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  Household composition and the response of child labour supply to product market integration: evidence from Vietnam

  World Bank, 2004

  This study finds that in general, rice price increases are associated with declines in child labour in Vietnam.The paper examines how the response of child labour supply to an increase in the relative price of a primary export product varies with a child’s household composition.
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  Toward country-led development: a multi-partner evaluation of the Comprehensive Development Framework: findings from six country case studies

  Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2003

  This report presents the findings of six case studies evaluating the implementation of the World Bank’s Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF): Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Romania, Uganda and Vietnam.Findings include:there has been some progress in implementing the CDF principles, particularly where one or more of the principles have been applied over a number of years, but these p
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  Mainstreaming nutrition for improved development outcomes

  United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2003

  This paper brings together a collection of articles from the symposium ‘mainstreaming nutrition for improved development outcomes’.
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  Labour migration in Asia: trends, challenges and policy responses in countries of origin

  International Organization for Migration, 2003

  This book explores the new patterns and trends that are emerging in labour migration in Asia, which are affected by not just the labour market, but also national and social circumstances.
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  Uses of population census data for monitoring geographical imbalance in the health workforce: snapshots from three developing countries

  Department of Health Service Provision, WHO, 2003

  Imbalance in the distribution of human resources for health (HRH) is an issue of social and political concern in many countries. However, the empirical evidence to support decision-making is often fragmented, and many standard data sources that can potentially produce statistics relevant to the issue remain underused, especially in developing countries.
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  Adolescent and youth reproductive health in the Asia and Near East Region: status, issues, policies, and programs

  Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington, 2004

  This paper presents the findings of a series of assessments of adolescent and youth reproductive health conducted by the Policy Project in 13 countries in the Asia and Near East (ANE) region.
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  Education For All Fast Track Initiative

  Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2004

  This document summarises the key elements of the Education for All (EFA) Fast-track Initiative (FTI), reviews its progress since its inception and presents some of the challenges that it will face in the future.Key events in the evolution of the FTI include:when the FTI was launched in 2002, a pilot set of low-income countries that had completed their PRSPs were invited to participate
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  Trade liberalization and the structure of poverty in developing countries

  Global Trade Analysis Project, 2003

  This paper gives an analysis of the structure of poverty across a range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and explores how national poverty rates could be affected by global trade liberalization.Some of the main findings from this analysis are:the poor tend to be more specialized in the earnings sources than the non-poor, which makes them more vulnerable to tra
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  Reducing poverty or repeating mistakes?

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2003

  This report summarises partner perspectives, positions and recommendations in relation to the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process, policy contents, implementation and monitoring of PRSPs. It offers a critique of PRSPs, and addresses the roles played by government, donors and civil society. It also highlights the various groups' capacities and their commitment.
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  Assessment of resources, best practices and gaps in gender science and technology in the Asia Pacific Region

  United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Jakarta Office, 2002

  The APGEST scanning project, "Assessment of Resources, Best Practices and Gaps in Gender Science & Technology in the Asia Pacific Region" was conducted in India, Nepal, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, China, Korea, Mongolia, Fiji, Kiribati and Samoa, and aimed to produce a knowledge base of initiatives that promote access by poor women to scientific and technological expertise, to identify ke

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