ELDIS DEVELOPMENT REPORTER
No 4, November/December 1999
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Welcome to the last ELDIS Development Reporter of the 20th
Century.
We look forward to bringing you many more editions in the 21st
Century.
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).
NEW SERVICES ON ELDIS
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New country profiles are now available on
* Microcredit http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/mcprofile.htm
* Gender http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/gcountry.htm
Also, don't forget to look at our new Notepad service, containing
items of news, job adverts, conference details, etc.
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/notepad/index.htm
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. After Seattle: trade and development policy background briefings
2. AIDS epidemic update
3. Microfinance in conflict and disaster situations
4. An asset-based approach to the analysis of poverty in Latin
America [plus case studies]
5. Intellectual property rights and globalization: implications for
developing countries
6. Monitoring and evaluation capacity development in Sub-Saharan
Africa: lessons from governance programming
7. Assessing environmental effects of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
8. Communications and development: a practical guide
9. More, but not yet better: an evaluation of USAIDžs programs and
policies to improve girls education
10. Anti-corruption strategies
11. Women 2000: the Beijing +5 review process
The links below lead to 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. Trade and Development Background Briefings
produced by the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex for DFID;
edited by Chris Stevens, 1999
Confused after Seattle?: briefings on 10 key aspects of the WTO
agenda as it effects developing countries
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/wto.htm
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2. AIDS Epidemic Update
UNAIDS, December 1999
Latest UN statistics and analysis on AIDS/HIV infection-rates
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/update.htm
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Microfinance in Conflict and Disaster Situations
ILO and USAID, 1999
Recommendations on how to prioritise and implement microfinance
and microenterprise programmes during the rebuilding process after
a natural disaster or civil conflict
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/microcon.htm
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4. An Asset-Based Approach to the Analysis of Poverty in Latin
America [plus Case Studies]
Economic Research and Development Policy in Latin America
(OCE) / IADB Research Department, 1999
Why is the distribution of income-generating assets so unequal in
Latin America? An overview and six country-based studies
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/asset.htm
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5. Intellectual Property Rights and Globalization: Implications for
Developing Countries
Calestous Juma / Center for International Development (CID),
Harvard University, 1999
Recommendations on the best national policy and institutional
structures for implementation of the TRIPS agreement
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/intell.htm
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6. Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development in Sub-Saharan
Africa: Lessonsfrom Governance Programming
Mark Schacter / Institute on Governance (IOG), 1999
Lessons-learned from projects to improve governance and policy-
forming capacity in Africa
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/mecap.htm
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7. Assessing Environmental Effects of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (NAFTA): an Analytic Framework (Phase II) and
Issue Studies
NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), 1999
Offers a methodology for impact assessment, plus case studies of
the maize, cattle-feed and electricity sectors
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/nafta.htm
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8. Communications and Development: a Practical Guide
Adam Burke / DFID, 1999
Manual on working with communication media in development
projects: choosing, using and evaluating
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/comdev.htm
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9. More, But Not Yet Better: an Evaluation of USAID's Programs
and Policies to Improve Girls' Education
USAID, 1999
What are the best ways to get girls into schools (and to keep them
there)? Evaluation of USAID project experience in nine countries
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/more.htm
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ORGANISATIONS
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10. Anti-Corruption Strategies (WB Development Forum)
Discussion hosted by the World Bank, with supporting documents
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/anti.htm
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11. Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace,
The Beijing +5 review process
Latest news on the preparations for the Beijing follow-up
conference, to be held in June next year
http://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/plus5.htm
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See the complete list of new additions on our "What's new" page
at:
http://www.eldis.org
HOW TO RECEIVE DOCUMENTS BY EMAIL
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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:
getweb@webinfo.ids.ac.uk
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/decembul.htm
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