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    The story of Primary Health Care : from Alma Ata to the present day

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The idea of primary health care (PHC) emerged in the 1960s, in recognition of the shortcomings of the health systems inherited by developing countries after independence. The urban, centralised and curative-oriented health systems were poorly matched to the needs of their people.Health for all
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    Helping the families of home-based workers break the cycle of poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In Asia there are millions of home-based women workers and the vast majority are poor. How can the risks and vulnerabilities these women face be reduced? And what can be done to help the children of home-based workers escape poverty?
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    Developing technologies for sustainable fisheries in Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Governments in Asia must prioritise technologies that improve fishery productivity to meet the growing local and international demand for fish. This increased productivity must be sustainable, however, and benefits need to be shared amongst people living in poverty who depend on fisheries.
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    ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia. Policy and regulatory roadblocks

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This book addresses an important question: can technology by itself improve access to ICTs or must the policy and regulatory pre-conditions be satisfied in order to realise the potential of technological and service innovations?
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    The role of education in ‘successful’ globalisation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    East Asia experienced phenomenal economic growth from the 1960s to 1990s and integrated successfully into the global economy. Japan and the East Asian ‘tigers’ are widely regarded as examples of ‘beneficial’ globalisation. What evidence is there from these countries of education’s role in positive forms of global integration?
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    Can well-regulated private education help achieve Education for All?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The privatisation of schools in developing countries is expanding rapidly. Does private education just benefit elite groups? Or should it be seen as a support to governments constrained by limited public budgets, low quality education and persistent schooling gaps? How should it be regulated? Should private providers receive state support?
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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    Agribusiness in South Asia: a fact sheet

    Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International, 2007
    This paper reviews the nature, profile and functioning of South Asia’s agribusiness sector which has been undergoing rapid changes in the wake of globalisation. Its principal focus is the impact of agribusiness corporations, supermarket chains and such agencies on primary producers and rural poverty reduction.
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    Living in the background: home-based women workers and poverty persistence

    Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
    This paper examines the relationship between home-based work and persistent poverty in certain parts of South and South East Asia. The author argues that an expanded conception of social protection is needed if poverty prevention initiatives are to be effective in the case of home-based women workers.
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    Study on various elements of rural transport safety: a synthesis of pilot case studies from Sri Lanka, India, Madagascar, Cameroon and Peru

    International Forum for Rural Transport and Development, 2007
    This paper by the International Forum for Rural Transport and Development reports on five studies in India, Peru, Cameroon, Madagascar and Sri Lanka that explore how rural transport safety issues affect the lives of women, men and children in rural areas.

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