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    Where is education in the conditional cash transfers of education?

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2006
    This paper examines the educational effects of conditional cash transfers (CCT) for education. The study finds that based on the evidence reviewed in this paper, there is very limited support for the conclusion that CCTs are effective educational instruments, in particular with regards to their ability to increase learning.
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    Dementia in the Asia Pacific region: the epidemic is here

    Access Economics, 2006
    The dementias are a group of diseases characterised by loss of short-term memory, other thinking (cognitive) abilities and daily functioning. Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia are the commonest types of dementia.
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    The banking system in emerging economies: how much progress has been made?

    Bank for International Settlements, 2006
    Banking crises in emerging markets in the 1990s were associated with major macroeconomic disruptions: sharp increases in interest rates, large currency depreciations, output collapses and lasting declines in the supply of credit.
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    Economic growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia: the effects of location and sectoral components of growth

    SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia, 2006
    Through an analysis of Indonesian growth statistics, this paper reveals that location and sectoral components of growth have different impacts on poverty.
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    For goodness sake!: Asia-Pacific faith-based organizations battle HIV/AIDS

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2003
    This chapter, from the book HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Support: Stories from the Community, examines the response to HIV and AIDS of faith-based organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper explores the range of activities these organisations have undertaken.
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    International AIDS assistance: 'new' money?

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2006
    Produced as a background paper to inform the conference, ‘Sustaining U.S.
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    Making sense of food security measurements

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Reducing hunger and food insecurity is central to the Millennium Development Goals. Monitoring progress towards targets requires simple, quick and reliable methods. However, this has proved difficult for both researchers and practitioners.
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    Odious lending: debt relief as if morals mattered

    New Economics Foundation, 2006
    This paper demonstrates the impact of odious debt - whereby creditors knowingly lent vast sums to oppressive and corrupt regimes. It examines how the impact continues to grow until the loan is cancelled and outlines a proposal to address the problem of the original odious lending.
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    Do home-based enterprises pollute the environment?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Policymakers often regard home-based enterprises (HBEs) as dangerous polluters. It is true that some generate liquid and solid wastes that contribute to water, air and land pollution. However, most home-based enterprises have mild environmental effects, and provide valuable income for poorer neighbourhoods.
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    After the fall: social safety net programmes in Indonesia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    In early 1998, the government of Indonesia established several programmes to provide social welfare to those most affected by the economic crisis. Both chronically and newly poor people had to be provided for, and social welfare was a new intiative for the Indonesian Government. The results have been mixed.

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