ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
No 9, August 2000
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New services from Eldis:
* Microfinance Gateway, produced by ELDIS for the Consultative
Group to Assist the
Poorest (CGAP)
http://www.microfinancegateway.org/
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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. Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture
2. Learning from clients: assessment tools for microfinance
practitioners
3. Sustainable use of wild species: a draft guide for decision
makers
4. Developing countries: debt relief initiative for poor countries faces
challenges
5. Land tenure reform and the balance of power in Eastern and
southern Africa
6. Why are there so many civil wars in Africa?
7. HIV/AIDS: status and response
8. Regulating the diamond trade
9. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
10. Land use, land use change and forestry
11. Livelihoods Connect - sustainable livelihoods resource
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 Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture
National Academy Press (NAP) (2000)
Getting multinationals to produce GMC's which benefit the poor
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/plants.htm
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2. Learning from clients: assessment tools for microfinance
practitioners: draft manual
SEEP / Assessing the Impact of Microenterprise
Services (AIMS) (2000)
Five assessment tools that practitioners can
use to gather information about their programs
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/seep.htm
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3. Sustainable use of wild species: a draft guide for decision
makers
Jenkins, R.W.G.; Edwards, S.R.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural
Resources (IUCN), World Conservation Union, (2000)
Identifying and reviewing the major issues surrounding the
harvesting of flora and fauna
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wild.htm
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4. Developing countries: debt relief initiative for poor countries faces
challenges
United States General Accounting Office, 2000
Argues that the HIPC Initiative will not be a lasting solution to debt
problems unless accompanied by strong economic growth
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/hipcgoa.htm
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5. Land tenure reform and the balance of power in Eastern and
southern Africa
Wily, L.W.
Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 2000
Is reform designed to deliver greater security of tenure and control
over the regulation and transfer of rights?
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ltenw.htm
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6. Why are there so many civil wars in Africa? Prevention of future
conflicts and promotion of inter-group cooperation
Collier, P.; Elbadawi, I.; Sambanis, N.
Economics of Crime and Violence Research
Programme, World Bank, 2000
Politics and poverty cause civil wars, not ethnic diversity
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/civilwar.htm
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7. HIV/AIDS: status and response
Four key new reports on infection levels, social effects and policy
strategies from UNAIDS, ILO and UNDP's Poverty Elimination
Programme
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/aidsresp.htm
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8. Conflict Diamonds
Global Witness, 2000
Possible means of regulation for the identification, certification and
control of diamonds
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/diam.htm
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9. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)
IMF
Official IMF website detailing progress on PRSPs. Includes country
papers, policy papers and publicity materials
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/prsp.htm
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10. Special report on land use, land use change and forestry:
summary for policymakers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2000
Reviewing the current understanding of the relationship between
land use carbon dioxide emissions and the Kyoto Protocol
agreements
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ipcc.htm
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11. Livelihoods Connect
Information resource aimed at worldwide staff and partners of the
UK's Department for International Development (DfID) in the
development and implementation of sustainable livelihoods
approaches
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/lc.htm
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at:
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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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are testing an automated service to deliver documents by email,
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a web document and it will be sent to you as an email message.
For full instructions, send an email to:
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You do not need anything in the subject field and the only text of
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get http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/augbul.htm
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