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    How donors fail at educating children in conflict-torn states

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Even in times of conflict, education is a basic human right. Yet out of the world’s 77 million children out of school, half live in conflict-affected fragile states – a disproportionate number. Why are these children losing out on attending school and what is needed to rectify this situation?
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    Good practices in Asia: prevention and rehabilitation

    Humantrafficking.org, 2006
    Child trafficking is widespread in much of Asia. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates that children make up 40 to 50 per cent of the 2.45 million persons trafficked for exploitative labour.
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    Global Information Society 2007

    Global Information Society Watch, 2007
    The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.
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    Political complexities of humanitarian intervention in the Pakistan earthquake

    Journal of Humanitarian Assistance, 2007
    This paper provides an introduction to the main political issues faced by international humanitarian agencies following the Pakistan earthquake in 2006. The report argues that humanitarian agencies, despite pretences to neutrality, have fed into existing political fault-lines.
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    A fresh assessment of the underground economy and tax evasion in Pakistan: causes, consequences, and linkages with the formal economy

    Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2007
    This paper estimates the size and consequences of the underground economy and tax evasion on the formal GDP in Pakistan. The author concludes that while the underground economy has significant impact on the formal economy, the reverse is not the case. In the long run, the underground economy and formal economy are positively associated.
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    Teacher absence as a factor in gender inequalities in access to primary schooling in rural Pakistan

    Population Council, USA, 2007
    School access can be determined not only by physical proximity of schools but also by other "barriers to use". This paper argues that teacher absence creates additional “barriers to use" exacerbating gender inequalities and access to schooling.
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    Remittances during crises: implications for humanitarian response

    Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2007
    Remittances, or migrants sending money home, are an important part of many people’s lives around the world. Relatively little is known, however, about the role that remittances play in crises.
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    Young people's forum: Disasters and the aftermath: building young people’s life skills for health and education: country consultations summary report

    UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, 2007
    Young people in Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand have been confronted in the past few years with a series of disasters of tremendous proportions. This paper reports on a regional forum on Disasters and the Aftermath held in Bangkok from April 30 - May 5, which aimed to engage young people from these three countries as active participants in dealing with future disasters.
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    Teacher job satisfaction and incentive: a case study of Pakistan

    Eldis Document Store, 2006
    This study is one of 12 country case studies that investigates motivation and incentives for teachers, and how this impacts on the attainment of Education for All. This paper presents findings from a study of public, private and community schools in Pakistan, focusing on the provinces of Punjab and North West Frontier Province.
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    Gender mainstreaming project: the gender issue

    Eldis Document Store, 2007
    What is gender mainstreaming and how can gender equality be achieved? This paper gives a brief introduction to gender and how mainstreaming relates to poverty reduction. It provides an overview of gender inequality in Pakistan, looks at gender and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and how to make MDG reporting gender-sensitive.

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