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  The region as an export platform to the world?: the case of Mercosur

  Institute of Economics, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile / Instituto de Economia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2003

  Mercosur was created in 1991 and encompasses Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has been argued that the formation of a larger market through regional integration may serve as a platform for potential exporters to world markets, allowing individual countries to accumulate the necessary experience and reputation to become reliable and competitive suppliers in world markets.
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  Breaking down barriers: lessons on providing HIV treatment to injection drug users

  International Harm Reduction Development program, OSI, 2004

  This report, prepared by the International Harm Reduction Development (IHRD) program, is a collection of cases demonstrating that well-designed, supportive programmes, which address the needs of injecting drug users can help all individuals adhere to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and take advantage of appropriate harm reduction services.
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  Blackout in energy policy: Brazil’s difficulties in making decisions

  Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, Brazil, 2002

  This article examines the issues surrounding Brazil’s energy security crisis in 2001 and asks how a legal and political framework can be established with enough credibility to mobilise investment for meeting Brazil’s electricity needs in coming decades.
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  Managing public education in São Paulo

  Fernand Braudel Institute of World Economics, Brazil, 2003

  The Brazilian schooling system faces many difficulties, especially in metropolitan areas such as Greater São Paulo, which are affected by high levels of immigration and problems of scale. Despite these problems, Brazilian authorities have succeeded in enrolling nearly all children in school.
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  Measuring health inequality among children in developing countries: does the choice of the indicator of economic status matter?

  BioMed Central, 2003

  This study, published by BioMed Central, compares the impact of four different wealth indices on the measurement of health inequality among children in developing countries. The study uses the World Bank Asset Index and three other indices, all based on household assets, to analyse data from Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chad, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Pakistan, Tanzania and Uganda.
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  An end to EU sugar dumping?: implications of the WTO panel ruling in the dispute against EU sugar policies brought by Brazil, Thailand, and Australia

  Oxfam, 2005

  This brief paper examines the implications of a ruling of the World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel, which found that EU sugar subsidies contravene WTO rules.The paper presents findings from the ruling as follows:the EU exports of around 2.7 million tonnes of what the EU claims to be unsubsidised sugar (so-called non-quota or 'C' sugar).
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  Brazilian economic growth, 1900 – 2000: lessons and policy implications

  Global Development Network, 2001

  From 1930 onwards, Brazil achieved exceptionally high growth despite following a mix of policies frowned upon by orthodox modern economics such as import substitution and widespread state intervention. However, since 1980, Brazil’s growth rate has deteriorated, lagging behind both world and Latin American averages.
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  Implementing the right to adequate food: the outcome of six case studies

  Intergovernmental Working Group for the Elaboration of a Set of Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (RTFG), FAO, Rome, 2004

  This paper attempts to explore the question of how the human right to adequate food can be implemented at the country level.
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  Facilitating conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity

  Convention on Biological Diversity, 2003

  Science and technology have long been recognised as essential driving forces in the development process.
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  Culture matters: working with communities and faith-based organizations: case studies from country programmes

  United Nations Population Fund, 2004

  This paper reports on efforts by UNFPA’s to develop culturally sensitive programming in the area of gender equity and equality, and reproductive health and rights.

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