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    Responsible business practice: lessons from Ghana, India and Trinidad & Tobago

    Resource Centre for the Social Dimensions of Business Practice, UK, 2003
    This report attempts to provide a complete overview of socially responsible business practice in Ghana, India and Trinidad and Tobago and how each sector views the subject.The paper provides and overview of socially responsible business practice (SRBP) in each of the three countries and draws out the following factors that every sector faces in each country:there is a lack of informatio
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    The next ascent: an evaluation of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program, Pakistan

    Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 2002
    The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the development outcome of both the full 18-year Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP).
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    Prevention of coronary heart disease in south Asia

    The Lancet, 2002
    It is increasingly recognised that cardiovascular diseases are a major health problem in developing countries. However, tertiary health care for such diseases is expensive and frequently unavailable in developing countries.
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    Public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines: special issue of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2001
    This themed edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation presents editorials, research, reviews, discussions, letters and interviews on the issue of public-private partnerships for drugs and vaccines.
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    Stock market development and its impact on the financing pattern of the Indian corporate sector

    Economic Research Foundation, India, 2001
    During the late 1980s, the developing countries started liberalising their financial sectors, placing increased emphasis on the development of their equity markets. So what has the impact been of stock markets on India's economic development?One of the most obvious and direct effect of the stock market is on the corporate sector of a country.
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    Addressing the general and reproductive health of women in global supply chains

    Business for Social Responsibility, 2002
    Women comprise a majority of the workforce in labor-intensive manufacturing industries such as apparel, footwear, toys, electronics, food processing and house-wares. They also work extensively in the informal sector, including in agriculture and handicrafts. The working environment in these industries can present health hazards to both male and female workers.
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    Methodology for pro-poor tourism case studies

    Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership, 2002
    This document provides the methodology for writing a case study of a pro poor tourism (PPT) initiative.
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    Indigenous and traditional peoples and protected areas: principles, guidelines and case studies

    World Commission on Protected Areas, 2000
    This book is divided into two sections: the first discusses principles and guidelines for indigenous/traditional peoples and protected areas and the second provides case studies.The guidelines are based on the following recognition:protected areas will survive only if they are seen to be of value, in the widest sense, to the nation as a whole and to local people in particularthe rig
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    Indian diaspora as a strategic asset

    Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003
    With one of the largest pools of relatively low wage semi-skilled and skilled labour, India is poised as a critical of global sourcing of labour. How can India take advantage of these future trends, so as not only to maximise the welfare of Indians outside the country, but that of those within the country as well?
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    India: HIV and AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization and denial

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    This paper reports on the findings of research examining responses to HIV and AIDS in two contrasting sites in India: Bangalore and Mumbai.

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