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Nicaragua: The threat of a good example?

01/01/1989

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Nicaragua is a poor and underdeveloped country about the size of England and Wales. This report is based on Oxfam’s experience of over twenty years work there. The new Nicaraguan approach to development, based on the needs of the poor majority and the participation of ordinary people, offers real hope to the poor.

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Bitter Pills: Medicines and the third world poor

01/08/1987

5 documents

292 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Rich and poor could benefit from new drugs to treat incurable diseases. But only the poor are denied the life-saving drugs available to the rich. This report attempts to unravel the complexities of the medicines issue. The focus throughout is on the needs of the Third World poor. Chapter 1 assesses the role of medicines […]

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The Great Health Robbery

01/01/1981

1 documents

59 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Poor health and poverty often go together – in Britain and in other parts of the world. Yemen is no exception. Here people die from diseases that could be prevented – diarrhoea, TB and so on.

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