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    GM crops and the politics of international trade

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004
    National experiences, whether in Africa, Asia or Latin America, must be considered in the wider context of international trade politics. This is highlighted by the ongoing World Trade Organisation dispute between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU). This presents many risks and opportunities for developing countries.
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    Why process is important for capacity enhancement

    World Bank, 2004
    As part of a series of policy brief on capacity enhancement, this brief describes the use of the "accelerating results together" (ART) process, which has been applied by the World Bank and the State of Ceara.
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    Back to basics: does decentralization improve health system performance? Evidence from Ceará in north-east Brazil

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2004
    This article, from the World Health Organization (WHO) Bulletin, examines whether decentralisation has improved the health system performance in Ceará, in north east Brazil.
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    Trade, environment and development: the Brazilian experience

    Heinrich Boell Foundation, 2004
    This paper explores the relationship between trade, environment and development in Brazil.
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    Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2000
    This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, generates and analyses survey data on inequalities in child mortality in Brazil, Côte D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa and Viet Nam.
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    The new information technologies and women: essential reflections

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2003
    This document is the background study for a discussion of experts on "Globalisation, technological change and gender equity" in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on 5 and 6 November 2001.
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    When food safety concern decreases safety: evidence from the informal meat market

    Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2003
    Regulation of the safety of food production can be problematic in developing countries because enforcement mechanisms tend to be less effective than in developed countries, and in particular because of the presence of an informal production sector which is able to evade sanitary inspection.
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    Family farming and economic development: the case of Brazil

    Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2001
    Studies have shown that 4.3 million agricultural producers in Brazil are family-maintained, and half of these are very poor and have no access to commercial credit.
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    Poverty alleviation policies: the problem of targeting when income is not directly observed

    Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2001
    Several analysts argue that the inability of many governments to eliminate or substantially reduce poverty is due to social policy being inadequately targeted. One of the difficulties in targeting, however, is that information on income may not be directly available.
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    Brazil’s electricity market design: an assessment

    Faculdade de Economia, Administração e Contabilidade, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), 2002
    In 2001 Brazil’s electricity industry experienced a major crisis. Due to a supply shortage, electricity rationing was introduced; unclear delineation of responsibilities led to major lawsuits which brought the market into complete disarray.

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