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    Women’s literacy training using ICTs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    About 18 percent of adults worldwide remain illiterate, the majority of them women and mostly from the poor sectors of society. How common is the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for women’s literacy training and what strategies can help ensure a project is successful?
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    Global Corruption Report 2007

    Transparency International, 2007
    This year’s report concentrates on judicial systems and warns that corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial. The report provides comparative analysis of judicial corruption based on 32 country reports and provides
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    Elections, democracy and stability in Pakistan

    International Crisis Group, 2007
    This paper discusses the current political situation in Pakistan and its implications for democracy and future elections. It argues that President Musharraf faces the most serious challenge to almost eight years of military rule and that the choice is not whether a transition will come, but whether it will be peaceful and orderly, through free and fair elections, or violent.
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    Female autonomy and gender gaps in education in Pakistan

    Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2007
    This study examines whether improving female autonomy in Pakistan has consequences for child education and whether female-heads are more equalising in their educational expenditure allocations than male heads. The descriptive statistics point to larger pro-male biases in education in male-headed-households than in female-headed-households (FHHs).
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    Emergency capacity building project: ITR assessment report: global response September 2005 – March 2006

    Inter-agency Working Group on Emergency Capacity, 2007
    This report presents the assessment findings of the Interagency Working Group (IWG) collaborative capacity-building effort. The assessment includes the field perspectives of IWG emergency operations in Pakistan and Sudan. Key findings include the following:
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    Enhancing accountability in schools

    Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2007
    This note on education examines one initiative governments in developing countries have taken in response to the challenge of getting and keeping more children enrolled in school, while simultaneously ensuring that learning outcomes improve: the introduction of policies that emphasise choice, managerial autonomy and accountability for result.
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    id21 insights education 6. More and better teachers needed: achieving quality education for all

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    This issue of id21 insights education looks at a range of issues affecting teachers and the kinds of support they need at local, national and international policy levels to help them fulfil their critical role in achieving education for all.The following articles discuss these issues in detail:
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    Disaster preparedness for natural hazards: current status in Pakistan

    2007
    This book provides an overview of the current status of disaster preparedness planning in Pakistan. It discusses the documents, plans and legal instruments in place and the institutions governing the implementation of disaster preparedness. Although Pakistan faces a number of natural disasters, the book focuses specifically floods, earthquakes, and landslides. 
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    Remittances: an unrecognised support mechanism during humanitarian crises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Remittances – money sent home by migrants – can help families survive conflicts or natural disasters. However, humanitarian agencies often fail to consider remittances when planning interventions. This neglect reflects tendencies to undervalue crisis-affected populations and to simplistically depict disaster-affected people as helpless and vulnerable.
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    Emergency obstetric care in Pakistan: potential for reduced maternal mortality through improved basic EmOC facilities, services, and access

    Elsevier, 2005
    This article in the International Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, assesses the provision, use and quality of Emergency Obstetric Care (EmOC) at public health centres in Pakistan’s Pubjab and Northwest Frontier Provinces (NWFP).

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