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  Global tuberculosis control: surveillance, planning, financing (WHO report 2004)

  World Health Organization, 2004

  This is the eighth World Health Organization (WHO) annual report on global tuberculosis (TB) control. It reviews data on strategies for TB control, case notifications and treatment outcomes from all 201 countries that reported to WHO.
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  Brazilian population ageing: differences in well-being by rural and urban areas

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2002

  This paper examines the familial arrangements, health condition, economic activity and income of those aged over 60 in Brazil, using data from the General Household Surveys of 1981 and 1999.Its findings include that: although fertility and mortality are much higher in rural areas compared to urban ones, the proportion of the elderly population in the total population is about the same i
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  Labor productivity in Brazil during the 1990s

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2002

  This paper compares progress in labour productivity in the 1990s to that in previous decades; investigates long-term productivity growth in manufacturing and other sectors; asks who benefited from productivity growth in the decade; and evaluates the role of trade liberalisation and import penetration.
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  Pragmatic policy in Brazil: the political economy of incomplete market reform

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2004

  This paper analyses the political processes through which market reform has taken place in Brazil since the 1990s, focussing on the relative roles of ideology, policy packaging, and pragmatism in advancing the reforms; how well reform implementation went; to what extent the results were as expected; and whether the retrenchment of the state resulting from the reforms will be sustained.Its findi
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  Girls’ education in Africa: what do we know about strategies that work?

  World Bank, 2004

  This paper focuses on examining strategies that have worked to increase girls’ education in Africa.
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  Agrarian change, gender and land rights: a Brazilian case study

  United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development, 2003

  This paper examines the marginalization of women's land rights by governmental institutions and rural women's movements in Brazil.
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  Economic regulation and cost-efficiency in Brazilian urban public transport: the case of Belo Horizonte

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2004

  This paper analyses the main outcomes and consequences of the bidding process for urban bus services that took place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, during 1997-98, focussing on economic efficiency and changes in fares.It finds that: the operators granted contracts were those offering the highest bid; the bidding process was designed in this way because it was concerned with obtaining fiscal
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  Residential segregation and social exclusion in Brazilian housing markets

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  This paper seeks to analyse the characteristics of slums (favelas) in Brazilian cities, using data from the 1999 National Household Survey.
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  Demand for housing and urban services in Brazil: a hedonic approach

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  This paper attempts to estimate demand for housing and urban services in ten major metropolitan areas of Brazil using data.
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  Distributional effects of optimal commodity taxes combined with minimum income programs in Brazil

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil, accounting for around 60 per cent of total tax revenue, and providing a major tool for the redistribution of income in one of the most unequal societies in the world.

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