ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
No 15, August 2001
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Here is our selection of the latest services and documents added
to ELDIS, the gateway to information on development. All
documents are available free on the Internet (or you can try our
email-only option).
NEW SERVICES
New resources supported by the ELDIS team
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* Ageing populations resource centre
Latest news and research on the economic and social effects of
growing old
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/age/index.htm
* Intellectual Property Rights resource centre
Latest news and research on IPR
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ipr/index.htm
OUR EDITOR'S SELECTION FROM DOCUMENTS 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. Education provision to nomadic pastoralists: a literature review
2. Climate change science
3. IMF structural conditionality
4. A national development research strategy for Denmark
5. Assessing the effectiveness of the humanitarian response in
East Timor
6. Old-age support in developing countries
7. Challenging drugs patents in Brazil
8. Intellectual Property Rights - new commission
9. Funding needed for condom supply in Africa
10. The end of world population growth?
11. The truth about the environment - are concerns justified?
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. Education provision to nomadic pastoralists: a literature review
Krätli, S.
Institute of Development Studies, (IDS) UK, 2001
The need for flexible education programmes
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/rc/educpastor.htm
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2. Climate change science: a analysis of some key questions
Committee on the Science of Climate Change, National Research
Council, National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2001
Latest study for US government confirms warming data
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/climsci.htm
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3. IMF structural conditionality: how much is too much?
Goldstein, M.
Institute for International Economics (IIE), 2001
The prices of essential drugs should reflect countries' ability to pay
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/imfstruct.htm
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4. Partnerships at the leading edge: a Danish vision for knowledge,
research and
development
Commission on Development-Related Research Funded by Danida
[the Hernes Commission] Danish International Development
Assistance, 2001
A national development research strategy for Denmark
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/policymaking/
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5. East Timor Consolidated Appeal Process (CAP) Review Phase
3: External Review
Bugnion, C. et al for United Nations Transitional Administration in
East Timor (UNTAET), 2000
Assessing appropriateness and effectiveness of the humanitarian
programme
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/timor.htm
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6. Old-age support in developing countries: labor supply,
intergenerational transfers and living
arrangements
Cameron, L; Cobb Clark, D.A.
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2001
The Indonesian perspective on the social and economic reasons
why the elderly continue to work
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/age/iza.htm
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7. Drug companies vs. Brazil: the threat to public health
Oxfam, 2001
Challenging drugs patents in Brazil
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/braz.htm
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8. Commission on Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)
UK Government initiative web site from DFID on best practice in IPR
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/cipr.htm
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9. Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key
informants
Shelton, J. D.; Johnston, B.
British Medical Journal (BMJ), 2001
Funding needed for 1.9 billion extra condoms in Africa
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/questioning/condom.htm
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10. The end of world population growth
Lutz, W.; Sanderson, W.; Scherbov, S.
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, (IIIASA), 2001
Population numbers are predicted to fall, but the number of elderly
will still increase
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/age/nat.htm
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11. The truth about the environment
Lomborg, B.
The Economist, 2001
Are concerns about population, poverty and environmental
degredation justified?
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/questioning/blomborg.htm
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at:
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news, job adverts, conference details, etc.
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/notepad/index.htm
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