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The Inter-Country Distribution of UK Overseas Development Assistance

Published by: IDS

Small Shoemakers and Fordist Giants: Tale of a Supercluster

Published by: IDS

This paper investigates a success story from a country in crisis: the shoe industry of the Sinos Valley in Brazil. The main question is to what extent the industrial district model captures the reality of the Sinos Valley. In many ways it does. The sectoral and geographical concentration of shoe manufacturers is formidable. Even more striking is the depth of the local economy which includes almost the entire range of supply industries and producer services.

Challenging the Populist Perspective: Rural People’s Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice

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Retos Metodológicos para la Investigacióny Extensión Agrícolas: Valorando los Procesos

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Taxation, Risk and Real Interest Rates

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Household Food Security: Concepts and Definitions: An Annotated Bibliography

The concept of 'food security' is found as early as the 1970s, but the concept of 'household food security' is more recent: the bulk of...

Expenditure and Financing of the Health Sector in Kenya: Abridged Report of a Study Performed for the Ministry of Health and the World Bank

This Study provides one of the most detailed country profiles to date of health expenditure and financing flows in sub-Saharan Africa.

Good Government?

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It is little more than three years since the Berlin Wall began to crumble. In that time, the political context and content of development aid to the Third World has changed rather dramatically.

Violence Against Women in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Sudan, Senegal and Yemen

This report focuses on gender based violence in Bangladesh and Pakistan as there is very little information available on the other...

Background Paper on Gender Issues in Ghana

Published by: IDS

How much autonomy do women in Ghana have? Does this equal that of men? Women in West Africa, and in particular Ghana, are often assumed...