Pakistan
- Capital:
Islamabad - Population:
184404791 - Size:
803940.0 Km2
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- The BLDS print collection
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Browse all the latest print documents from the British Library of Development Studies...
- Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives
- Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013
- The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or ...
- Water Scarcity in Bangladesh. Transboundary Rivers, Conflict and Cooperation
- A. Kolas 2013
- It is often assumed that transboundary water systems are potential sources of conflict that can exacerbate political, social, and economic tensions and cause disputes concerning the distribution, use and management of water. While som...
- Private providers are the dominant source of treatment in Pakistan
- J. Chandrasiri; C. Anuranga; R. Wickramasinghe / Asian Development Bank, 2012
- This paper reveals that maternal and child health (MCH) services coverage in Pakistan is poor, and overall use of these services is low compared to other countries in the region. The paper illustrates that the low rates of utilisation...
- MSM Country Snapshot Series: PAKISTAN
- 2012
- This snapshot provides information on the current situation for HIV and LGBT rights and advocacy in Pakistan. Pakistan’s HIV epidemic is driven by key affected populations. In 1999, Pakistan, in partnership with UNAIDS, determin...
- Evaluation study: working with men and boys on prevention of GBV
- Partners for Prevention, 2012
- This evaluation report looks at the Humqadam programme, a set of interventions with men and boys in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The programme grew out of the organisation Rozan’s work to include men as partners in violence prevention....
- The “We Can” Campaign in South Asia, 2004-2011. External evaluation report
- M Raab / Oxfam, 2011
- This evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB to measure the impact of the We Can campaign, which ran from 2004-2010 in six countries across south Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka). The overall goal o...
- Global assessment of how countries have been affected by weather-related loss events
- S. Harmeling; D. Eckstein / Germanwatch, 2012
- This report analyses the extent to which countries have been affected by weather-related loss events. It warns that the window for putting the world on a track to stay below two degrees Celsius is rapidly closing and preparations must...
- Community vulnerability assessment: Kharo Chan, Keti Bunder and Jiwani
- K. Zaheer / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2012
- This community vulnerability assessment (CVA) showcases the key threats facing the Indus Delta, focusing on the risks facing coastal communities living in Kharo Chan, Keti Bunder and Jiwani in Pakistan. Apart from identifying threats,...
- Toolkit for integrating disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and ecosystem management in south Asia
- S. Miththapala; V. Sawarkar; P. Krishnan; M. M. Ariyabandu / United Nations Development Programme, 2012
- This comprehensive toolkit, jointly produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) Asia Pacific Secretariat, seeks to provide strategies for integra...
- Transboundary landscape management framework for ecological and socioeconomic resilience
- B. Shakya 2012
- Current land management approaches focus on achieving ecological resilience for natural resources and biological diversity, and socioeconomic resilience for the people who depend on the land for their livelihoods and wellbeing. In the...
- Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)
- Open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development
- SAVAP International
- Organisation of academics and researchers in Pakistan.
- Aurat Publication and Information Service Foundation
- AF is a civil society organisation working for women’s empowerment and citizens’ rights with the collaboration of citizens’ groups and organisations to provide information, build capacity and undertake advocacy for women’s issues and for good governance in Pakistan.
- Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN)
- The Road Traffic Injuries Research Network (RTIRN) was established following interest from participants who attended a session on "Road traffic Injuries in Developing Countries" at the 1999 Global Forum for Health Research. Interested partners held their first meeting in 2000. The objectives of the network are to: advocate for research to reduce the b...
- Gender Mainstreaming Project in Planning and Development Division, Government of Pakistant
Building the capacity of Pakistani government officials to mainstream gender in the formulation, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of government policy
- Urban Resource Centre
- Research and advocacy in Karachi, Pakistan
- Human Resource Development Network (HRDN)
- Elevating the quality of human resource development to reduce poverty
- Network for Consumer Protection, Pakistan
- The Network for Consumer Protection, Pakistan, commonly known as "TheNetwork", is a national, public interest, not-for-profit organisation. It aims to protect and promote the interest of all Pakistani consumers: by educating them about their rights; by providing them independent information about goods and services; and by informing them about government's performance as protector of their right...
- Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
- PPF is an independent media, research and training centre working to defend and promote freedom of expression in Pakistan and raise awareness of social and development issues. The areas of focus include: population and rural development the environment equality of opportunities for women human rights The main activities for this programme are training workshops, seminars and...
- NGO Resource Centre, Pakistan (NGORC)
- NGORC is a project of the Aga Khan Foundation which aims to enhance organisational effectiveness and improve systems that promote gender sensitive participatory approaches to sustainable social and economic development. This is achieved through training, consulting services and the dissemination of information and research to development stakeholders and civil society. Training topics include:...
