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  Poverty and HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

  HIV and Development Programme, UNDP, 1998

  This paper, published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), presents evidence on the incidence of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, and analyses the relationships between HIV, AIDS, and poverty. It describes three particular types of relationships. Firstly, the poor are more likely to adopt behaviours which expose them to HIV infection.
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  Changes in Poverty in Rural Ethiopia 1989-1995: Measurement, Robustness Tests and Decomposition

  Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998

  Assessing changes in poverty levels over time is bedevilled by problems in questionnaire design, the choice of the poverty line, the exact timing of the survey and uncertainty about the appropriate cost-of-living deflators.
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  India's Position on Climate Change from Rio to Kyoto: A Policy Analysis

  Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998

  Policy-making analysis of actors, structures, ideas, interests and powers behind the Indian government’s national position on climate change.
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  Policies for Economic Take-off

  OECD Development Centre, 1996

  Political commitment is the key ingredient needed for economic take-off and long-term growth. Poor countries will be unable to escape the vicious circle of poverty unless they and the international community join forces. Inappropriate financial policies can lead to a decline in and poor allocation of savings, subsequently holding back growth.
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  Employment Creation and Development Strategy

  OECD Development Centre, 1993

  Developing countries will account for almost all the increase in the world's labour force over the next 25 years; most countries, especially in Africa, will experience very rapid labour force growth. Labour-intensive development has been spectacularly successful in some countries and others have begun to emulate them.
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  Towards Sustainable Development in Rural Africa

  OECD Development Centre, 1999

  A growing recognition of the need to delimit the role of the government, to promote the market framework, and to rely on the private sector as the engine of growth, offers the prospect of a new beginning in rural development in Africa.
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  Adjustment and Equity

  OECD Development Centre, 1992

  Adjustment does not necessarily increase poverty.Adjusting before a crisis reduces social costs.Refusal to adjust and the suspension of imports leads to self-centred underdevelopment, which is socially much more costly. The choice of macroeconomic stabilisation measures is important: the same result can be obtained with higher or lower social costs.
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  Structural adjustment and Moroccan agriculture: an assessment of the reforms in the sugar and cereal sectors

  OECD Development Centre, 1992

  This paper reviews the process of agricultural policy reforms in Morocco in the 1980's, with particular emphasis on the cereals and sugar sub-sectors.
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  Poverty and environment: priorities for research and policy

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998

  Objectives of this study are: (a) to provide an analytical overview of existing research and approaches adopted to address interlinkages between poverty and environment; (b) to identify gaps in understanding and potential conflicts between adopted approaches and priorities identified by research; and (c) to highlight policy and research priorities for future action by donors, development agencies
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  Participatory Governance: The Missing Link for Poverty Reduction

  OECD Development Centre, 1999

  Empowerment of the poor is one ingredient in effective poverty reduction. A demand-driven participatory approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency. Accountability is the central lever for participatory governance. Capacity building is necessary for making participatory governance a reality.

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