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  Alternative paths to adjustment in Brazil

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Brazilian states have responded to economic stress in different ways. Some responded quickly introducing market-oriented reforms, while others delayed their adjustment and adopted market-governing strategies. The difference was largely a result of differences in the nature of the institutions (particularly budgeting institutions) where policies were made.
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  Combined strategies needed for tackling armed violence and poverty

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Loss of lives, unemployment and large-scale displacement as a result of armed violence are increasing. The link between armed violence and poverty is clear.  But, how can poverty reduction and armed conflict reduction programmes be integrated?
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  Helping children survive: assessing health prevention coverage

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In most low-income countries various health interventions are put into action simultaneously with the aim of improving children’s survival rates. However, these interventions do not tend to reach all children and the number of interventions per child is often not adequate.
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  Pedagogical uses of web-based chat: a pilot activity in Brazil

  Learnlink, USAID, 2002

  The article reports on the Brazilian project that ran between July and December 2000 and explored the pedagogical uses of Web-based chat. Using basic dial-up connections and simple software set-ups, students, teachers and experts were able to link up over great distances to discuss a variety of topics.
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  South Bulletin: Hunger

  South Centre, 2005

  This issue of the South Bulletin focuses on Hunger, with contributions from various Southern leaders including speeches from President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela and President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as well as other stakeholders.Hunger is an emergency: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva argues that hunger needs to be raised as a polit
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  The Movement of the Landless (MST) and the juridical field in Brazil

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This working paper focuses on the Movement of the Landless (MST) and the various legal strategies used to redefine property law in Brazil.
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  Neo-liberalism and market concentration in Brazil: the emergence of a contradiction?

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This paper examines the degree of market and firm competitiveness that developed in Brazil in the 15 years since the introduction of neo-liberal policies. In particular, the authors seek to evaluate the extent to which trade liberalisation and the freeing-up of domestic markets has resulted in more competitive firm performance and market structures.
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  Linkages between pro-poor growth, social programmes and labour market: the recent Brazilian experience

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  Following decades of volatility, the Brazilian economy has, in the last few years, undergone numerous policy changes, which have triggered great improvements in the social sector. The social welfare system perhaps the most notable of these efforts. Today, there is a strong association between growth and poverty reduction in Brazil.
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  Illegal logging and forest livelihoods: which way forward for greater justice?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Forest-dependent poor people often struggle to uphold their claims to resources in the face of discriminatory legal frameworks and powerful private forestry companies. Are efforts to enhance governance in the forest sector helping to support poor people in claiming their legal rights, or working to further marginalise their interests?
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  Heart patients are not getting the right treatment

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Every year 32 million people have a heart attack or stroke. At least half of these occur in people known to have cardiovascular disease who have already suffered an attack or stroke. Using the right drugs could prevent as many as three-quarters of these experiencing repeat attacks.

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