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    Staying behind when husbands move: women’s experiences in India and Bangladesh

    Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2009
    The study of the difficulties faced by those who stay behind when a member of their household migrates temporarily are under-researched in migration studies. The aim of this briefing is to summarise the effects of the temporary absence of migrant men on women’s livelihoods in rural West Bengal, India, and northern Bangladesh.
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    Pension systems for the informal sector in Asia

    Social Protection and Labor, World Bank, 2009
    The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age.
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    Making politics work to reduce extreme forms of poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    There is a growing recognition of the importance of politics in shaping poverty reduction efforts in developing countries. But current development thinking and practice may be failing the poorest groups. What forms of politics lead to successful pro-poor policies?
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    The democracy barometers: surveying South Asia

    Democracy Asia, 2008
    This paper discusses results of the first-ever simultaneous survey of attitudes toward democracy in the five countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - based on a large and representative sample of adult citizens. The survey provides evidence to suggest widespread support for democracy throughout the region.
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    Genetically modified food and international trade : The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
    This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice.
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    Speaking out: how the voices of poor people are shaping the future

    Oxfam, 2009
    This paper from Oxfam focuses on how the "right to be heard" concept can strengthen public participation  in policy making and accountability. Recommendations for those upporting poor and marginalised people to lobby for changes in their situation include:
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    Pension coverage and informal sector workers: international experiences

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing countries.
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    A Critical Review of Selected Time Use Surveys

    2007
    Time use surveys provide information on the activities people perform over a given time period - generally a day or a week - as well as how much time they spend on each of the specified activities.
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    Agricultural trade reform and poverty in the Asia-Pacific: a survey and some new results

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This working paper analyses the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper assesses the potential economic implications of agricultural trade reform under the Doha Development Agenda, with a special focus on that region.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.

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