Sun, 27 May 2012 01:05:22 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues General - all subjects http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 Inclusive green growth: the pathway to sustainable development According to this report by the World Bank, inclusive green growth is the pathway to sustainable development. The report argues that it is the only way ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61512 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61512 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:55 GMT Estrategiademicrofinanzas paraelmanejosostenibledelatierra ylaadaptacio?n al cambioclima?tico enelEcuador El objetivo de esta estrategia es promover, con el apoyo financiero del sector de las microfinanzas, actividades que contribuyan a combatir la degradacio?n ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61511 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61511 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:44 GMT Quantitative maps of groundwater resources in Africa A. M. MacDonald In Africa, groundwater is the major source of drinking water and its use for irrigation is predicted to increase substantially to combat growing food ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61510 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61510 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:42 GMT Learning for skills formation and employability: a strategic framework for informal sector in Bangladesh The formal work environment has undergone a process of rapid transformation in the context of globalisation and technological change, leaving the majority ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61509 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61509 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:37 GMT Epidemiology of Rotavirus and Cholera in Children Aged Less Than Five Years in Rural Bangladesh Despite the known presence of rotavirus-associated diarrhoea in Bangladesh, its prevalence, including records of hospitalization in rural health facilities, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61508 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61508 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:33 GMT The 2010 Outbreak of Cholera among Workers of a Jute Mill in Kolkata, West Bengal, India On 10 March 2010, an outbreak of diarrhoeal disease was reported among workers of a jute mill in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The cluster was investigated ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61507 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61507 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:30 GMT Clinical Profile of HIV/AIDS-infected Patients Admitted to a New Specialist Unit in Dhaka, Bangladesh—A Low-prevalence Country for HIV This paper describes the clinical features of a series of patients admitted to the specialist HIV/AIDS unit (Jagori) of the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B (International ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61506 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61506 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:26 GMT Evaluation of the Performance of Nitrate Reductase Assay for Rapid Drug-susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in North India The objective of the study was to evaluate the performance of nitrate reductase assay (NRA) as a rapid, reliable and inexpensive method for drug-susceptibility ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61505 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61505 Sat, 26 May 2012 09:06:22 GMT An overview and guidance on the UNFCCC process This overview guide on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) highlights the different types of documents relevant to the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61500 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61500 Fri, 25 May 2012 12:34:10 GMT “Butter rather than guns' - the right prescription for hunger in Pakistan M. Kugelman; Z. Altaf; G. Hazarika The challenges of bringing better food security to Pakistan are immense. This collection of essays provides a broad overview of food security in Pakistan, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61483 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61483 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:27:17 GMT Tackling exposure: placing disaster risk management at the heart of national economic and fiscal policy T. Mitchell 2011 was, in economic terms, the costliest year on record for disasters. Economic exposure to disasters is increasing faster than per capita gross domestic ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61497 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61497 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:07:07 GMT Children's vulnerability to climate change and disaster impacts in East Asia and the Pacific J. Lawler In 2011, UNICEF commissioned field research in Indonesia, Kiribati, Mongolia, Philippines and Vanuatu to determine if there were noticeable patterns and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61496 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61496 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:07:04 GMT One planet to share: sustaining human progress in a changing climate A. Rajivan The Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report (APHDR) focuses on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61495 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61495 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:07:01 GMT The state of Arab cities 2012: challenges of urban transition This regional report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) highlights that, although urban slums are decreasing and urban innovations ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61494 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61494 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:58 GMT Coal: energy for sustainable development Access to energy is essential to addressing the causes of poverty. This report demonstrates the role coal has in delivering energy to the 1.3 billion ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61493 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61493 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:55 GMT Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61492 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61492 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:52 GMT Equity and cost-effectiveness of multilateral adaptation finance - are they friends or foes? M. Stadelmann This paper analyses potential criteria to allocate international funding for climate change adaptation. Based on a review of the equity and cost-effectiveness ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61491 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61491 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:50 GMT Global Pension Systems and Their Reform Worldwide Drivers, Trends, and Challenges R. Holzmann Across the world, pension systems and their reforms are in a constant state of flux driven by shifting objectives, moving reform needs, and a changing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61490 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61490 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:46 GMT Correlation between Fitness and Fatness in 6-14-year Old Serbian School Children Lack of physical activity and/or physical fitness are some reasons epidemiologists suggest for increase in childhood obesity in the last 20 years, with ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61488 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61488 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:39 GMT “Minority Islam ” in Muslim Majority Bangladesh: The Violent Road to a New Brand of Secularism More than 85% of Bangladesh ' s 150 million people are Muslims. Bangladesh earns its title as “ the third largest Muslim country of the world ” following ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61487 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61487 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:35 GMT Our rights, our information: empowering people to demand rights through knowledge This book show cases how the right has been used by ordinary people to change systems, redress grievances and realise other rights. It places these experiences ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61486 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61486 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:31 GMT The Impact of 1998 and 2008 Financial Crises on Profitability of Islamic Banks N.H.B. Ahmad The paper investigates the profitability of 78 Islamic banks in 25 countries for the period of 1992-2009. The Fixed Effect Model (FEM) used to analyse ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61485 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61485 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:28 GMT Asset Price Bubble and Banks:The Case of Japan This paper analyses the behaviour of the Japanese banks at the outset of the asset price bubble in the late 1980s. The paper argues that with the advent ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61484 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61484 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:06:24 GMT IDLO-CISDL compendium of legal best practices on climate change policy S. A. Mason-Case This compendium by the International Development Law Organisation (IDLO) and the Centre for International Sustainable Development (CISDL) highlights the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61480 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61480 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:07:01 GMT ESMAP 2011 annual report This annual report by the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the World Bank indicates that in 2011 the program built on lessons learned ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61479 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61479 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:58 GMT Towards climate finance transparency M. Forstater A key lesson from aid transparency is that while high quality statistics are crucial, so too is detailed, accessible and timely information to meet the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61478 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61478 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:47 GMT Adapting tropical production forests to global climate change: risk perceptions and actions M. R. Guariguata As sustainable forest management is threatened by climate change, adaptation measures may be needed to maintain the productive capacity of tropical forests. