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  Empowering the rural disabled in Asia and the Pacific

  People's Participation, FAO SD Dimensions, 1997

  Asia and Pacific countries have designated 1993-2002 the "Decade for the Disabled" - ten years to raise awareness of the problems of millions of disabled men, women and children. Report is based on papers presented at a recent FAO Round Table on the Integration of Disabled People in Agricultural and Agro-industry Systems, held in Bangkok.
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  Economic and social components of migration in two regions of Southern Province, Zambia

  Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997

  Paper addresses the migration process in the Zambia's Southern Province. Until recently when droughts and cattle diseases have begun to plague the area, Southern Province was known for its ideal farming conditions.
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  Agricultural change under structural adjustment and other shocks in Zambia

  Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997

  The agricultural sectors of many economies in Sub-Saharan Africa have been profoundly affected by policy changes comprising part of the wider process of structural adjustment. Government controls on exchange rates, interest rates, farm inputs and crop output prices have been liberalized.
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  Through a gender lens: Resources for Population, Health and Nutrition Projects

  Family Health International, 1998

  Reviews existing models and methodologies for incorporating a gender perspective into U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) development initiatives.
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  The Urban Labour Market During Structural Adjustment: Ethiopia 1990-1997

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998

  Paper examines the effects of reform and structural adjustment on the urban labour market in Ethiopia using a combination of cross-section and panel data based on surveys conducted both pre- and post- reform. During this period Ethiopia has seen impressive growth in GDP but little in the way of private investment.
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  Rural Poverty: Population Dynamics, Local Institutions and Access to Resources

  Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 1998

  Analyses two examples of changing institution-resource access relationships in Africa and Latin America. The Africa case (Kakamega, Western Kenya) highlights the resource endowments and problems associated with the participation of individuals in multiple institutions, whereas the Latin America case (Oaxaca, Mexico) focuses on the changes in a single institution in response to population growth.
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  Family Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society

  Family Health International, 1999

  Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.
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  School Health and Nutrition: A Situation Analysis - A Participatory Approach to Building Programmes that Promote Health, Nutrition and Learning in Schools

  School Health, 1999

  Provides an approach to producing reports that will identify the priority health and nutrition problems of school age childrenquantify school participation (enrolment, absenteeism, repetition, and drop-out rates) and identifies the major causes of absence from schoolidentify practicable, sustainable interventions that are likely to most improve children’s health, nutrition, school
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  PVO/NGO tools for household and business impact assessment: report of a planning meeting (Edgcomb / AIMS)

  microLINKS,, 1999
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  'Putnam in India': is social capital a meaningful and measurable concept at Indian state level?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1999

  In a seminal and provocative book, Putnam argues that levels of trust, interest in public affairs and political participation are the most important explanatory features of the differential institutional performance across Italian regions over time.

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