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    Health impacts of climate change in urban Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Climate change is likely to seriously affect the health of urban Asians. Most at risk are those who live in hazard zones – flood plains, coastal areas and on unstable hillsides. Improved understanding of the local and current impacts of climate variability is vital to reduce the impacts of climate change in the future.
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    Assessment of trade facilitation measures implementation in selected Asia-Pacific countries

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This document presents an assessment of the implementation of trade facilitation measures related to GATT Articles V, VIII, X , in a selected five Asian and Pacific developing countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Nepal) in the context of the on-going WTO negotiations.
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    Size Matters for EFA

    Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2008
    This monograph reviews literature on school and class size. It estimates the numbers of small schools and numbers of children learning in small schools worldwide, and concludes by looking at implications for on-going and future CREATE studies, in particular the Community and School studies in Bangladesh, Ghana and India.
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    Feudal forces: democractic nations accountability of police forces in South Asia

    Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2007
    This report looks at policing in the Commonwealth South Asia and seeks way to strengthen democratic policing in the region. It outlines legal frameworks, institutions and processes already in place to hold the police accountable – a key element of democratic policing.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]
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    How to end child marriage: action strategies for prevention and protection

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007
    Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these girls are often subjected to domestic violence, sexual abuse and social isolation.
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    People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development

    National alliance for disaster risk reduction (NADRR), 2007
    This document outlines the proceedings of a two-day workshop entitled ‘People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development’ held in 2007 in New Delhi. The workshop focused on sharing lessons and building partnerships to scale up community-led disaster reduction initiatives.
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    Alternate models to micro savings for the 'bottom-of-the pyramid' in rural areas: lessons from India, Bangladesh and Nepal & some policy doables

    2008
    Microfinance (MF) organisations assume that savings need to be in financial form and should be done with regularity and predictability. MF is therefore not adequate to enhance the rural ultra poor's savings marked by:
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    Scaling up community sanitation programmes in Bangladesh

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Increasing the intensity and spread, or ‘scaling up’, of a particular practice is not straightforward. Governments and donors often emphasise the expansion of programmes and institutions. The Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programme, pioneered in Bangladesh, indicates that processes of spread and adaptation within communities may be more relevant. 
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    Helping the families of home-based workers break the cycle of poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    In Asia there are millions of home-based women workers and the vast majority are poor. How can the risks and vulnerabilities these women face be reduced? And what can be done to help the children of home-based workers escape poverty?

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