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    Regoverning markets programme: innovative practice series

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2007
    Rapid changes are taking place in agri-food markets in middle and low-income countries and small-scale agriculture, which supports the livelihoods of the majority of rural poor, is poorly prepared for these changes.
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    Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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    The Taylor rule and the macroeconomic performance in Pakistan

    Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2007
    The Taylor rule is a modern monetary policy that defines how much the Federal Reserve should adjust interest rates in response to discrepancies between real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and potential GDP, as well as divergences of real inflation rates and target inflation rates. This paper examines whether the Taylor rule can improve macroeconomic performance in Pakistan.
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    Pakistan: the forgotten conflict in Balochistan

    International Crisis Group, 2007
    Violence continues unabated in Pakistan’s strategically important and resource-rich province of Balochistan, where the military government is fighting Baloch militants demanding political and economic autonomy. This report maps out the dynamics behind the conflict and provides recommendations for an election process which would contribute to stability in the region.
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    Gender action plans and gender equality results: rapid gender assessments of ADB Projects. Synthesis report

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 1998 Gender and Development (GAD) policy identified gender mainstreaming as a key strategy for addressing gender inequity. Project-specific gender action plans (GAPs) were introduced as a mechanism to implement the policy.
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    Is decentralization making services work for the poor?

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    Provision of more efficient social services has largely remained an elusive goal for governments in Pakistan over the past several decades.
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    Supporting non-state providers of sanitation services

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Improving sanitation services to poor people is rarely a priority for public service investment. Legal and regulatory shortcomings continue to hinder the provision of sanitation to both informal settlements and rural communities.
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    Achieving the MDGs in education: progress in the Commonwealth

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In 2004, an estimated 77 million children of primary school age remained out of school worldwide. How are Commonwealth countries performing when it comes to progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in education and how likely are they to achieve these goals by 2015?
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    Interrelationship between growth, inequality, and poverty: the Asian experience

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth trade-off index (IGTI) to analyse the trade-off between inequality and growth. A poverty equivalent growth rate is also employed to study the distributional impact of growth.
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    Addressing the rural water supply crisis in the Punjab

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    In theory, rural water supply services in Pakistan should be managed by communities but in practice this is often ineffective. Operators commonly collect fees and act as informal contractors. Neither direct government management nor community management has succeeded in providing sustainable services to the rural population. Could the private sector provide the answer?

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