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  Linking farmers to markets

  Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006

  This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.
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  Why ignore tropical deforestation?: a proposal for including forest conservation in the Kyoto Protocol

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005

  This paper argues that though greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels are the principal causes of global warming, tropical deforestation is responsible for 20 to 25 percent of annual global carbon dioxide emissions.
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  Non-formal education and basic education reform: a conceptual review

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2006

  There is growing recognition that non-formal education (NFE) can play an important role in providing basic education for disadvantaged children and young people. However, development agencies and governments face difficult questions about how to manage the relationship between NFE and the formal education system.
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  Children in custody in Brazil

  The Lancet, 2006

  15 years after Brazil adopted one of Latin America's most progressive juvenile justice laws, substantially reflecting the guarantees contained in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the country's juvenile detention centres continue to be grossly deficient.This short article examines the state of juvenile justice in Brazil.
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  Cash transfers in Brazil: impacts on equality and poverty

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2006

  This paper looks at the issue of cash transfers to low income populations. Using Brazil as a case study, the research analyses the how cash transfers have contributed to the visible reduction in poverty in inequality between 1995 and 2004. Cash transfers such as non-contributory pension funds in Brazil are seen as one of the key methods in reducing poverty in the country.
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  A capability centred approach to environmental sustainability: is productive employment the missing link between micro- and macro policies?

  WebEc World Wide Web Resources in Economics, 2006

  The central premise of this paper is that there is a strong synergy between economic, social and environmental interventions. Focusing development analysis and policy on merely increasing income and material wealth is misguided, as standards of living are also determined by access to social services and the health and sustainability of the environment.
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  Brazil fights back against HIV and AIDS

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Brazil’s vigorous response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic has won world-wide recognition. Civil society has played a crucial role in shaping the country’s national AIDS programme, debating drug patents and urging support for the public health system. However, poor rural populations still need social welfare, low-cost drugs and high-quality health services.
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  Adapting to climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  For many years, scientists have been predicting the impact of climate change. In Latin America and the Caribbean, predictions range from water shortages to an increase in the frequency of extreme weather events. The effects of climate change could significantly reduce the ability of ecosystems to operate properly, threatening development projects throughout the region.
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  Health inequities in Brazil: our most serious disease

  Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO, 2006

  This document, presented at the launch of the Brazilian National Commission on Social Determinants of Health (NCSDH), outlines the relationships between social factors and health in Brazil, and explains how the new Commission intends to combat inequality in health.
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  Poverty and inequality in middle-income countries: a neglected development issue

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  International attention to poverty reduction tends to focus on low income and least developed countries, where poverty is severe and widespread. However, many middle-income countries with large populations have such high levels of inequality that they also contain a significant proportion of the world’s poorest people.

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