ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
No 7, April 2000
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New services on Eldis:
* You can now sign up for our new subject-focused email
updating bulletins, which cover 21 subjects. These will be
sent fortnightly, and complement the Eldis Development Reporter
(which will continue to highlight a few key items from all
subjects)
* Our new feedback facilities let you share your opinion of
documents in Eldis with other users. The first stage of development
lets you add a review, and to email the existing abstracts
(plus your comments) to a friend
* We also have a vacancy for a technical person to join the
Eldis team, working on both Eldis and a new gateway on
microfinance. More details at
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/ids/news/recruit/cgap.html
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Here is our selection of the latest additions to ELDIS, the gateway
to
information on development. All documents are available free
on the Internet (or you can try our email-only option).
OUR EDITOR'S SELECTION FROM ITEMS ADDED THIS MONTH
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Full Internet access details below. Each item includes links to
further
Internet materials on the same subject.
1. Assessing aid and the Collier/Dollar poverty-efficient aid
allocations: a critique
2. Partnership 2000: public consultation on Danish development
strategy
3. Poverty reduction strategy sourcebook
4. International financial institutions reform: report to US Congress
5. The Kosovo refugee crisis: donor evaluation
6. Economics of AIDS vaccines
7. Directory of household surveys and participatory assessments
8. Global trade analysis for Southern Africa: a policy brief
9. Global environmental change: social science research initiative
findings from the UK
10. Environmental health indicators: framework and methodologies
11. World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference
The links below lead onto the documents. You can also receive
these documents
by email: see the end of this message for full instructions on how
to use this.
ACCESS DETAILS:
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1. Assessing aid and the Collier/Dollar poverty-efficient aid
allocations: a critique
Beynon, J.
Department for International Development (DFID), 1999
How research is supporting the re-targeting of DFID aid for poverty
reduction
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/povtar.htm
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2. Partnership 2000: public consultation on Danish development
strategy
Danida, 2000
Discussion forum and background on the the future role and
objectives of Danish development aid
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/p2000.htm
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3. Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook
PovertyNet, World Bank, 2000
Draft and feedback request for this new manual
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/povhb.htm
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4. International financial institutions reform
International Financial Institution Advisory Commission (IFIAC), US
Congress, 2000
Report to US Congress on reform of the development banks, the
HIPC process and the international finance regime
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ifiac.htm
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5. The Kosovo refugee crisis: an independent evaluation of
UNHCR's emergency preparedness and response
Suhrke, A. / United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees /Chr.
Michelsen
Institute, 2000
Assesses the effectiveness of the international response to the
1999 Kosovo
refugee
emergency
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/kosovo.htm
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6. Economics of AIDS Vaccines
International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN)
Economics of AIDS Vaccines online conference (April 2000) web
site includes background papers covering the rationale behind and
design of appropriate purchase programmes and also what kind of
ethical considerations should be made when testing and using
vaccines
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/vacc.htm
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7. Directory of Household Surveys and participatory assessments
World Bank
Database of national household surveys, social indicators, poverty
assessment summaries and participatory poverty assessments
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/house.htm
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8. Global Trade Analysis for Southern Africa: A Policy Brief
Masters, W.A.
Equity and Growth through Economic Research (EAGER), 2000
Briefing on the SA-EU trade negotiations
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/masters.htm
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9. Global Environmental Change Programme
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK
Findings of major UK reseach-programme on environmental
decision-making, global governance, and sustainable production
and consumption
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/gec.htm
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10. Environmental Health Indicators: Framework and Methodologies
Briggs, D.
World Health Organization (WHO) 1999
Indicator profiles and an introduction to relevant principles
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/briggs.htm
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ORGANISATIONS
11. World Water Forum and Ministerial Conference 2000
Forum Web site with papers and background details
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wf.htm
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See the complete list of new additions on our "What's new" page
at:
http://www.eldis.org
Don't forget to look at our Notepad service, containing items of
news, job adverts, conference details, etc.
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/notepad/index.htm
HOW TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL
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To help those of you with limited or no access to the Internet, we
are testing an automated service to deliver documents by email,
making use of the Bellanet web-to-email service. You can request
a web document and it will be sent to you as an email message.
For full instructions, send an email to:
[log in to unmask]
You do not need anything in the subject field and the only text of
your message should be:
get http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/apbul.htm
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