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While progress in developing countries as a whole, in terms of growth, poverty reduc-tion, and several MDGs, has been … and MDG progress, and also to identify the most effective policy interventions to achieve the MDGs, it is es-sential that … MDGs differ significantly between different definitions of fragile and non-fragile states. The purpose of this paper is to …
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Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of policy declarations, this tragic situation remains particularly severe in developing countries, violating a fundamental...
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Development Goals (MDGs) in the Kyrgyz Republic. The paper is based on results of simulations generated through the application of … allow for achieving MDG1 (poverty reduction) only; the country would fall short of the targets for other MDGs. In order to … achieve all MDGs, the country needs to increase government spending on MDG-relevant sectors (education, health, water and …
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This paper argues that a sustainable ecosystem management approach is vital to ensure the delivery of essential ‘life support’ ecosystem services and must be mainstreamed into societal conscience, political thinking and economic processes. Feeding the world at a time of climate change,...
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Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest level of teenage pregnancies in the world. Some studies on this topic highlight the presence of unmet reproductive health needs of adolescent in different regions. Improving maternal health has been established as a key development priority among the...
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Subjective poverty thresholds in the Philippines are derived from a 2003 household perception survey data set. The thresholds are computed using data on the minimum income question and actual income from the survey of 1,200 households. The estimated thresholds are shown to be much higher than...
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Development Goals (MDGs). The rich countries have particular preferences for education, healthcare, and housing; they need … incomes of the rich countries for international aid. The MDGs are affordable and doable, yet the rich countries are foot …
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in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Employing Tobit models that combine sectorally disaggregated aid … data with various indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries with regard to the MDGs, they show that donors … differ in the extent to which their sectoral aid allocation is conducive to achieving major MDGs. Some MDGs, notably the …
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In spite of notable progress in medicine, infant-juvenile mortality remains a major issue in developing countries. One of the main causes of this mortality, namely malnutrition, continues to be a serious problem, and its reduction remains the primary target of many health policies developed in a...
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The international community is under increased pressure to show results from the money invested through aid agencies. While support for international development has been large, there has also been a forceful critique. This paper argues that much of the public debate tends to be...
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