Bangladesh and Manuals
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- A guide on adapting to drought in Bangladesh
- S. Ramamasy; S. Baas / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- In Bangladesh where agriculture is the largest sector of the economy, agricultural production is under pressure from increasing demands for food. A large percentage of the population is already vulnerable to a range of natural hazards...
- How older people’s association can participate in disaster preparedness and mitigation in Asia and the Pacific
- HelpAge International, 2007
- Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribut...
- A policy guide to ending girl child marriage
- International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
- Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these g...
- What is environmental justice?
- J. Mijin Cha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2007
- Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and ...
- Developing educational materials for natural disaster preparedness: lessons from Asia and the Pacific
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2007
- Education is now recognised as playing an important role in allowing individuals and communities to prepare for disaster. It forms a key element of the Hyogo Framework for Action and is also being addressed through UNESCO’s Deca...
- Bangladeshi’s well-being is undermined by life-cycle pressures
- P. Davis / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2007
- A more comprehensive understanding of poverty dynamics is achieved by complementing both qualitative and quantitative research methods. This paper presents findings from focus group discussions undertaken in Bangladesh. Its purpose is...
- Provides practical tools for achieving poverty reduction through mitigation and adaptation to climate change
- South South North, 2006
- The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation an...
- Breaking down the complexity of vulnerability into manageable components with communities to reduce their exposure to hazards and shocks
- E. Chiwaka; R. Yates / ActionAid International, 2004
- This guide is developed to assist field workers and communities to analyse people’s vulnerability, draw action plans, mobilise resources and enact appropriate policies, laws and strategies to reduce their vulnerability to disast...
- Stopping violence against women: a handbook for development practitioners
- United Nations Population Fund, 2006
- Violence against women manifests itself in different ways in different societies - from psychological abuse and physical harm to early marriage and ritual slavery - and the pathways to success vary. This handbook, intended primarily f...
- Manual on participatory and regional planning approaches for linking farmers to growing urban markets
- J. Tracey-White / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2005
- Food supply and distribution systems in most developing countries are undergoing major changes following rapid urban population growth. This guide offers a simple planning methodology and framework to assist policy makers, non-governm...
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