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  Water management conflict and the challenges of globalisation notes

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2002

  As globalisation intensifies, what is the impact on the power of national governments to address water issues?
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  Water for life: the impact of the privatization of water services on child mortality

  Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, 2002

  This paper examines the impact of water privatisation on child mortality rates in Argentina.Between 1991 and 1999, about 30 percent of water companies covering approximately 60 percent of the population were privatised.
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  Partnerships with partner organizations in Ghana

  Water Engineering and Development Centre, 1997

  Conference paper examining the Ghanaian experience of providing water through Partner Organisations (POs) after a central government shift from provider to facilitator.
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  Extension, poverty and vulnerability: the scope for policy reform. Final Report of a study for the Neuchatel Initiative

  Overseas Development Institute, 2002

  This paper reviews pro-poor agricultural extension policies, building on an earlier inception report of the same study. Based on a livelihoods approach, the authors argue that policies towards agriculture, rural development and extension have focused exclusively on increased productivity of land, as opposed to enhancing labour productivity, employment creation and vulnerability reduction.
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  Still fixated with privatisation: a critical review of the World Bank's water resources sector strategy

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2002

  This article discusses the World Bank's water strategy. The article is critical of the water strategy.
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  Concepts of sustainable agriculture and rural development: IISD bibliography

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999
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  Global change and ecological complexity (GCTE)

  Global Change and Terrestrial Ecosystems, 1999
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  Africa: major environmental concerns and underlying causes: GEO report

  Global Environment Outlook Report and Project, UNEP, 1999
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  Latin America and the Caribbean: major environmental concerns and underlying causes: GEO report

  Global Environment Outlook Report and Project, UNEP, 1999
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  Statistical annex: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997

  State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999

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