32. Downsizing the Civil Service in Developing Countries: The Golden Handshake Option Revisited.
Introduction: Setting the empirical and conceptual scene Why downsize? Why a golden handshake? Possible new approaches and their limitations: How…
31. A Path for the New Millennium?: Government-Donor Partnership to Finance Primary Health Care in the Third World
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30. Malnutrition and Income: Are We Being Misled? (A Dissenting View with a Confusing Literature)
The issue of malnutrition and income as presented in the literature The thesis: (A counter-argument) What to do then? References…
29. Brave New World: A Political Pendulum in Search of its Balance
South Letter, No. 16, winter 1992-93. CLAUDIO SCHUFTAN schuftan@gmail.com 1. The recent political events in the world are not a…
28. The Household Entitlements Revolution or a Women-Centered Approach to Family Security
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27. On Behalf of the African Child: Challenges and Windows of Opportunity for the Donor Community.*
THE NINE PANELS PANEL No. 1: The empowerment factor PANEL No. 2: A national commitment to health and nutrition: Does…
26. Triage Management in Third World Health Ministries
Letter to the Editor, Tropical Doctor, Vol.26, No.2, April 1996. In Green’s article on ‘Financial Management in Times of Severe…
25. The Project Approach in Development Assistance
(Letter to the Editor) Development Forum, Vol .20, No.5, Sept. – Oct. 1992. Dear Editor, I have been following your…
24. Positive Deviance in Child Nutrition: a Critique
Positive deviance in context. Positive Deviance: The difference between coping and adapting Positive Deviance in situations of failure to thrive…
23. Egos/Alter Egos of the Main Actors in Development Projects (or Why Projects do not Work).
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