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Retaining Legitimacy in Fragile States
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Globalisation, liberalisation, and the withdrawal of external support from Cold War alliances have placed enormous strains on some developing countries - best described as 'fragile states'. These are states with high levels of poverty and inequality and low levels of state capacity.DocumentUnderstanding bonded child labour in Asia: an introduction to the nature of the problem and how to address it
Child Workers in Asia, 2007This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.DocumentConflict prevention is cost-effective
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Preventing conflicts could be more beneficial and cost-effective. However, preventive action may be unsuccessful or only delay the start of violence. In some cases, predicted conflicts would not have taken place even in the absence of preventive action. How can the international community plan cost-effective conflict prevention activities?DocumentUn génocide linguistique? Le droit des enfants à l’éducation dans leur propre langue
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Nous tuons des langues plus rapidement que jamais. D’ici 2100, entre 90 et 95 % des près de 7 000 langues parlées actuellement dans le monde seront éteintes ou plus du tout apprises par les enfants.Les langues les plus menacées sont parlées par des populations indigènes. A moins d’être revitalisées au travers de l’éducation et par d’autres moyens, elles disparaîtront.DocumentSkeletons in the cupboard: illegitimate debt claims of the G7
Prospects for Development [World Bank], 2007Should indebted developing countries repay their debts? No, this report argues, if the debts are the result of irresponsible lending practices by developed countries.DocumentWhich forest verification systems work for rural poor people?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Forest verification systems are a response to growing international concern about illegal practices in the forestry sector. However, while verification aims to ensure compliance with existing laws, the impacts on poor people who depend on forest resources have not been fully considered.DocumentAsian foreign direct investment in Africa: towards a new era of cooperation among developing countries
United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2007How might African countries attract a greater proportion of Asian foreign direct investment (FDI)? This book first looks for answers to this question through an examination of the role that FDI played in both the successful economic development strategies of East Asia, and in the Asian financial crisis.DocumentBreaking the chains - eliminating slavery, ending poverty
Department for International Development, UK, 2006Today people are still suffering from forms of slavery and human trafficking.DocumentPathways out of poverty during an economic crisis: an empirical assessment of rural Indonesia
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007Most poor people in developing countries still live in rural areas and are primarily engaged in low productivity farming activities. This paper reports on the pathways out of poverty in Indonesia during a period of economic and political turmoil.DocumentGlobalisation and Poverty
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2007A non-technical summary of a book titled ‘Globalisation and Poverty’ edited by Ann Harrison. It questions whether globalisation spreads wealth. The book concludes that the poor will benefit from globalisation if the appropriate complementary policies and institutions are in place.Pages