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    Tackling climate change and bringing development through cross-sector partnerships

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Future climate change policy in developing countries is likely to require the transfer of technologies. These should both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to local social and economic development. Cross-sector partnerships between investors, municipalities, and citizens may be one way to achieve this, through reduced costs and increased local involvement.  
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    Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong.
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    Diversity in agricultural research resources in the Asia-Pacific region

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Based on a survey of 11 countries (Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea) this report is a comprehensive account of agricultural research and development (R&D) in the Asia-Pacific region.
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    Preparing for disaster: a community based appraoch

    ProVention Consortium, 2005
    During the past decade less people have died in natural disasters, but more and more lives and livelihoods are affected by the negative consequences of them. The increase is steep, triggered by more frequent extreme weather conditions with twice as many affected only in the last five years. [Adapted from author]. This guide outlines community based disaster preparedness.
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    Exploratory study of micro-pensions in the Philippines

    WorldGranny, 2008
    This study assesses prospects and options for developing private pension programmes that address the needs of the elderly in the Philippines. It seeks to look at issues with respect to regulation and policy, the characteristics of demand and supply in micro-pension products, and the solutions to gaps and challenges in the provision of micro-pension products to the poor.
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    Asian new democracies: the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan compared

    Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, 2006
    This book focuses on the common issues and unique problems faced by three new democracies in Asia: Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan.The book contains 12 chapters in three parts following a general introduction. Together, essays in this volume provide a baseline characterisation of the democratic performance of three countries.
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    The past is always present: the Moros of Mindanao and the quest for peace

    Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong, 2008
    With a focus on the Philippines, this paper looks at the quest for peace and the impact of the past. It asks what the roots of conflict in Mindanao are, the American role in creating the problem, the role of counter-terrorism, and what the current prospects for peace are held with the present initiatives.
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    Citizens’ participation and local governance in South East Asia

    One World Action, 2008
    Achieving democracy, accountability and participatory governance are complex and long term processes. The Citizen’s Participation in Local Governance (CPLG) is a project implemented across the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand which has provided exciting opportunities, challenges and risks for all involved.
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    Patients without borders: the emergence of medical tourism

    Public Citizen, 2006
    This article published by the Public Citizen Health Research Group, is the first in a two part series that focuses on medical tourism – travelling with the express purpose of obtaining health services abroad.
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    Child-oriented participatory risk assessment and planning: a toolkit

    ProVention Consortium, 2007
    In most disaster events, children’s perspective, needs and capacities are most often neglected or taken for granted. Even though children are generally the most vulnerable population in most disaster situations, they are not usually considered separately when evaluating disaster risks. [adapted from author]

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