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  The political dynamics of economic growth

  Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012

  This survey article is an assessment of what is known about the political determinants of economic growth, i.e. the role of political factors in explaining why some countries’ economies grow faster than others.
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  Socio-economic conditions in REDD+ pilot areas: A synthesis of five baseline surveys

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  The project Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD+ architecture: Options for equity, growth and the environment (POVSUS-REDD+) was initiated in 2009.
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  Recognising Rights, Promoting Progress: The global impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010

  This report sets out some examples of the impact CEDAW has had around the world, focusing on case studies where CEDAW’s ratification and implementation has led to concrete changes in the opportunities afforded to women and girls. The case studies are grouped into four main areas: • Ending violence and trafficking in women and girls
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  Providing support to urban landless and homeless people

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009

  Urban Poor Funds are an institutional innovation. They support federations of savings groups formed by homeless people or residents of informal settlements. They are changing low-income households’ relations with government agencies, enabling legal solutions to housing problems, promoting cohesion, and providing access to public infrastructure and services.
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  Can leprosy be eliminated by a single global campaign?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  In 1991 the World Health Assembly set a target to eliminate leprosy by the year 2000. The disease, which still caries a stigma, damages the skin and nerve endings and leads to ulcers and disability. A major World Health Organisation campaign has provided antibiotics to treat the disease in a number of countries. However a number of new cases have appeared in previously low priority countries.
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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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  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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  Study of selected Fredskorpset exchange projects

  Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2003

  This report evaluates volunteer exchange projects of young people between institutions of Norway and countries of the South, as well as directly between Southern countries.
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  Men and reproductive health programs: influencing gender norms

  Synergy Project, USAID, 2003

  This review outlines programs in Central America, Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia that are designed to change social norms related to entrenched gender roles. It explains the methodologies each program employed to achieve this goal and presents findings from evaluations conducted to assess their efficacy.
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  The IMF: wrong diagnosis, wrong medicine

  Oxfam, 1999

  Prepared as part of Oxfam International's Education Now campaign, this briefing paper evaluates the International Monetary Fund (IMF), offering information, statistics, case studies and recommendations for change.

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