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    Same platform, different train: the politics of participation

    The Corner House, UK, 1998
    Deals with the politics of participation in the Western Ghats Forestry Project (India).
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    Obstacles to faster growth in transition economies: the Mongolian case

    International Monetary Fund, 2001
    Deals with reform in Mongolia and obstacles to economic growth.
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    Structural Adjustment for the IMF: options for reforming the IMF's governance structure

    Bretton Woods Project, 2001
    This article outlines the various forces shaping change at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and recommends various changes within the IMF.The first force springs from pressure in increasing the IMF's surveillance function, giving it new responsibilities to monitor and advise governments on financial sector restructuring and enabling it to operate as a quasi-lender of last resort.The sec
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    Conflict's children: the human cost of small arms in Kitgum and Kotido, Uganda

    Oxfam, 2001
    Reporting on a field study conducted in several areas and instutions in Kitgum and Kotido (Uganda), this paper presents a literature review, results of informant interviews, and assesses the impact of small arms on education.Conclusions and recommendations:Small arms have played a major role in creating the devastating poverty and misery experienced by the majority of the civilian po
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    Labour markets and income inequality: what are the new insights after the Washington consensus?

    United Nations University, 2000
    This paper looks at some of the labour market outcomes of Washington-inspired economic reform polices in terms of inequality.
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    Paths out of poverty: the role of private enterprise in developing coutries

    International Finance Corporation, 2000
    This article emphasises that private enterprises are essential in allowing the poor to escape poverty, and looks at which conditions encourage or discourage private firms from doing business in poorer countries.Key conditions are: the state can secure contract enforcement between private parties and between private parties and the state—most basically, clearly defined property rights.
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    Global poverty report 2000

    African Development Bank, 2000
    This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank.The report focuses on three main topics:global poverty conditions and trendsregional poverty tr
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    Economic, social and cultural rights: human rights and extreme poverty

    United Nations [UN] High Commission for Refugees, 2000
    This report evaluates the relationship between the promotion and protection of human rights and the eradication of extreme poverty, identifying national and international good practices, and examines strategies to overcome extreme poverty and their social impact.Dialogue with the IMF is a central theme.
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    Innovations in developing countries for people with disabilities

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2001
    This series of articles discusses the issue of innovative methods for equipping people with disabilities with a dignified and sufficiently autonomous life. The editors of this series of articles stress that our institutions, our special schools, our sheltered workshops have not created a full and decent life for people with disabilities.
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    Lifting the veil on institutional violence: understanding Israel's contribution to Palestinian underdevelopment

    Christian Aid, 2001
    The article points out that the most serious issue for attention is the effect of Israeli government policies which contribute to the long term underdevelopment of the economy.The article is particularly critical of:the illegal process of Israeli expanding settlement in the West Bank and Gazathe strategic control the Israelis leverage over the Palestinian water resources.

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