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    Enforcing the law in forests: are poor people being persecuted?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Illegal logging is a major problem in many developing countries. However, current attempts to enforce forest laws do not always target the causes of illegal logging. Instead, they persecute poor rural people living in forest regions.
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    Time to change agrarian development focus in South-East Asia?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Agriculture is losing is central position in the lives of South-East Asian villagers. It no longer has the productivity to meet the needs and aspirations of a large number of rural people. Are policymakers aware of the profound changes in rural lives and livelihoods taking place even in isolated areas?
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    Infrastructure is vital for pro-poor growth in East Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    East Asian states have made impressive progress with economic growth and poverty reduction. However, some are struggling to meet demand for roads, water, communications, and power. Private investment in infrastructure is slow, especially where regulation is weak, corruption is unchallenged and competition is not encouraged. 
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    Internal migration, poverty and development in Asia

    Overseas Development Institute, 2006
    This ODI paper finds that internal migration could contribute significantly to the reduction of poverty in Asia.
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    Impact of microfinance: a critical survey

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007
    Especially during the past 10 years, microfinance programmes have been introduced in many developing economies.
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    Rethinking the management of agricultural water

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In the past thirty years, there have been many efforts to reform agricultural water management in developing countries. However, these have produced few positive results. Policymakers should rethink water sector reforms, particularly now that investment in water infrastructure is increasing.
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    Meeting the challenge to improve complementary feeding

    United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2003
    This issue focuses on the importance of complementary feeding in childhood and its role in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It offers an up-to-date and multi-disciplinary overview on the challenges and benefits of complementary feeding. It also highlights recent actions for its improvement.
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    Educational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007
    The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.
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    Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth: insights and lessons from country experiences

    World Bank, 2007
    How do growth strategies affect the ability of poor households to participate in and benefit from growth? This book explores how country policies and conditions interact to reduce poverty and to spread the benefits of growth across different income groups. It provides insights from eight countries that have been relatively successful in delivering pro-poor growth.
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    Is Asia prepared for an aging population?

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
    Many Asian countries will experience a significant ageing of their populations during the next decades. This paper explores how these countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an ageing society.

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