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    Reforming the Penal Code in Turkey: the Campaign for the Reform of the Turkish Penal Code from a Gender Perspective

    P. Ilkkaracan / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    This paper describes how the Turkish NGO, Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR), campaigned for gender-sensitive legal reform. WWHR established the Platform for the Reform of the Turkish Penal Code, comprised of women's and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) groups, in order to provide a strong basis for the campaign.
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    Population growth, environment and food security: what does the future hold?

    J. Collodi, F. M'Cormack / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Is population growth the elephant in the (development) room? Some commentators assert it is the most pertinent development issue the world faces, but one which policy makers – for fear of impinging ‘human rights’ – are unwilling to address.
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    Brazilian experiences of participation and citizenship: a critical look

    A. Cornwall, J. Romano, A. Shankland / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    Since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the mid-1980s, democratic innovation has become the hallmark of this vibrant and populous country. Innovations in participatory governance, such as participatory budgeting and participatory sectoral policy councils and conferences have provided crucibles for new meanings and expressions of citizenship and democracy.
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    Contentious politics, contentious knowledges: mobilising against GM crops in India, South Africa and Brazil

    I. Scoones / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005
    This paper looks at how knowledge is deployed and science constructed in different spaces of engagement activists use in campaigning against GM crops in India, South Africa and Brazil. It highlights strategies and tactics used by anti-GM activist networks across seven ‘spaces’ for citizen engagement.
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    Rude accountability in the unreformed state: informal pressures on frontline bureaucrats in Bangladesh

    N. Hossain / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    The massive expansion of social service provision in the 1990s in Bangladesh has meant the state is now a larger presence in the lives of the poor. The terms though of its interaction with those citizens remain largely unreformed, more strongly marked by the culture of patronage and deference
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    Transforming security and development in an unequal world: introduction

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Ruling administrations often determine security policy and direct its apparatus for the 'benefit of society'. But is security something to be grateful for, or a citizens’ right? Rather should security be determined by the concerns of ordinary citizens and so incorporate a range of perspectives to reflect the differing needs of the different sectors of society?
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    Painful tradeoffs: intimate-partner violence and sexual and reproductive health rights in Kenya

    J. Crichton, C. N. Musembi, A. Ngugi / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    Intimate-partner violence involves multiple violations of sexual and reproductive rights, with devastating impacts on the health and wellbeing of those affected. This paper from the Institute of Development Studies details the results of an action-research collaboration between a Kenyan gender-based violence rehabilitation NGO and a research programme.
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    Economic growth, inequality and poverty reduction: Does pro-poor growth matter?

    A. McKay, A. Sumner / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    Conventional wisdom is that growth is the most important and maybe the easiest driver of poverty reduction. This briefing argues that various factors influence the magnitude of the poverty reduction that growth can achieve, including initial inequality, the how growth is distributed across groups of people, the composition of public expenditure, the role of labour markets, etc.
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    Are exporters in Africa facing reduced availability of trade finance

    J. Humphrey / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This paper refers to the literature on the impact of economic crises on trade finance and examines policymakers concerns about this issue. It then provides some evidence about whether or not firms in sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing problems in obtaining trade finance.
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    Gender and Governance: Supporting Resources Collection

    J. Demetriades / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Governance - showcases existing work on gender and governance. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material, and practical tools from diverse regions and disciplines.

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