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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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    Manual of credit rating for water districts in the Philippines

    US Agency for International Development, 2008
    This manual explains the steps involved in credit rating for water districts (WDs) in the Philippines. It defines the credit rating as an opinion on the ability and inclination (or willingness) of the water district to service its debt obligations
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    Producing computer hardware - an investigative report on labour conditions in the supply chain of the ICT sector in the Philippines

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2007
    This study focuses on labour conditions in the supply chain of information and communication technology (ICT) sector in the Philippines.
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    Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?

    Oxford Policy Management, 2008
    Experiences from around show that building poor people’s capacities to accumulate assets for the long term is central to poverty reduction. In this process, household savings play a particularly significant role. Contrary to what one might assume, evidence increasingly points to the fact that poor people are able to and do save.
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    Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organisation

    The Western Pacific Regional Office, located in Manila, the Philippines, represents WHO in the Asia Pacific.
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    Local democracy in Asia: representation in decentralized governance – concepts and issues

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the systems in place in eight countries in South/West Asia, five countries in Southeast Asia and three Pacific region countries.
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    Non-state justice systems in Bangladesh and the Philippines

    Department for International Development, UK, 2003
    This report focuses on non-state justice systems (NSJS) in Bangladesh and Philippines. It assesses whether and how to work with non-state justice systems (NSJS) to advance safety, security and accessible justice in the countries where they operate. The report mainly addresses dispute resolution. It comprises two main parts:
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    Longevity and productivity: experiences from aging asia

    Asian Productivity Organization, 2008
    Collection of papers arguing that  challenges arising from the increasing number of the aged can only be dealt with by a multipronged approach centered on the family, the society, and the government. The authors of the papers in this publication think along the same lines. Each author is convinced that no single agent acting alone can bring about a change in the present situation.
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    Progress in making urban development sustainable

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    A modern city can only be truly successful if it can demonstrate its commitment to protecting the environment. Officials must recognise the city’s natural assets, create efficient water, energy and transport infrastructure and protect its citizens against the impacts of climate change.
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    Strengthening engagement with the international human rights machinery: a practitioner's guide

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    The UN member states’ commitment to actively protect and promote all human rights and support their further mainstreaming throughout the United Nations system requires increasing interaction and strengthened engagement with the existing international human rights machinery.

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