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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  The gender implications of pension reforms. General remarks and evidence from selected countries

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2005

  This paper critically analyses the gender dimensions of pension schemes, drawing detailed examples from pension reform schemes in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The paper provides the analysis along two axes: structures regulating the access to benefits and conditions that determine benefit levels.

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