ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
No 12, February 2001
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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. Globalization, poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a
political economy appraisal
2. Health insurance for informal sector: case study of Gujarat
3. Guidelines for studies of the social and economic impact of
HIV/AIDS
4. Improving policy analysis and management for poverty reduction
in sub-Saharan Africa
5. Is there scope for growth with equity?: the case of land reform in
South Africa
6. A review of empirical evidence on trade, trade policy and poverty
7. DFID white paper on Eliminating World Poverty: Making
Globalisation Work for the Poor
8. Bureaucratic structure and performance
9. Learning to make policy: development cooperation agencies and
knowledge
management
10. World employment report 2001
11. Rural poverty report 2001
12. Assessment Report of Working Group I of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The links below lead onto the documents. You can also receive
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ACCESS DETAILS:
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1. Globalization, poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: a
political economy appraisal
Tsikata, Y.
Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), Kenya, 2000
OECD Development Centre, 2000
The response of African countries to trade liberalisation and
globalisation
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/tsik.htm
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2. Health insurance for informal sector: case study of Gujarat
Gumber, A; Kulkarni, V.
Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), India, 2000
Why the poor prefer public sector management of health care
facilities
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/informal.htm
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3. Guidelines for studies of the social and economic impact of
HIV/AIDS
UNAIDS 2000
Concepts to assist in producing assessments and impact studies
on the implications of HIV/AIDS
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/impaids.htm
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4. Improving policy analysis and management for poverty reduction
in sub-Saharan Africa:
creating an effective learning community
Bennell, P.; Masunungure, E.; Ng'ethe, N.; Wilson, G.
Poverty Reduction Learning Network, 2000
Donor interventions and the role of postgraduate training for
effective learning
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/improve.htm
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5. Is there scope for growth with equity? the case of land reform in
South Africa
Deininger, K.; May, J.
School of Development Studies (SoDS), University of Natal,
Durban, 2000
Survey finds no conflict between efficiency and equity goals
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/equity.htm
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6 A review of empirical evidence on trade, trade policy and poverty
McKay, A.; Winters, L.A.; Kadir, A.M.
DFID , 2000
Literature survey with policy conclusions
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/tpp.htm
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7. DFID White Paper on Eliminating World Poverty: Making
Globalisation Work for the Poor
DFID, UK, 2000
Full-text report and background papers
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/dfidwp.htm
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8. Bureaucratic structure and performance
Court, J.; Kristen, P.; Weder, B.
United Nations University (UNU),2000
African survey finds better performance, but increasing corruption
and worries about lack of
public sector ownership of development strategies
http://www.ids.ac.uk/eldis/bureau.htm
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9. Learning to make policy: development cooperation agencies and
knowledge
management
King, K.; McGrath, S.
Centre of African Studies (CAS), Edinburgh, 2000
How can development agencies learn more from their own
experience and the that of other
agencies?
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/learn.htm
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10. World employment report 2001
Labour Organization (ILO), 2001
Impacts of the new information and communication technologies
on life at work
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/WER.htm
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11. Rural poverty report 2001
IFAD, 2001
Staples, water and redistribution: three means of reducing rural
Poverty
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/rupov.htm
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12. IPCC WGI third assessment report: summary for policymakers
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2001
Assessing the prospects for climate change: latest predictions and
analyses
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/WGI.htm
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