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  Who’s richer, who’s poorer?: a journalist’s guide to the politics of poverty reduction strategies

  Panos Institute, London, 2005

  This paper provides information for media personnel on the basic issues surrounding Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs).
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  Expanding access to financial services: where do we go from here?

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  Despite a great number of initiatives aimed at expanding access to financial services in India, almost 60 to 80 per cent of enterprises and individuals within the country lack access even to basic financial services such as savings and credit. This article examines the barriers to financial service access in India.
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  Associations of small and medium forest enterprise: an initial review of issues for local livelihoods and sustainability

  Forestry and Land Use Programme, IIED, 2004

  This paper provides an introduction to recent literature on the benefits of small and medium enterprise (SME) associations and how to achieve them. An introduction is given to some of the language used by different disciplines that may have something to offer the forest sector.
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  Protecting microfinance borrowers

  Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 2005

  This Focus Note considers how consumer protection might apply to financial services for the poor.
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  Caste discrimination and the private sector

  India Committee of the Netherlands, 2005

  This report outlines the main arguments and issues raised in the seminar entitled ‘Employment Principles for Foreign Investors in South Asia’ held in 2004 in London. The seminar raised a number of important issues in relation to caste discrimination and foreign investment in South Asia.
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  Recommendations from a child rights perspective with regard to joint World Bank and IMF 2005 PRS review

  Kindernothilfe, 2005

  This paper identifies a number of gaps in PRSPs relating to child rights, and makes recommendations to integrate a child rights perspective into PRSPs.The paper provides the following critiques of the PRSPs:no current (I-) PRSP attempts to classify child and youth poverty in its poverty analysismost (I-) PRSPs pay little or no attention to youth unemployment, to the labour condition
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  The effect of China and India's growth and trade liberalisation on poverty in Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2005

  Despite the fact that trade between China, India (Asian Drivers) and Africa has grown significantly since 1990, it is only recently that attention has been paid to their impact on the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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  Southeast Asia Human Development Report 2005

  Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2004

  This report links the concepts of human development, regional economic integration and regional cooperation. It argues that the high level of disparity among countries within South East Asia can be attributed to variations in human resource development and differences in the quality of governance.
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  Pro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.
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  Social risk management: a new conceptual framework for social protection and beyond

  World Bank, 2000

  This paper, published by the World Bank, examines the concepts of social protection and risk management. It argues that social protection should be redefined as public interventions to assist individuals, households, and communities better manage risk, and to provide support to the critically poor.

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