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  Zambia: poverty and vulnerability assessment

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  This discussion paper documents poverty along a number of dimensions, including material deprivation, human deprivation, vulnerability, destitution, and social stigmatisation. It argues that there must be progress in all these areas if Zambia is to meet the MDGs.
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  The Iraq quagmire: the mounting costs of war and the case for bringing home the troops

  Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, 2005

  This report takes a comprehensive look at the human, economic, social, security, environmental, and human rights costs of the war in Iraq and the ensuing occupation. It then provides what it calls an exit strategy: a plan to bring the troops home and internationalise the peace, arguing that instead of helping make Iraq safer and more stable, U.S.
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  The effects of a fee-waiver program on health care utilization of the poor: evidence from Armenia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2003

  This working paper, published by the World Bank, examines the impact of a fee-waiver programme for basic medical services on health care utilisation in Armenia, drawing on surveys conducted during the 1990s.
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  Eat your greens: fruit and vegetables cut disease risk

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of death and disability worldwide and are increasing rapidly in most regions. Meanwhile, the traditional plant-based diet in many countries is being replaced by a diet rich in animal fats and sugar and low in fibre. An analysis of international data helps to clarify the link between these two trends.
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  Promoting healthy behaviour

  Population Reference Bureau, 2005

  This bulletin from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) argues that human behaviour is the key factor in most of the leading causes of death and disability. Consequently, behaviour change strategies, rather than technical fixes, are what is needed to improve health and prevent disease.
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  Is living longer always a good thing? The anomaly of longevity and human development in an ageing society

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This article questions whether it is still appropriate to rely on life expectancy as an indicator of a long and healthy life. The authors challenge the UN’s assumption that rising life expectancy inevitably signals positive human development, without considering its interaction with other indicators such as GDP per capita.
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  The United Nations literacy decade in Asia and the Pacific: progress to date

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005

  The rapid development of information and communication technologies has had an inconsistent and uneven global impact. The challenge posed by literacy gave impetus for the UN decade for literacy (UNLD), 2003-2012.
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  Enduring effects of war: health in Iraq 2004

  Medact, 2004

  This evidence-based report analyses, from a public health perspective, the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq on health, the health system, and relief and reconstruction. It describes the deaths and injuries attributable to conflict and violence, and the current pattern of mental and physical illness.
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  Shared goals: sport and business in partnerships for development

  International Business Leaders Forum, 2005

  This paper explores how business can use sport as a successful tool for development partnerships. It explains how sport can be used to tackle challenges such as reducing corruption, education, mitigating conflict and fostering economic development.
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  Poverty reduction: are the strategies working?

  World Vision, 2005

  2005 has seen a new wave of development assistance initiatives in preparation for the UN Millennium Review, which put accountability at the centre of the development agenda.

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