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61477 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61477 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:44 GMT Climate-smart trade and investment in Asia and the Pacific: towards a triple-win outcome R. Ratnayake Managing climate change caused by greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of the world's greatest challenges. Trade and investment indirectly contribute ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61476 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61476 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:40 GMT Annual status report on NAMAs: mid-year update 2012 X. van Tilburg Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) were introduced in Bali in 2007 and they continue to be an important item on the agenda of climate policy ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61475 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61475 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:37 GMT Climate change vulnerability assessment and adaptation planning for mangrove systems J. Ellison This manual by WWF-US brings together expertise from the field and scientific knowledge to assist conservation practitioners, protected area managers ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61474 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61474 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:35 GMT Climate change and African forest and wildlife resources E. Chidumayo Africa has vast forest resources and life on the continent is largely shaped by these resources. Climate change is argued to have the potential to adversely ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61473 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61473 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:32 GMT Forest management and climate change: stakeholder perceptions The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is currently developing guidelines to assist forest managers to understand, assess and ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61472 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61472 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:29 GMT The little green data book 2012 This annual book by the World Bank presents environmental data from more than 200 countries relating to agriculture, forests, climate, energy, water, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61471 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61471 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:26 GMT Money-Income Causality in Bangladesh: An Error Correction Approach The objective of this paper is to look on the causality between money and income in Bangladesh. The paper differs from the earlier ones regarding data ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61470 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61470 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:10 GMT Conversion of Agricultural Land to Non-agricultural Uses in Bangladesh: Extent and Determinants Bangladesh is a land scarce country where per capita cultivated land is only 12.5 decimals. It is claimed that every year about one per cent of farm land ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61469 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61469 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:06 GMT Initial Trade Policy Focus of the High Performing Asian Economies: A Critical Assessment It is generally agreed that national trade policies of Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong played an important role behind the success of the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61468 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61468 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:06:01 GMT Working together for better safety nets Safety net programmes have proved to be a useful instrument to tackle hunger and malnutrition in Bangladesh. However, insufficient co-ordination between ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61467 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61467 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:05:55 GMT Apartment Housing in High Class Residential Areas of Dhaka City: A Case Study of Dhanmondi, Gulshan and Baridhara Cities are dynamic in nature. They develop as a result of interaction between different social, political, economical and technological forces. Dhaka, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61466 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61466 Thu, 24 May 2012 09:05:50 GMT World economic and social survey 2011: the great green technological transformation The world economic and social survey (WESS) provides analysis of pressing long-term social and economic development issues and discusses the positive ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61465 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61465 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:36 GMT Measuring water use in a green economy J. McGlade This report analyses the different ways for quantifying and accounting for water flows and productivity within the economy. It provides the current state ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61464 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61464 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:34 GMT Mines, migration and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa L. Corno Swaziland and Lesotho have the highest HIV prevalence in the world. They also, during the last century, sent large numbers of migrant workers to South ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61463 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61463 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:32 GMT A View Over Discrimination And Harassment Situation of Daily Unskilled Female Workers in Work Place in Bangladesh T Haque From the study it was found that most of the female unskilled labourers moved from village to town and had come from distressed family often discriminated ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61462 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61462 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:20 GMT An Analysis of the National Budget for FY2011-12 Paper prepared under the CPD programme Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD) Released to the media on 10 June 2011 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61461 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61461 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:17 GMT EU Ban, HACCP Compliance and Shrimp Exports from Bangladesh M Yunus The paper evaluates the impact of the European Union import ban in 1997 and HACCP compliance on Bangladesh's shrimp exports by using an augmented gravity ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61460 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61460 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:13 GMT NACS Meeting Report 2011 Ninety-eight participants from 18 countries met to share tools and experiences and to disseminate promising approaches in nutrition assessment, counseling, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61459 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61459 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:09 GMT Peacemaking in Asia and the Pacific: Women's Participation, Perspectives and Priorities C. Buchanan Ensuring women's fair representation and diverse contributions to peacemaking remains a major challenge. This publication explores the reasons for women's ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61458 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61458 Wed, 23 May 2012 09:05:06 GMT The atmosphere business S. Bhm The contributions collected in this special issue of ephemera question the underlying ideologies and assumptions of carbon markets and bring to light ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61455 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61455 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:55 GMT UNEP year book 2012: emerging issues in our global environment The United Nations Environment Programme's year book for 2012 shows that we are facing a number of environmental challenges, although scientists and policy ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61454 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61454 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:52 GMT Low carbon green growth roadmap for Asia and the Pacific: turning resource constraints and the climate crisis into economic growth opportunities This publication explores the opportunities that a low carbon green growth path offers to Asia and the Pacific region. It articulates five tracks on which ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61453 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61453 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:48 GMT Unsafe abortion Global and regional estimates of the incidence of unsafe abortion and associated mortality in 2008 E. ahman Unsafe abortion and deaths due to complications of unsafe abortion continue to afflict the lives of many women, mostly in developing countries. Unsafe ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61452 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61452 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:43 GMT