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  Children's rights in emergencies and disasters

  The Lancet, 2006

  This article outlines children’s rights in emergencies and disasters. The authors express concern that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical as a result of inadequate social conditions, natural disasters, armed conflicts, exploitation, illiteracy, hunger and disability.
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  Listen, secret!: issues and research by children affected by HIV/AIDS in Xinjiang and Yunnan, China

  Save the Children Fund, 2006

  This report presents the findings of a research programme in two locations in China that are heavily affected by HIV/AIDS; Yining City in Yili Prefecture and Yingjiang County in Dehong Prefecture.
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  Labour market development during economic transition

  World Bank, 2006

  This paper analyses the labour market trends that have emerged during the economic transition in Europe and Central Asia (ECA).
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  Struggles in peacetime working with ex-combatants in Mozambique: their work, their frustrations and successes

  Eldis Document Store, 2006

  This paper examines the role of ex-combatants in Mozambican society. It explores the realities the of ex-combatants' lives in terms of how they are coping in a post-war society and what roles they would like to perform.
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  Public choices, private decisions: sexual and reproductive health and the Millennium Development Goals

  Millennium Project, 2006

  This report, published by the UN Millennium Project, examines the global burden of diseases and risks related to sexual and reproductive health (SRH), analyses the implications for the Millennium Development Goals, and asks what needs to be done. Key findings include that millions of women lack access to family planning services they need and want.
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  Is PROGRESA working? Summary of the results of an evaluation by IFPRI

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001

  This document summarises an evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA on three poverty reduction focus areas: improving school enrolment, improving health and nutrition outcomes, and increasing household consumption for poor rural families.The findings suggest that PROGRESA’s combination of education, health, and nutrition interventions into one integrated package has a significant impact on the wel
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  A price to pay? Increasing insecticide-treated net coverage in Malawi

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Nets treated with insecticide have proved to be an effective method of reducing malaria. Before increasing the scale of this intervention, however, policymakers need to be fully informed of the costs involved and the effect that the scaling-up will have. Cost-effectiveness has been measured in trials, but what does the intervention cost in practice?
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  id21 viewpoint - Invisible and neglected: the absence of older people in development

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  How can the next generation of development professionals learn about older people? Should UK-based development studies courses address older people more explicitly in their curricula?
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  Gender, Development, and Advocacy

  Oxfam, 2005

  Advocacy for gender equality occurs at all levels of society - from grassroots women demanding community-level change, coalition-building to promote change, to international trade laws. The articles in this collection chart experiences and successes of gender equality advocates from contexts including Pakistan, Australia, and Uganda.
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  We can do better: lessons learned for protecting older persons in disasters

  American Association of Retired Persons International Section, 2006

  This report looks at the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the older population of the Gulf States of America.

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