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Author
Language
English
Description
They show how a little help can transform the lives of women and girls abroad. That Cambodian girl eventually escaped from her brothel and, with assistance from an aid group, built a thriving retail business that supports her family. The Ethiopian woman had her injuries repaired and in time became a surgeon. A Zimbabwean mother of five, counseled to return to school, earned her doctorate and became an expert on AIDS.
Author
Series
Women in development volume 5
Publisher
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Center for International Research
Pub. Date
[1985]
Physical Desc
70 pages : color charts ; 28 cm.
Language
English
4) Girl rising
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
View a groundbreaking film, which tells the stories of nine extraordinary girls from nine countries, written by nine celebrated writers and narrated by nine renowned actors. Viewers will see a showcase of strength from the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 268 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The co-founder of Women Thrive Worldwide documents her advocacy work in three impoverished nations, evaluating broad poverty-inducing forces while describing how women she has met have successfully overcome restrictive systems.
Author
Publisher
Chandos Publishing, an imprint of Elsevier
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xiv, 150 pages)
Language
English
Description
Why are some countries rich while others are poor? Why are some well governed while others experience frequent conflict? And how do you measure a country's true success anyways? Social scientists have attempted to answer these types of questions for decades, and have increasingly turned to data for this task. Researching Developing Countries: A Data Resource Guide for Social Scientists serves as a reference guide for social scientists and students...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xxi, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Countries that are rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability, and more frequent civil wars than countries without oil. What explains this oil curse? And can it be fixed? In this groundbreaking analysis, Michael L. Ross looks at how developing nations are shaped by their mineral wealth--and how they can turn oil from a curse into a blessing. Ross traces the oil curse to the upheaval of the 1970s, when oil prices soared and governments...
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