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    Special evaluation study on small-scale freshwater rural aquaculture development for poverty reduction

    Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2004
    Linking aquaculture development approaches to viable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor remains a challenge. The poor face many constraints to participation in aquaculture, primarily due to a lack of access to capital and resources, vulnerability, and aversion to risks.
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    Artesunate beats quinine against severe malaria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Quinine is currently the only drug recommended for the treatment of severe malaria throughout much of the tropics. A study in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Myanmar shows that treatment with artesunate cuts adult mortality by over a third compared with quinine. Artesunate should become first-line treatment for severe falciparum malaria in adults, the researchers conclude.
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    South Asian Yearbook of Trade & Development

    Centre for Trade and Development, 2005
    This publication is a comprehensive collection of twelve research papers on trade- related topics relevant to the development concerns of South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka).
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    Targeting effectiveness of CFPR/TUP in scale-up environment

    Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2006
    Experience from many development interventions shows that unless the programme is designed and targetted specifically for the poorest, they will either be missed or they will exclude themselves.
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    Water for Production: an Overview of the Main Issues and Collection of Supporting Resources

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
    Water is fundamental to the well being of women and men both in the household and productive activities and is key to poverty reduction and development. Water is also a strategic resource in that its control is a source of power. Interventions that change the control, use of and access to water resources inevitably raise gender issues and opportunities.
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    Politics, science and shrimp farming – whose ‘objectivity’ counts?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Shrimp farming is a major industry in many developing countries, providing important foreign exchange and offering potential for economic development, particularly in rural areas. However, since the early 1990s, researchers, activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been protesting about its environmental and social impacts.
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    Sex workers struggles in Bangladesh: learnings for the women’s movement

    Eldis Document Store, 2005
    This paper describes the involvement of Naripokkho, a Bangladesh NGO, in a national campaign to support the rights of sex workers. Naripokkho supported sex workers’ efforts to defend themselves against illegal government eviction orders from brothels in Bangladesh.
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    Gender and Citizenship: What Does a Rights Framework Offer Women?

    BRIDGE, 2000
    This article describes how the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action have been used by an NGO in Bangladesh to mobilise around issues of violence against women (VAW) and reproductive health.
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    Sex Workers Struggles in Bangladesh: Learnings for the Women's Movement

    BRIDGE, 2005
    This paper describes the involvement of Naripokkho, a Bangladesh non-governmental organisation (NGO), in a national campaign to support the rights of sex workers. Naripokkho supported sex workers' efforts to defend themselves against illegal government eviction orders from brothels in Bangladesh.
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    AIDS and vulnerability: reflections on “long wave” shocks

    Eldis HIV and AIDS Resource Guide, 2005
    This background note, for a UNAIDS workshop on AIDS and Vulnerability, considers the research and policy implications and challenges of treating AIDS as a long wave shock. The paper specifically explores: the methodological challenges of studying long wave shocks; the distinctiveness of AIDS; and the policy implications of a focus on long term vulnerabilities.

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