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  The ecoregional factor: new perspectives on malnutrition and poverty (HCD Dissemination Note)

  HNPFLASH, 1995

  This exploratory research provides strong initial evidence of the linkages between the natural environment, socioeconomic factors and the incidence of malnutrition and poverty. Exploitation of these linkages has the potential to improve both targeting and interventions against malnutrition endemic in so many areas.
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  The Pattern of Food Intake, Household Expenditures for a Rural Ethiopia: United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia (UN-EUE)

  United Nations Emergencies Unit for Ethiopia, 1999
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  Equity and growth in developing countries : old and new perspectives on the policy issues

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  There is no intrinsic trade-off between long run aggregate economic growth and overall equity.
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  Public choices between lifesaving programs : how important are lives saved?

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Do funding priorities for health and safety policies reflect irrational fears the "disaster of the month" rather than address more fundamental problems?
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  Putting babies before business [breastfeeding / baby formula subsitutes]

  The Progress of Nations Report, UNICEF, 1999

  For babies everywhere, the benefits of breastfeeding are undisputed. But for babies in developing nations, breastfeeding is imperative: Their very survival depends on the immune-boosting properties of mother’s milk. For them, infant formula is not just inferior; it can cause disease or even death.
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  The Utility of Bloodspot Technologies In Low Income Countries

  Centre for International Child Health, London, 1999

  In recent years, blood spot techniques have been developed to provide simple, low cost and accurate ways of screening for a variety of medical problems. Since the 1960's in the developed world, the screening for inborn errors of metabolism has been in routine practice.
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  Working Document on Health and Family Planning Indicators: A Tool for Results Frameworks

  Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1999

  Draws on technical reviews of USAID mission documents, with the aim of providing an introduction to the results framework (a hierarchical model consisting of strategic objective, supporting intermediate results, and key performance indicators; presenting and defining key indicators; and offering guidance on difficulties in collecting and interpreting data for these indicators.
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  A New Agenda for Women's Health and Nutrition

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1999

  Focuses on actions that can be taken by the health sector. It suggests essential clinical and public health interventions, discusses factors to be considered in program planning and implementation, and describes ways that assistance agencies can facilitate programs
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  Investing in People: The World Bank in Action

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 1996

  Investing in people — through education, health, nutrition, and other aspects of human development — is crucial in the struggle to raise living standards and reduce poverty in the developing world. Helping countries in this vital work is at the heart of what the World Bank does, through its financial and other assistance.
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  Promise and progress: Achieving goals for children 1990-2000

  United Nations Children's Fund, 1999

  Six years after the World Summit for Children brought together leaders, including 71 Heads of Government or State, from nearly 160 countries in New York to pledge to ensure the survival and to promote the development of children, United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is able to report significant progress in many regions in child health, nutrition, basic education and water.

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