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Migrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants. A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.DocumentThe FDI – employment link in a globalizing world: the case of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
International Labour Organization, 2005This study analyses the evolution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and the increasing role of transnational companies (TNCs) in the domestic economies of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and will then in a second part outline the motivations and the different forms of FDI.DocumentBeyond being ‘open for business’: monitoring the impact of telecentres
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Telecentres can provide computer services and connect people on low incomes who could never afford a private connection. Some 10,000 telecentres were planned for Latin America and the Caribbean for 2003-04, to supplement the existing 5,000. But how many are still working? And what has been their impact on the communities they serve?DocumentDeprivation in the Sao Paulo Districts: evidence from 2000
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2005Polarization and deprivation are important aspects of the Brazilian society, particularly in the metropolitan areas. São Paulo is a unique case study for deprivation because in addition to income inequality, the city suffers from a high number of homeless, low access to high school and high rates of unemployment, infant mortality and homicide rates.DocumentReality check: the distributional impact of privatization in developing countries
Center for Global Development, USA, 2005This report looks at the privatisation of state-owned enterprises as a market reform. The volume brings together a comprehensive set of country studies on the effects of privatisation on people.DocumentDying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion
Routledge, 2005Young men are on the front lines of civil unrest, riots and gang warfare worldwide. The principal causes of death for young men are violence and traffic accidents, both of which are directly related to how boys are socialised (i.e., taught how to become a member of society). Because they are trying to live up to certain rigid models of masculinity they are, literally, dying to be men.DocumentCrop wars: can obstacles to genetically modified crops be removed?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Controversy continues over safety standards for biotechnology products such as genetically modified (GM) crops. Although benefits have been documented for a number of GM crops, most developing countries have denied permission to plant GM seeds.DocumentIs trade in virtual water a solution for water-scarce countries?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Few people realise that we ‘eat’ between 2,000 and 5,000 litres of water per day, depending on our diet. To grow a kilogram of wheat takes between 500 and 4,000 litres of water; a kilogram of beef requires around 10,000 litres.DocumentMeeting of minds: youth sexual health programme leaders tackle stigma and discrimination
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005An international knowledge synthesis meeting under the UK Department for International Development's Safe Passages to Adulthood Programme brought together programme leaders and researchers from 11 resource-poor countries to discuss stigma, discrimination and human rights in relation to young people’s sexual and reproductive health (SRH).