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  Rebuilding Timor-Leste’s education system

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  When the people of Timor-Leste chose independence from Indonesia in September 1999, pro-Indonesian militias, supported by the Indonesian army, responded with brutality and violence. The impact on education was massive.
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  Child domestics: the world's invisible workers

  Human Rights Watch, 2004

  This paper summarises the situation of child domestic labourers in Central America, Malaysia/Indonesia and West and Central Africa in terms of abuse they face, discrimination, lack of education opportunities, long working hours, low wages and lack of legal protection.The report finds that child domestics are exploited and abused on a routine basis, and despite the striking differences between t
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  International response to the Indian Ocean disaster: a donor analysis - focus on Australia

  AID/WATCH, 2005

  With a special emphasis on Australia this document summarises a number of issues that have arisen regarding the donor’s response to the tsunami. The following points are highlighted by the document:governments have been slow to convert their aid pledges and turn committed funds into cash to be used to actually do the work.
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  Java furniture makers: winners or losers from globalisation?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This article examines whether participation in the global economy leads to sustainable income growth. In order to this, the article analyses the furniture industry of Central Java which has grown rapidly since the financial crisis in 1997.
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  Impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on poverty reduction

  Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2005

  This paper identifies specific examples where applications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) had succeeded in reducing rural poverty.The study focused on whether the 12 country cases studies (in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, and Zambia) achieved positive changes in indicators of poverty reduction such as increa
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  Research on working & living conditions of women in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and sweatshops in Indonesia

  Clean Clothes Campaign, 2004

  This report monitors the working and living conditions of Indonesian female workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and sweatshop factories.It is based on a number of interviews with workers which took place in six factories in Jakarta and Tangerang. Findings of the report include:workers are still experiencing forced overtime, even though the situation has improved recentlymany re
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  Overview of the community based monitoring system (CBMS)

  Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Programme, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS), and examines the different aspects of implementing a community based monitoring system, using a case study of CBMS implementation in the Philippines.Growing demand for a regular source of up-to-date information that is disaggregated at the community level has led to the creation of a CBMS.
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  Children of international migrants in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines: a review of evidence and policies

  UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2005

  This paper looks at problems and opportunities faced by three groups of children affected by international migration:children left behind by international labour migrants from the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailandchildren of Thai nationals in Japanchildren brought along by irregular migrants in Malaysia and Thailand.Main findings include:migration of parents impr
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  Sustaining East Asia’s economic dynamism: how aid worked

  Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004

  This paper examines the role of foreign aid or development assistance in helping to sustain East Asia’s economic dynamism.
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  The evolution and upgrading of Indonesia’s industry

  Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia, 2004

  This paper describes Indonesia’s rapid economic development during the past three decades, focusing on changes in economic structure, trade patterns and policy.

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