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Privatization in Competitive Sectors: The Record Thus Far

This paper by Sunita Kikeri and John Nellis takes stock of the empirical evidence on privatization outcomes, and, on the basis of this evidence, highlights the conditions for success. The paper deals mainly with traditional privatization efforts involving enterprises operating in competitive markets; it does not cover infrastructure enterprises.

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Robert E. Anderson on November 01, 2002

Globalization, poverty, and inequality since 1980

One of the most contentious issues of globalization is the effect of global economic integration on inequality and poverty. This paper documents five trends in the modern era of globalization, starting around 1980. Trend #1: Poor country growth rates have accelerated and are higher than rich country growth rates - for the first time in modern history. The developing world economy grew at more than 3.5 percent per capita in the 1990s. Trend #2: The number of poor people in the world has declined more...

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Brian Wilcox on April 08, 2007

Helping Health Workers E-Learn

Photo Courtesy of "Helping Health Workers Learn" by David Werner and Bill Bower Health worker knowledge and skills are essential to the provision of quality health services but ensuring the regular updating of these skills is a challenge, particularly in isolated areas. Classic printed texts, such as Helping Health Workers Learn continue to be indispensable resources. Increasingly however, the Internet and other ICTs are playing an important role in facilitating access to educational more...

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Susan Pasquariella on August 25, 2003

Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators

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These guidelines provide technical guidance on how to measure the indicators for implementating the Declaration adopted at the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001. UNAIDS, December 2002.

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Susan Pasquariella on September 23, 2003

Husbands' Involvement in Maternal Care: Young Couples in Rural Maharashtra

The brief attached here describes the involvement in maternal care among husbands of young and adolescent rural women from an intervention study being conducted by the Foundation for Research in Health Systems (FRHS) and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW). Our data show that these young husbands are relatively knowledgeable about maternal care, and concerned and interested in their pregnant wives’ care-seeking. However, real constraints as well as attitudes in the health more...

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Kerry MacQuarrie on October 03, 2003

WHO Capacity Development for MDGs

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WHO works with Member States to strengthen their capacity to plan, educate and manage their health workforce so that health services can best meet health needs.

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Susan Pasquariella on April 05, 2004

Safe Abortion Care: An Imperative for Health Care Workers

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Through the voices of women around the world, this 19-minute video conveys the need to expand access to safe abortion-related care to reduce high rates of maternal mortality and morbidity from unsafe abortion. The film serves as an advocacy tool for those who wish to increase support for training and empowering midlevel providers to fill this crucial service role in their communities. This is a two-page flyer highlighting key information presented in the video. For further information contact: more...

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Susan Pasquariella on October 02, 2003

Tips and Tricks: How to Apply for the European Commission's Budget Lines for Sustainable Development, Fifth Edition

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This booklet is a valuable resource for grant-seekers, as it provides a source of detailed and annually updated information on budget lines from the European Commission. Each of the entries gives contact information, a review of financial information and, most importantly, detailed information on how to submit a proposal and to apply for funding. Includes an introduction to the programme of aid for population policies and reproductive health care of the European Commission. Compiled by Nicole more...

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Susan Pasquariella on April 15, 2004

National Policies and Programmes on Ageing in Asia and the Pacific: An Overview and Lessons Learned

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The publication aims to provide an overview of national policies and programmes on ageing in Asia and the Pacific, focusing on the analysis of major issues and lessons learned from the experiences of countries and areas in the region, particularly good practices. The publication is divided into three parts. The first part examines major issues in national policies and programmes on ageing in the region. The second part contains the 2000 review of the implementation of the Macao Plan of Action more...

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Susan Pasquariella on April 14, 2004

World Health Report 2005 – Make Every Mother and Child Count.

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April 07, 2005. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its World Health Report 2005, simultaneously in Geneva and New Delhi, on World Health Day (April 06), to coincide with its theme 'Make Every Mother And Child Count.' 10.6 million children die before age five, and half a million women die in childbirth every year because they have no access to life-saving care. The Report states that the death toll can be sharply reduced through wider use of key interventions and a "continuum of more...

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Anuradha Bhattacharjee on May 01, 2005

Poverty, Politics and Sex: Will the Millennium Development Goals Deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights?

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Statement from the EuroNGOs Conference 17 February 2005. EuroNGOs calls for increased attention to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) at the General Assembly High-Level Plenary to Review Implementation of the MDGs. It is clear that the MDGs increasingly determine donor priorities and funding rationales around the world. At the same time, EuroNGOs recognises that funding commitments made at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo (1994) are not being more...

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Kimberly Bumgarner on May 13, 2005

Programs That Deliver: Logistics' Contributions to Better Health in Developing Countries

Aimed at policymakers and program managers, Programs That Deliver is a 116-page report that describes why developing country health and family planning programs cannot succeed without a strong supply chain. This document also provides lessons learned and best practices for supply chain management.

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Heather Davis on February 25, 2003

The Millennium Project

The Millennium Project is the independent advisory body to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan that is commissioned with recommending, by June 2005, operational strategies for meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This includes reviewing current innovative practices, prioritizing policy reforms, identifying frameworks for policy implementation, and evaluating financing options. The Project’s ultimate objective is to help ensure that all developing countries meet the MDGs. more...

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Mike Pereira on March 26, 2004

UNDP HIV/AIDS Website

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UNDP program and policy information in the area of HIV/AIDS.

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Sid Kane on October 13, 2000

Climate Change Is Victim Andes Water

(Text adapted from Associated Press) Scientists predict that all the glaciers in the tropical Andes will disappear by mid-century. The implications are dire not just for La Paz-El Alto but also for Quito, , and Bogota, . More than 11 million people now live in the burgeoning cities, and El Alto alone is expanding at 5 percent a year. Not only the drinking water are threatened by the melting of the glaciers but also crops and the hydroelectric plants on which these cities rely. The more...

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Emmanuel Habumuremyi on November 30, 2007

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