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Nanotechnology, water and development
Meridian Institute, 2006This paper draws together a range of issues that need to be considered and addressed in applying technology, particularly nanotechnology, for improving basic sanitation and access to clean water.DocumentImpact assessment of CFPR/TUP: a descriptive analysis based on 2002-2005 panel data
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006The Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction - Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/ TUP) programme was launched in 2002 with the vision of enhancing the sustainable economic and social capabilities of ultra poor households in Bangladesh.DocumentChange in food and nutrient consumption among the ultra poor: is the CFPR/TUP programme making a difference?
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006This paper investigates the impact of Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR/TUP), on changes in food and nutrient consumption between 2002 and 2004.DocumentThe effects of birth spacing on infant and child mortality, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal morbidity and mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh
Labour and Population Program, Rand, 2004This working paper, published by RAND, examines how the length of time between births affects the risk of illness or death of mothers and children. It finds that when there is an interval of less than three years between two births by the same mother, the risks of newborn and child mortality are significantly higher than for intervals of three to five years.DocumentSpecial evaluation study of ADB interventions on nutrition and food fortification
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006This document explores the strengths and weaknesses of Asia Development Bank (ADB)-financed regional technical assistance (RETA), a modality in addressing nutrition issues and initiatives. Five member countries were consulted and interviewed at the field level: Bangladesh, the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam.DocumentWorking with elites to benefit poor people in Bangladesh
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Poverty continues to exist in rural Bangladesh, though an improvement during the 1990s is often attributed to agricultural expansion. Many rural people still live under exploitative relationships. Civil society groups trying to improve the situation of poor people must consider how they can involve both poor and non-poor groups.DocumentMedical bills push people deeper into poverty
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006In some developing countries public health clinics charge patients for medical consultations. These medical fees, together with a loss of earnings due to ill health, have catastrophic consequences for families already living in poverty.DocumentLinking farmers to markets
Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.DocumentCompany Codes of Conduct and Workers Rights: Report of an Education and Consultation Programme with Garment Workers in Asia
2002Women Working Worldwide carried out an education and consultation programme with women workers in Asia, in July 1999 and December 2001. Eight organisations in seven different Asian countries undertook to adapt and print educational materials on codes of conduct for use in their own education programmes, as well as programmes of other nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and trade unions.DocumentEducating girls in Bangladesh: watering a neighbour's tree?
Oxfam, 2005The expansion of girls’ education in Bangladesh – and how it is perceived – is the subject of this study, with the government’s secondary Female Stipend Programme (FSP) used as a case study.There is an old Bengali saying which observes: "Caring for a daughter is like watering a neighbour’s tree".Pages