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    Shell: use your profits to clean up your mess - report on how Shell should fund local solutions for environmental and social destruction caused by its projects

    Friends of the Earth International, 2007
    This report presents nine cases of socially and environmentally problematic projects in which Shell is involved. Each case contains concrete proposals and demands detailing how these problems can be addressed.
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    Is Asia prepared for an aging population?

    International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 2006
    Many Asian countries will experience a significant ageing of their populations during the next decades. This paper explores how these countries are addressing and anticipating the challenges of an ageing society.
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    Mining in the Philippines: concerns and conflicts

    World Conservation Union, 2007
    This report explores the effects of mining in the Philippines.
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    A rich seam: who benefits from rising commodity prices?

    Christian Aid, 2007
    Despite spectacular rises in the prices of commodity prices in oil, copper and gold, developing countries are scarcely benefiting from the rise in prices. This report reveals that mining company profits have risen eight times from 2002- 2005, while many of the developing countries from which the commodities are exported receive very little in either tax or royalties.
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    Women’s general and reproductive health in global supply chains

    Business for Social Responsibility, 2006
    In developing economies, women account for a disproportionately large percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing for export markets.
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    The high cost of calling: critical issues in the mobile phone industry

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2006
    This report looks at corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mobile phone industry.
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    Population ageing in East and South-East Asia: current situation and emerging challenges

    UNFPA Country Technical Services Team for East and South-East Asia, 2006
    There has been marked progress in the policy response to population ageing in countries of the ESEAR, particularly since the commemoration of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999 and the 2002 Madrid World Assembly on Ageing.This report describes the current situation of population ageing, its causes and consequences and implications at the policy, programme and community level.
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    The double burden of malnutrition: case studies from six developing countries

    Food and Nutrition Division, FAO, 2006
    This Food and Agriculture Organization publication assesses the extent of the "double burden" of malnutrition in six developing countries – China, Egypt, India, Mexico, the Philippines and South Africa. The "double burden" of malnutrition refers to under- and over- nutrition occurring simultaneously within a population.
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    Composting: a win-win way to reduce urban waste?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Sustainable management of urban waste is a major challenge for municipal authorities. Much urban waste is biodegradable and recyclable. A large proportion consists of organic matter that can be recycled into compost for urban agriculture. Promising new composting techniques are available but planners must learn why previous projects have failed.
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    Time to rethink urban planning in Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    By 2015 Asia will have 12 mega-cities each with over ten million people.  One in three urban Asians lives in a slum.  As urbanisation accelerates, this number will rise unless Asian governments and the international development community prioritise housing and infrastructure development. 

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