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    The burden of disease from undernutrition and overnutrition in countries undergoing rapid nutrition transition: a view from Brazil

    American Journal of Public Health, 2004
    This paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, assesses the nutritional changes that occurred in the adult female population of Brazil during the last quarter of the 20th century using data from surveys taken between 1975 and 1997. The paper finds that between 1975 and 1989 the prevalence of underweight was nearly halved, whereas obesity prevalence doubled.
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    Get what you want, give what you can: embedded public finance in Porto Alegre

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
    How can governments raise taxes and improve public services for poorer groups, while at the same time securing the political support of those with wealth?In Porto Alegre, this working paper suggests, participatory budgeting has been key to the considerable successes of the government in reducing inequality while maintaining the support of the middle classes.
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    Measuring the impact of price changes on poverty

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006
    Most poverty line calculations do not consider the impact that changes in relative prices can have on the poor. This paper offers a methodology that determines whether price changes benefit the poor proportionally more, or less, than the non-poor.
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    Linking trade, climate change and energy

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2006
    This collection of issue briefings highlights the links between international trade, climate change and energy. The report covers the following topics:
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    Violence against young children: a painful issue

    Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2006
    This edition of Early Childhood Matters examines initiatives to discourage parents, teachers and others from using violence against children and encourage more positive strategies. The edition begins with an interview with Jaap Doek, the Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. The following articles discuss initiatives from various developing countries:
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    Contemporary specificities of labour in the health care sector: introductory notes for discussion

    Human Resources for Health, 2005
    This review, published in Human Resources for Health, considers the literature on public health, economics of health and economics of technological innovation in combination, in order to discuss the peculiarities of labour in the health care sector.
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    Where is education in the conditional cash transfers of education?

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2006
    This paper examines the educational effects of conditional cash transfers (CCT) for education. The study finds that based on the evidence reviewed in this paper, there is very limited support for the conclusion that CCTs are effective educational instruments, in particular with regards to their ability to increase learning.
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    Implementation of promotion and prevention activities in decentralized health systems: comparative case studies from Chile and Brazil

    Health Promotion International, 2005
    This paper, published in Health Promotion International, explores the ways in which the national structure of a health system influences the implementation of activities for prevention and promotion.
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    Is more better? BCG revaccination shows no benefit in Brazil

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Many countries routinely vaccinate babies with BCG to prevent tuberculosis (TB). Does a second BCG vaccination give extra protection? Research by Brazil’s Universidade Federal da Bahia in the cities of Salvador and Manaus, shows no added benefit from revaccination of school children aged seven to fourteen years.
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    Water tariff increase in Manaus (Brazil): an evaluation of the impact on households

    Développement, Institutions & Analyses de Long terme, 2006
    Since 2000, water and sanitation services in Manaus, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas, have been managed by a private operator.

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