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underdeveloped countries of Asia and Latin America. The conventionally held point of view is that, whereas mortality rates can be and … them since they have not attained the level of industrialisation, urbanisation and per capita income associated with Europe …
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late entrants in Asia who can stiudy and understand the urban dynamics of existing global cities in Europe and North …
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The present paper compares the strategies, capacity building processes and outcomes/impacts of three projects during the period 2005-10. The project area covered by the study are located as follows: i) Jhalda-2/Barra Bazar/ blocks in Puruliya district of West Bengal (India),, (ii) Luo Yang...
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Review of: Globalizing Rural Development: Competing Paradigms and Emerging Realities by M. C. Behera; Sage Publications, 2006.
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This paper investigates the impact of political leaders’ migration experience on the quality of their leadership. A database is constructed on the personal background of 932 politicians who were at the head of the executive power in a developing country over the 1960-2004 period. A...
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Lack of full regional connectivity is one of the major constraints hindering regional growth and integration in Asia …, as well as with the rest of the world. One of the conclusions of this paper is that Asia must strengthen its physical … and transport integration issues among the countries in Asia as well as challenges that need to be addressed in order to …
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Rising food prices cause considerable policy dilemmas for developing country governments. Letting domestic prices adjust to reflect the full change in international prices generates inflationary pressures and causes severe hardship for poor households lacking access to social safety nets....
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Questions about Chinese aid—how large it is and how fast it is growing; how decisions are made on how much aid is provided each year; which countries receive it and how much they get; how the aid is managed within the Chinese government and how it is evaluated are explored. The Chinese...
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The State of the World’s Children 2009 focuses on maternal and neonatal health and identifies the interventions and actions that must be scaled up to save lives.
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The presentation shows the consequences of child marriage, how to prevent child marriage. [Power Point Presentation].
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