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    The epidemiological impact of an HIV vaccine on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Southern India

    World Bank, 2003
    This paper examines the potential epidemiological impact of preventive HIV vaccines on the HIV epidemic in Southern India using a mathematical deterministic dynamic compartmental model.Various assumptions about the degree of protection offered by such a vaccine, the extent of immunological response of those vaccinated, and the duration of protection afforded are explored.
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    FHI/UNAIDS best practices in HIV/AIDS prevention collection

    Family Health International, 2001
    This collection of work is centred on HIV/AIDS prevention in the non-industrialised world and is based on studies performed by FHI's international and local partners in an international HIV prevention, the AIDS Control and Prevention (AIDSCAP) Project.The book offers case studies, models and lessons learnt to assist individuals, communities, municipalities, non-governmental organisations, busin
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    HIV/AIDS awareness and behaviour

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2002
    This publication highlights findings from a series of national demographic and health surveys that are directly relevant to the AIDS epidemic. It provides a picture of HIV-and AIDS-related awareness and behaviour across countries and population groups, age and gender.
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    South Asia HIV/AIDS conference

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2003
    This resource presents a series of background papers from the South Asia HIV/AIDS conference, held in Kathmandu in February 2003.The objective of the Conference was to arrive at a South Asia consensus on how to bring about greater accountability for the prevention of a large-scale epidemic in South Asia and how to monitor results in the fight against HIV/AIDS as a follow-up to the goals and tar
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    Mobile populations and HIV vulnerability: selected responses in South East Asia

    United Nations Development Programme, 2002
    The paper reports presentations from a conference to share experience of HIV/AIDS work with mobile populations in South East Asia.The experiences described are:work on reducing HIV vulnerability through the Farmer's Life School programme in Cambodiaa self-help project in Thailanda presentation providing an overview of knowledge about HIV and mobile populations in VietnamUNDP
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    Gender equality in sector wide approaches: a reference guide

    OECD Development Centre, 2002
    This guide presents a series of case studies examining the experience of sector wide programs in education, health and agriculture.It offers advice on how to ensure that a sector wide approach:contributes to overall sustainability and effectivenessis fully responsive to the needs and interests of both women and men and helps to promote gender equalityThe case studies identif
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    Tackling gender issues in sustainable land management

    Centre for Development and Environment, Berne, 2002
    This toolkit provides a framework for main-streaming gender in rural development activities.It addresses the lack of conceptual and practical tools in the area of sustainable land management.
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    Political Economy of Growth and Reforms in South Asia

    Global Development Network, 2000
    This paper attempts to examine the political economy behind the economic policies in South Asia and to draw lessons from them. Specific reform measures that India and Sri Lanka undertook are analysed and the political economy rationale of such policies are examined.The political history and economic performance of South Asian countries are first briefly described.
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    Markets and Economic Growth in South Asia, 1950-97: An Interpretation

    Global Development Network, 2000
    What role do output and factor markets play in shaping the pace as well as composition of economic growth in the major South Asian economies? This paper seeks to explain the slow pace of economic growth in these economies since the 1950s using Simon Kuznets-Douglass North Institutional approach to economic growth.
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    Meeting “felt aspirations”: globalization and equity from an anthropological perspective

    Global Development Network, 2003
    What’s new about globalisation other than just trade? The standard answer is that globalisation is international trade backed by high speed transaction of information, communication, and capital flow. It is this entire package that makes a difference. If this is what globalisation is about, and if this trend is now sweeping the world then social relations would be of little or no consequence.

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