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    The economic consequences of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2002
    The paper provides an analysis of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the health sector, public education, the supply of labor and the returns to training in nine Southern African countries.Drawing on the preceding sections, it assesses the impact of HIV/AIDS on per capita income in a neoclassical growth framework.
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    It's more than just being connected.: a discussion of some issues of information technology and international development

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 1999
    An essay providing an overview of some of the issues, obstacles, lessons learned and generalizations about the role that the new technologies can play in developing nations.The author explores issues around:access to technology the role of policymakers in increasing access to and use of ICTsnecessary infrastructureuses of ICTs when access is in place, such as health, educati
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    The impact of conflict on children in occupied Palestinian territory and Israel

    Child Rights Information Network, 2002
    This report is a call for immediate action to protect Palestinian and Israeli children. Children represent approximately 15 percent of all individuals killed since 2000 in the violence between Israelis and Palestinians. The children are also suffering serious physical and psychosocial effects from the escalation of violent conflict.
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    Young people and HIV/AIDS: opportunity in crisis

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2002
    The report states that, worldwide, there are 11.8 million young people (aged 15-24) living with HIV.
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    CIPR final report: integrating intellectual property rights and development policy

    Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, 2002
    This, the final report of the Commission on Intellectual Property Rights set up by the UK government in 2001 and consisting of members representing a range of views on all aspects of IPRs.The Commission was asked to consider:how national IPR regimes could best be designed to benefit developing countries within the context of international agreements, including TRIPS;how the internat
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    Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks (MTEFs)

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2002
    The budgeting process in low income countries tends to reflect historical trends rather than current priorities. The Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) is intended to overcome this.
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    DFID health insurance workshop

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2002
    To what extent does international evidence and experience find that health insurance can make a useful contribution to country health systems development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)?
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    Contracting and performance management in the health sector: a guide for low and middle income countries

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2000
    What are health service ‘contracts’, what are the potential problems with contracting, and what should contracts contain within them?
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    Becoming poverty-focused: implications for health actors

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2000
    If health actors say that their work has poverty reduction at its core, what implications does this have for health sector interventions?
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    Assessing the health of the poor: towards a pro-poor measurement strategy

    Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2001
    How is poverty and poor people’s health measured? What problems are encountered and what tools are available to assist in the collection of data in the developing world?

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