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August 2006

Announcements
  1. Call for Reviewers
    African Journal of Agricultural Research (AJAR)
    The AJAR is currently seeking qualified reviewers as members of its editorial board. AJAR publishes peer-reviewed manuscripts in all areas of agriculture. Please contact the editor if you are interested in becoming a reviewer.
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  2. Books and Magazines
    Choices
    The latest issue of Choices, a free publication of the American Agricultural Economics Association, is now available. This issue includes a collection of papers on the recent debate surrounding Commodity Checkoff Programs, papers about the various influences on Latin American agricultural growth, and information on the Doha Round, the Farm Bill, BSE and beef trade, energy legislation, CAFO regulations, and eminent domain. Future issues will cover the Farm Program, returns to research and extension, and produce marketing.
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    Where Women Have No Doctor
    The Hesperian Foundation has recently announced the 2006 edition of Where Women Have No Doctor. The new edition has updates on major topics, including: pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding; health concerns of girls and refugees, HIV/AIDS; and the politics of women's health. The full text version is available on the web.
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  3. Competitions
    Global Development Network, India
    2006 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
    GDN is currently accepting submissions for the 2006 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition. Submissions should be new research proposals or completed research papers in any branch of social science; multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions are encouraged. Finalists will present their papers and proposals at GDN’s Annual Global Development Conference in Beijing, China, in January 2007.
    Deadline: September 17, 2006
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  4. Datasets
    IFPRI Dataset: Tanzania: Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), 1998-2001
    The 1998-2001 Social Accounting Matrices for Tanzania were produced through the collaboration of the Tanzanian National Bureau of Statistics, Bank of Tanzania, Tanzanian Revenue Authority, University of Dar es Salaam, and the Economic and Social Research Foundation. These SAMs incorporate an input-output table, a labor force survey, and a household budget survey. The matrices distinguish between 43 productive sectors and the commodities they produce. They also include nine labor categories disaggregated according to education, gender, and child labor and twelve household categories distinguished by three criteria: (i) urban or rural, (ii) below, between, or above the two national poverty lines, and (iii) education level of the head of the household. The SAMs also include agricultural and non-agricultural capital and agricultural land.
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    Sociometro
    Sociometro is a socio-economic dataset compiled by the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. The dataset includes socio-economic indicators for 21 Latin American countries and is based on over 100 national surveys, conducted from 1990 to 2004. The dataset is based on 5 major indicators: demographic, education, labor market, housing, and income. Most of the 5 major indicators can be disaggregated by age, gender, geographic residence, education, and income quintile. Data is represented in a bar graph, facilitating simple comparisons between two or more countries.
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