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  Where energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

  ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007

  In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and dev
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  Clinical social franchising: an annual compendium of programs, 2009

  University of California, Los Angeles, 2009

  Social franchising represents one of the best known ways to rapidly scale up clinical health interventions in developing countries. Building upon existing expertise in poor and isolated communities, social franchising organisations engage private medical practitioners to add new services to the range of services they already offer.
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  Global Information Society 2007

  Global Information Society Watch, 2007

  The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy impacts on the lives of people living in developing countries.
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  The role of water security in poverty reduction

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Water security is critical to poverty reduction. Water scarcity can cause conflict and marginalisation and increase poverty. The Millennium Development Goals highlight the importance of water security in poverty reduction.