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    From the ground up: Changing the conversation about climate change

    BBC Media Action, 2014
    This policy briefing, produced by BBC Media Action, draws upon the world’s largest study of people’s everyday experience of climate change: the Climate Asia Project.
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    Where energy is women's business: national and regional reports from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific

    ENERGIA: International Network on Gender & Sustainable Energy, 2007
    In the introduction to this publication, ENERGIA policy advisor and editor of this pubication Gail Karlsson writes, “In many developing countries, especially in the poorest areas, most energy currently comes from traditional biomass fuels such as wood, charcoal and agricultural wastes - and collection and managing these fuels is strictly ‘women’s business’.” She calls on national energy and dev
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    Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation

    Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013
    The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.
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    Governing the forests: an institutional analysis of REDD+ and community forest management in Asia

    International Tropical Timber Organization, 2013
    This report examines the history, structure and monitoring mechanisms of REDD+ to better understand how it impacts upon, and interacts with, Community Forest Management (CFM). It presents case studies of CFM and REDD+ governance from Bangladesh, Indonesia and India, and concludes with some lessons learned.
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    Skills for Green Jobs: A Global View

    International Labour Organization, 2011
    This volume examines the experiences of 21 developed and developing countries in adjusting their training provision to meet the new demands of a greener economy. It shows that skills development is critical to unlocking the employment potential of green growth, yet skills shortages are becoming an obstacle in realising this potential.
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    Gender, ICTs and Agriculture

    International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2002
    This report examines the digital divide that exists between developing nations of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific and the rest of the world. The report highlights the following issues:
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    HIV/AIDS in the south-east Asia region

    World Health Organization, 2010
    This annual progress report, published by the World Health Organisation (WHO), presents key achievements in prevention and control of HIV in the South-East Asia Region and highlights areas where further work is needed.Key findings of this report are:
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    Growing older in Africa and Asia: Multicentre study on ageing, health and well-being. Global health Action journal, supplement 2

    Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, 2010
    Selection of articles looking at the status of the elderly in Asia and Africa, resulting from the collaboration of the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Article titles include:
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    ‘Promoting peace and democracy through security sector reform’, insights #79

    Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2010
    Since the late 1990s, security sector reform (SSR) has emerged as a principal activity for promoting peace and stability, and a priority for donors in post-conflict countries. This issue of insights explores the concept of SSR as a coordinated, comprehensive approach to reforming the entire security system, to improve security governance and promote respect for human rights.
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    Missing in action: teacher and medical provider absence in developing countries

    Development Education Programme, World Bank, 2005
    Absenteeism of teachers and medical personnel is widely cited as a barrier to improvement of education and health outcomes in developing countries, especially in South Asia. But how severe is the problem of absent teachers–and in health care, absent medical personnel?

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