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Development Bulletin no.44
January 1998

Table of Contents

Discussion Series
Australia’s aid programme and children’s rights
The Hon. Kathy Sullivan MP

Children’s rights and the impact of global action
Morten Giersing

Children and the development agenda: The role of UNICEF
John Williams

In focus: Goals agreed upon at the United Nations conferences for selected Basic Social Services for All (BSSA) indicators

Child-focused development
Joachim Theis

The psychological and emotional impact of the HIV epidemic on children
Elizabeth Reid

Supporting transformational development through child sponsorship
Heather Elliott

Child labour and the rights of the child
Sharon Bessell

Eliminating child labour: Some issues for project planning
Pamela Thomas

Child labour in Thailand: The state of play
Simon Baker

Homeless street children in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Harriot Beazley

Children’s health and survival as measures of economic and social well-being
Christine McMurray

In focus: Malnutrition: Causes, consequences and solutions

Casualties of development? Child and youth suicide in the Pacific
Heather Booth

Child sex tourism: Child victims of the SAP gap
Christine Beddoe

On targetting economic and other variables to reduce infant mortality:
Theory and evidence

Azmat Gani

Child soldiers
Andrew Taylor

In focus: Children and armed conflict

Viewpoint

Comments on the Simons Review
Cherry Gertzel

Farraka Barrage: Its environmental and social impacts in Bangladesh— A rejoinder
Binayak Ray

Playing with population density
Terence H. Hull

NGOs, scientists and the poor:
Competitors, combatants or collaborators?
Joseph DeVries

Updates

Rural development and women in India: The challenge of improving women’s access to credit under liberalisation
Shishir Sharma and Shankariah Chamala

Overview of current economic, strategic and political developments in Southeast and South Asia
Walden Bello

In focus: The state in a changing world: Highlights from the 1997 World Development Report

What our readers think of us: Results of the questionnaire survey
Nguyen Huu Dung

From the field

Revealing a crisis: Surveying child nutrition in Iraq

Women bring about behavioural change in India

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Briefing paper

Pursued by the law: The victimisation of children who offend
Helen Bayes