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  Legislation generates conflict and opportunity for Asian non-governmental organisations

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Over the last two decades, donors working in the health sector have increasingly favoured non-governmental organisations over governments. This has led to competition for funding and legitimacy. Governments have responded in different ways with legislation that can either restrict or help non-governmental organisations.
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  Sugar industries in least developed countries: profiting from ‘Everything but Arms’

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Guaranteed high prices are increasing sugar production in many of the world’s least developed countries. The possibility of duty and quota free access to European markets in 2009 is attracting foreign investment. Proactive governments are now needed to maximise the opportunities that the ‘Everything but Arms’ (EBA) initiative brings.
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  Migrants lack information on UK banks’ remittance services

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Money sent by migrants to their families is the second largest financial flow to the developing world, after foreign direct investment. However, there is little information on remittance products and services available to migrants.  A new project ‘Sending Money Home?’ based in the UK, aims to fill this gap and make money transfers easier for those on a low income.
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  Educating the world’s children: patterns of growth and inequality

  Academy for Educational Development, USA, 2005

  This study employs multiple sources of data and innovative analytic tools to project when 70 poor countries, given current and historical trends, are likely to achieve the goal of universal primary education.
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  Basic services for the poorest

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2004

  This Powerpoint presentation, produced by the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, explores the issues surrounding basic services for the severely poor (those who are far below a poverty line) and the chronically poor (those below a poverty line for all or much of their lives).
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  First language first: community-based literacy programmes for minority language contexts in Asia

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2005

  This comprehensive report is the outcome of the Regional Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programmes for Ethnic Minorities held in Kunming, China (May 2004). This workshop presented findings from UNESCOs action research on using the mother tongue/bilingual approach in pilot literacy projects for ethnic minority communities.
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  Voices of the least developed countries of Asia and the Pacific: achieving the millennium development goals through a global partnership

  United Nations Development Programme, 2005

  This report reviews progress towards the MDGs within the 14 least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia and the Pacific. The 14 countries are Afghanistan, Lao PDR, Solomon Islands, Bangladesh, Maldives, Timor-Leste, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tuvalu, Cambodia, Nepal, Vanuatu, Kiribati and Samoa. It argues that the dynamism of Asia represents both a challenge and an opportunity.
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  Steroids fail to prevent nerve damage in leprosy patients

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Any treatment that prevents nerve damage caused by leprosy could have a major impact on the lives of people with this disease. Research in Bangladesh and Nepal asked whether low dose steroids could protect nerve function in patients with leprosy.
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  Measuring the pace of water sector reform in Asia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Since the 2000 World Water Forum in The Hague, many governments have pledged to change their water policies. Reform is taking place in some Asian countries but not in others. What facilitates or hinders the reform process in individual countries? Are there common issues that can make sharing regional experiences useful?
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  Facing up to climate change in South Asia

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of the likely impacts of climate change on three of the least developed countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. In these countries, climate change effects will include changes in temperature, distribution of rainfall, sea-level rise, and an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events.

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