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    Community self-mobilisation to end open defecation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).
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    Making regional cooperation work for South Asia's poor

    World Bank, 2008
    This report shows that although South Asia has opened its door to the rest of the world it remains closed to its neighbours.
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    Changing organisations for sustainable livelihoods: a map to guide change

    Eldis Document Store, 2003
    What outcomes does change for sustainable livelihoods aim to achieve? What paths should be taken during the change process? In this booklet Kath Pasteur draws together insights from research on organisational change in India and Bangladesh published separately, providing an overview of issues arising there, and in case study literature from Indonesia, Philippines, and Zimbabwe.
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    Healthcare delivery outside the public sector

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    What role can non-state providers play in scaling up healthcare delivery to meet the Millennium Development Goals? A policy briefing paper for the UK Department for International Development addresses this question using case studies in Bangladesh, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa.
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    Law and poverty: the legal system and poverty reduction

    Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 2008
    Poverty tends to be considered as an economic subject area rather than a legal one. And yet, a society’s distribution of income and opportunity is the outcome of its legal system which may encourage or fail to prevent various forms of marginalisation.
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    Local democracy in Asia: representation in decentralized governance – concepts and issues

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the systems in place in eight countries in South/West Asia, five countries in Southeast Asia and three Pacific region countries.
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    Learning from sanitation and hygiene progress in South Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Almost a billion South Asians lack access to safe sanitary facilities. Despite new policies and funding mechanisms, sanitation is difficult to get right. Increased efforts could result in more unused or unsafe latrines. Sanitation is not just about building facilities; it is also about working with communities to ensure sustainable and hygienic use.
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    Food sovereignty and uncultivated biodiversity in South Asia: essays on the poverty of food policy and the wealth of the social landscape

    International Development Research Centre, 2007
    Based on a series of studies and practical experiments undertaken over several years in the drylands of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh (South India) and in the flood-plains of Tangail district in Bangladesh, this slim volume tells us some surprising facts about uncultivated foods.
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    Are teachers facing a motivation crisis?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of basic education for all by 2015 will be a major challenge for national governments, especially as concern is growing that teachers are becoming increasingly demotivated. Is there a crisis in motivation among teachers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia and if so, why? How can teachers be adequately motivated?
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    Portés disparus: répondre à l’absentéisme des enseignants

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    L’absentéisme des enseignants est un obstacle majeur à l’amélioration de l’éducation dans certains pays en développement, en particulier en Asie du Sud. Les gouvernements consacrent souvent 70 à 90 pour cent du budget de fonctionnement de l’éducation aux salaires des enseignants, sans le moindre retour sur un tel investissement.

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