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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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  Ending legalised violence against children: report for South Asia Regional Consultation

  Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children, 2005

  This report reviews law and policy in relation to corporal punishment of children in South Asia.The report shows that children in eight countries in the South Asia region are not fully protected under assault laws, despite the clear international human rights standard that children should be protected equally with adults.
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  We were in fire, now we are in water: micro-credit and gender relations in rural Bangladesh

  Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004

  This study of 20 Saving and Credit Groups (SCGs) formed under the Agricultural Development and Intensification Project (ADIP) project in these four districts of Bangladesh was undertaken to assess the impact of micro–credit institutions on gender relations and women’s agency.
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  Food aid distribution in Bangladesh: leakage and operational performance

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004

  This study examines the efficiency of food distribution in food aid-supported programmes in Bangladesh. Specifically, it focused on three components: food discharge at harbours; the public food distribution system; and food distribution to program beneficiaries.
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  Strategic gender interventions and poverty reduction: principles and practice

  Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004

  This manual has been developed to support the formulation and implementation of poverty reduction projects in Asia. It focuses on identifying strategic gender initiatives to help enhance women’s agency in the household and community.
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  Impact of working time on children’s health

  Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Programme, 2004

  This working paper examines the relationship between the intensity of children’s work in terms of weekly working hours and children’s health outcomes. It also includes an analysis of the sector of work.
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  Quality of care for under-fives in first-level health facilities in one district of Bangladesh

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This report, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, looks at the Bangladesh study from the multi-country evaluation of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) effectiveness (MCE). It looks specifically at the quality of care delivered to sick children under five years old in first-level government health facilities.
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  Impact of sustainable livelihoods approaches on poverty reduction

  Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2005

  This paper identifies specific examples where applications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) had succeeded in reducing rural poverty.The study focused on whether the 12 country cases studies (in Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Gambia, Honduras, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Yemen, and Zambia) achieved positive changes in indicators of poverty reduction such as increa
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  Overview of the community based monitoring system (CBMS)

  Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Programme, 2005

  This paper provides an overview of Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS), and examines the different aspects of implementing a community based monitoring system, using a case study of CBMS implementation in the Philippines.Growing demand for a regular source of up-to-date information that is disaggregated at the community level has led to the creation of a CBMS.

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