This checklist aims to assist programme sectors and field offices in the preparation of Desk Studies for external and internal evaluations.

UNESCO: Evaluation Guidelines | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Alexander Rondeli, who heads the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, says Georgia faces internal and external pressures that keep it weak.

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Studies show that Mercosur's high external tariffs cause Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to import from one another even when it would be more efficient to buy goods elsewhere.

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And, as a result, many organizations have a substantial internal factory that churns out data on a regular basis, as well as external resources on call that produce data for onetime studies and questions.

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And several recent studies point to a range of factors -- from a mother's religiosity, external emotional support and a grandparent living in the home -- that can concretely contribute to single mothers' raising productive, happy children.

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