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    Water policy issues

    Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1997
    This paper discusses the principles underlying sound water policies, examples of good practice in applying those principles, and suggestions for the approaches that could be followed by the Department for International Development (DFID) in the future. In a paper of this length, some knowledge of the factual situation and problems of the water sector in developing countries will be assumed.
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    The macroeconomic and financial implicatons of ageing populations

    Bank for International Settlements, 1998
    The purpose of this work is to distil the principal conclusions from the extensive factual and analytical material provided by national authorities and international organisations such as the OECD and the IMF.
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    Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Development

    Acacia Initiative, IDRC, 1997
    The central question of this study concerns African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information. The study is organised into three sections.
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    Economic Reforms And Health Conditions Of The Urban Poor In Tanzania

    African Studies Quarterly, 1997
    This paper describes the impact of Economic Reforms on the health conditions of the urban poor in Tanzania. The main argument advanced is that Structural Adjustment Policies (SAPs) have exacerbated the declining condition of the urban areas rather than improved them.
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    Air Pollution and Child Health: Priorities for Action

    Environmental Health Project, 1996
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    Indicators for Programs to Prevent Diarrheal Disease, Malaria, and Acute Respiratory Infections

    Environmental Health Project, 1998
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    Swedish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
    The paper gives an overview of Sweden's development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.
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    Danish Development Cooperation with India - in a Poverty Reduction Perspective

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998
    The paper gives an overview of Denmark's official development cooperation with India, viewed from a poverty reduction perspective. It is one of the products of a research project, entitled 'Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction in India', carried out in 1997 by a group of four European and eleven Indian researchers.
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    Adolescents’ Access to Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services in Dakar (Senegal)

    Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1997
    This paper analyses the issue of adolescents' access to family planning services and information on reproductive health. The data used in this paper are a part of a broader study conducted in 1995 in Dakar (Senegal) by the Committee for Studies on Women, Family and Environment in Africa (COSWFEVA/CEFFEVA) and Family Health International.
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    Infant Mortality and Mother's Education in Ondo State, Nigeria

    Global Reproductive Health Forum, 1999
    A bivariate analysis of infant mortality in the 1986/87 Ondo State Demographic and Health Survey data indicates that children of secondary school graduates experienced a higher rate of infant mortality than children of less educated mothers.

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