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    IDLO-CISDL compendium of legal best practices on climate change policy

    International Development Law Organisation, 2011
    This paper highlights the challenges that governments face in implementing their international climate change policy commitments and the means to addressing these challenges. The authors note that international action on climate change is a relatively new phenomenon and legal systems were designed prior to the establishment of the multilateral climate change regime.
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    Achieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012
    This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.
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    Pensions at a glance

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2012
    In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at a Glance – Asia/Pacific Edition 2011 aims to enhance interaction between OECD member countries and non-member Asia/Pacific countries and economies.
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    UNIDO and energy efficiency: a low-carbon path for industry

    United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2009
    Energy efficiency in industry contributes to economic growth and mitigating environmental impact while reducing industrial energy intensity and improving competitiveness.
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    The time to lead is now: the adoption of ESG analysis by Asian government pension funds

    The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
    Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify.
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    Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2009
    The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age.
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    Pensions at a glance: Asia/pacific edition

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    Asia's pension systems need modernising urgently to ensure that they are financially sustainable and will provide adequate retirement incomes.  A core concern of this study is the social sustainability of pensions - the future adequacy of pension benefits, the impact of pension reforms on the distribution of income among older people, and ways of combating old-age poverty.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Winners of globalisation

    Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick, 2008
    Picking up on the positive and negative economic impacts of globalisation, this paper focuses on the welfare-enhancing and dislocating aspects of the phenomenon. It examines the evidence for its beneficial effect on several country groups as well as over the global economy.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    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 contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]

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