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  Governance indicators in the Philippines: a user’s guide

  UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 2007

  This Users’ Guide provides basic information on various institutions engaged in establishing and identifying governance indicators generally used in the Philippines.
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  Child focused disaster risk reduction

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2007

  This Handbook is a review on existing literature and case studies in India and Philippines which have a specific focus on integrating children in to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) policies and programmes. It is part of a course organised by Asian Disaster Preparedness Centre on how to successfully carry out community disaster risk reduction.
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  Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA)

  The Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA), launched in London in May 2008, is a multi-stakeholder alliance working to improve access and affordability of medicines for the one-third of the wo
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  Gender and Governance: Supporting Resources Collection

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009

  This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Governance - showcases existing work on gender and governance. It presents summaries of a mix of conceptual and research papers, policy briefings, advocacy documents, case study material, and practical tools from diverse regions and disciplines.
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  BRIDGE Gender and Development in Brief. Issue 21: Gender and Governance

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009

  Governance processes - with their emphasis on principles of accountability, transparency, responsiveness and inclusiveness - should be a means to social transformation. But despite this potential, they are failing to deliver on gender equality.
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  International experience in municipal performance measurement

  The International Development Evaluation Association, 2003

  This paper presents an overview of international experience in developing and using performance measurement systems in municipal governance and management. It covers four areas:
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  Influence and Accountability: Citizen Voices, Responsiveness and Accountability in Service Delivery

  One World Action, 2002

  How can citizens exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services? How can the public sector's willingness and ability to respond be increased in accountable and sustainable ways?
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  The sour taste of pineapple: how an expanding export industry undermines workers and their communities

  International Labor Rights Forum, 2008

  Since the 1960’s, pineapple production has quadrupled and export has tripled worldwide. While profits for some have tremendously expanded under such development, this report demonstrates how pineapple workers, their families and communities, and the environment in the largest pineapple producing nations have not enjoyed the benefits of such growth.
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  Genetically modified food and international trade : The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007

  This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice.
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  Putting National Gender-based Violence Legislation into Practice in the Philippines

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009

  Gender-based violence (GBV) is a major problem in the Philippines, with approximately 9 per cent of women aged 18 and above having experienced physical abuse, much of which happens in the home at the hands of a relative or partner.

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