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ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER No 3, October 1999 ------------------------------------------------- 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). NEW SERVICES ON ELDIS ------------------------------------------------- Linking research and policy: and Eldis briefing on the impact of research on policy - how to measure it and how to improve it http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/polres.htm Country profiles: the easy way to locate country-specific information (work in progress!) http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/newcountry.htm OUR EDITOR'S SELECTION FROM ITEMS ADDED THIS MONTH ------------------------------------------------- Full internet access details below. Each item includes links to further Internet materials on the same subject. 1. Agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods: issues and entry points 2. Economic policy for agriculture: a guide for FAO professionals 3. Handbook on the economic analysis of water supply projects 4. Time to rethink privatization in transition economies? 5. Technical guides for operationalising household food security in development 6. Agriculture and non-agricultural liberalization in the millennium round 7. Trade and the environment 8. Strengthening post-graduate training capacity in development policy analysis and management in sub-Saharan Africa 9. Macro trends and determinates of fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa 10. Consultations with the poor: a study to inform the World Development Report 2000/01 on Poverty and Development 11. Bretton Woods Project 12. Trade and Industrial Policy Secretariat (TIPS), South Africa 13. Sustainable Development Networking Programme: India, Pakistan, China, Malawi, Ecuador, Guatemala The links below lead to the documents. You can also receive these documents by email, using Bellanet's automated Web to Email service. See the end of this message for full instructions on how to use this. ACCESS DETAILS: ------------------------------------------------- 1. Agricultural biodiversity and livelihoods: issues and entry points Elizabeth Cromwell / Overseas Development Institute (ODI), 1999 Why is the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural production important to poor farmers? Include a looks at methods for assigning value to biodiversity and the implications for research/donors http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/agbio.htm ------------------------------------------------- 2. Economic policy for agriculture: a guide for FAO professionals John Weeks / School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, 1999 Manual for non-economists who need to understand and communicate in the language of agricultural economics http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/prof.htm ------------------------------------------------- 3. Handbook on the economic analysis of water supply projects Asian Development Bank (ADB), 1999 Manual aimed at non-economists involved in the planning, designing, appraising and evaluating of water projects http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/hand.htm ------------------------------------------------- 4. Time to rethink privatization in transition economies? John Nellis / International Finance Corporation (IFC),1999 Why have privatisation policies been unsuccessful for the economies of Central Europe and the Baltic States? Paper argues for slower, more selective interventions http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/transec.htm ------------------------------------------------- 5. Technical guides for operationalising household food security in development Projects International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 1999 11 manuals aimed on the collection of information on household food security and nutrition. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/tech.htm ------------------------------------------------- 6. Agriculture and non-agricultural liberalization in the Millennium Round Thomas Hertel; Kym Anderson; Joseph F. Francois; Will Martin / Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) 1999 Looks at the potential effects on the global economy once the results of the Uruguay Round have been fully implemented. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/nonag.htm ------------------------------------------------- 7. Trade and the environment Hakan Nordstr"m; Scott Vaughan / WTO, 1999 Argues that strengthened multilateral environmental cooperation is needed to reflect increasing World economic integration. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wtoenv.htm ------------------------------------------------- 8. Strengthening post-graduate training capacity in development policy analysis and management in sub-Saharan Africa Paul Bennell / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex. 1999 How can donors increase the knowledge base needed to develop the necessary skills for policy analysis and management initiatives? Paper looks at investments in training and capacity building http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/bennell.htm ------------------------------------------------- 9. Macro trends and determinates of fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa Anwar Naseem and Valarie Kelly / Food Security II Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University,1999 Study looks at changes in fertiliser use since 1970, and looks for correlations with economic and environmental variables http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/ferarf.htm ------------------------------------------------- 10. Consultations with the poor: a study to inform the World Development Report 2000/01 on Poverty and Development PovertyNet, World Bank, 1999 What is "a good life"? Based on participative interviews with The Poor http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/consult.htm ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ORGANISATIONS ------------------------------------------------- 11. Bretton Woods Project NGO monitoring the activities of the World Bank and IMF. http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/bretton.htm ------------------------------------------------- 12. Trade and Industrial Policy Secretariat (TIPS), South Africa Trade statistics and analysis for South Africa, SACU and SADC http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/tips.htm ------------------------------------------------- 13. Sustainable Development Networking Programme, UNDP Focusing on the SDNP national-programme WWW services in India, Pakistan, China, Malawi, Guatemala and Colombia http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/tips.htm ------------------------------------------------- See the complete list of new additions on our "What's new" page at: http://www.eldis.org HOW TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL ------------------------------------------------- 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/octembul.htm ------------------------------------------------- ELDIS currently includes descriptions and links to over 3000 organisations and over 6000 full-text online documents covering development and environmental issues. It cab be searched or browsed free over the Internet. If you would like to publicise ELDIS within your organisation, we have printed leaflets available and an A2-size colour poster. Contact us if you would like copies of these, or any other information about ELDIS. 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