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  Insurance for the poor?

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2005

  This paper discusses the scope for extending insurance to the poor in Latin America and Carribbean (LAC) countries. It highlights the need to reduce risk and its consequences, as current systems do not provide sufficient protection. On this basis, it argues that insurance provision to the poor has a role to play within a comprehensive system of protection against risk.
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  Social factors associated with child mental health problems in Brazil: cross sectional survey

  British Medical Journal, 2001

  This article from the British Medical Journal reports on a survey in Brazil which examined the association between child mental health problems and social factors, including poverty, family violence and parental mental illness.
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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Published by UNFPA, this guide highlights the importance of cultural analysis and sensitivity in development efforts, addressing issues such as gender equality and equity, HIV and AIDS, female genital cutting, gender-based violence and reproductive health.
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  Working from within: culturally sensitive approaches in UNFPA programming

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  Changing attitudes, behaviours and laws - especially around gender relations - has proved to be a complex undertaking which demands a great deal of sensitivity to local social and cultural dynamics.
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  Risk factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in Recife, Brazil

  BMC Public Health, 2005

  Published in BMC Public Health, this article reports on a study which investigated factors associated with treatment delay for pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in urban Recife, Brazil. Of 1,105 adult patients diagnosed over a two-year period, 62 per cent had a delay in treatment of longer than 60 days.
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  Are carbon sinks really good for rural people?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Carbon sinks are a tool for combating climate change. However, this approach has been criticised for encouraging inappropriate forestry plantations. Some experts argue that it also fails to address the real causes of climate change. Despite these limitations, carbon sinks can work and some changes to the approach could make them a pro-poor policy tool.
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  China’s emergence in the global economy and Brazil

  Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005

  This paper examines the impact of China’s expanded role in the world economy on trade and investment flows to and from Brazil. It also looks at the challenges emerging for the Brazilian private and public sectors, and the policies and initiatives being taken to meet those challenges.
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  Citizens, politicians and providers: the Latin American experience with service delivery reform

  World Bank, 2005

  This report argues that inspite of an increase in primary school enrollment rate, life expectancy and provision of water services, the countries' performance in service delivery has been inadequate, coupled with an inability to eliminate inequalities apparent in many basic indicators.
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  Membership based organisations for the Poor (MBOPs) and the case of NE Brazil: the rural poverty reduction program

  Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing, 2005

  This paper discusses the origins of Community Driven Development (CDD) in Brazil and compares it to earlier integrated rural development projects. It also sheds some light on the breadth, depth and scale of investments undertaken through the community associations in the region.
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  Class act – IMCI training boosts health workers’ performance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Antimicrobial drugs are an essential tool for child survival, treating major killers such as pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria. But antibiotic misuse by health workers is adding to the rise in drug-resistant disease. Training primary health workers in Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) can improve the use of antimicrobials for children.

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