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  Sending money home to Asia

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Half the world’s international migrants and most international labour migrants come from Asia. It is the main destination region for remittance flows from north to south, as well as within Asia from countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand. The scale of remittances in Asia is unknown, however, and few policies exist to maximise their developmental impact.
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  Hope in the slums: women’s work in Bangladesh

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  For the slum-dwellers of Bangladesh, there are few opportunities to gain control over their lives. This is especially the case for slum women, who live within restrictive gender structures. Employment could not only bring in vital income, but also help women assert their rights in a male-dominated culture.
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  Towards evolving a rights-based participatory monitoring tool for sustainable human development and reduction of vulnerability of street children in urban South Asia

  Eldis Document Store, 2005

  This paper aims to develop a participatory monitoring framework for the reduction of vulnerability of urban street children in South Asia, drawing from the principles of rights-based approaches, sustainable livelihoods approaches, empowerment and capabilities approaches.
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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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  Stitched up! How those imposing unfair competition in the textiles and clothing industries are the only winners in this race to the bottom

  International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 2005

  This report tracks the short-term impacts of the ending of the Multifibre agreement, with a focus on six countries: the Philippines, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Lesotho and Kenya.
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  Returns to education in Bangladesh

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2005

  This paper estimates private labour market returns to education in Bangladesh using national level household survey data. Returns are estimated separately for rural and urban samples, males, females and private sector employees.The research finds that an additional year of schooling increases labour market earnings by 7%.
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  Living below the line: sustainability and the houses of the ultra poor

  Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, 2005

  The ultra poor communities in Bangladesh seemingly live in the most basic form of shelter. A closer look however, reveals that the building practices of these people address sustainability, affordability and a host of socio cultural and environmental issues with deeper concern and wisdom than is apparent.
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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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  Cut out the waste says WaterAid report

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  The Decade for Water in the 1980s failed to secure water and sanitation for all. Today the performance of the water sector remains grossly inadequate: more than a billion people have no access to safe water and 2.6 billion have inadequate sanitation. This failure undermines development, and denies people a basic human right.
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  Comparing maternal health services in four countries

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  While the availability and use of trained midwives can shape the quality of care received in pregnancy and childbirth, a number of other underlying health systems structures and processes are important. The management of health workforces, the mix of public and private provision and the impact of reforms affect quality of care across countries.

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