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Reaching out to children in poverty. The integrated child development servicesin Tamil Nadu, (ICDS)
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2000Programme has been offering a package of of services related to human resource development - health , nutrition, and education - for children, adolescent girls and and women.DocumentAttacking Poverty: World Development Report 2000/2001
World Development Report, World Bank, 2000The report builds on the view that poverty means not only low incomes and low consumption but also lack of education and poor nutrition and health.DocumentChildren in Bulgaria: growing impoverishment and unequal opportunities
UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000The paper investigates the changes that occurred over the last decade in three dimensions of child welfare recognised as fundamental child rights - economic well-being, health and education.DocumentInternational plan of action on ageing
United Nations Programme on Ageing, 1999The first instrument on ageing, guiding thinking and the formulation of policies and programmes on ageing, was endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982 (resolution 37/51), having been adopted earlier the same year at the World Assembly on Ageing at Vienna, Austria. It is sometimes known as the 'Vienna Plan' in honour of its city of origin.DocumentHuman resources in agricultural and rural development
Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 2001Papers on several main developments and issues that either persist or are emerging in the area of human resources for agricultural and rural development.DocumentGrandmothers and granddaughters: old age pension and intra-household allocation in South Africa
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2000This paper studies whether the impact of a cash transfer on child nutritional status is affected by the gender of its recipient. In the early 1990's, the benefits and coverage of the South African social pension program were expanded for the black population.DocumentArsenic crisis today: strategy for tomorrow
Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, United Nations University, 2001This document presents ideas and concepts for ways to cope with the arsenic crisis first highlighted by the presence of arsenic in groundwater extracted from the alluvial aquifer underlying West Bengal and Bangladesh. The focus is on Bangladesh, but the findings may be applied to any other part of the world.DocumentWorld food aid needs: assessment and availabilities
Economics, Statistics and Market Information System, USDA Economics and Statistics System, 1999This full-text report is a study of world food aid needs, defined as amount of grain needed to fill the gap between what a country can produce plus its financial capacity to import commercially, and a targeted consumption level including emergency needs.DocumentGlobal hunger and food security after the World Food Summit (ODI)
Overseas Development Institute, 1999