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    Gender and natural resource management: livelihoods, mobility and interventions

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment, and natural resource management.
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    Responding to infectious diseases in Burma and her border regions

    Conflict and health, 2008
    In January of 2007 an international scientific conference "Responding to infectious diseases in the border regions of south and southeast Asia" was conducted by the Conflict and Health collaborative group, and hosted by the Faculty of Tropical Medicine of Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand.
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    Air pollution linked to childhood allergies in Chiang Mai, Thailand

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Population growth and urbanisation have led to increased air pollution in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Meanwhile, urban residents are suffering from rising levels of respiratory diseases and other allergies. If environmental factors do worsen allergies in children, it may well be that these two trends are linked.
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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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    HIV/Sexual and Reproductive Health Program for HIV Prevention: The Youth-Adult Partnership with Schools approach

    Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, 2006
    The aim of this study was to describe the development and evaluation of a programme designed to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Thailand. A participatory action research (PAR) approach was used in collaboration with ten schools in Chiang Mai Province to develop a youth-adult partnership with schools (YAPS) model.
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    Redefining AIDS in Asia: crafting an effective response

    Oxford University Press India, 2008
    This report from an independent Commission on AIDS in Asia provides an analysis of the developmental consequences of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region, and its medium to long-term implications on the socioeconomic environment. The report reviews over 5,000 papers and surveys of over 600 people from community-based organizsations and civil society.
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    More than a pretty picture – using poverty maps to better design policies and interventions

    World Bank, 2007
    Small area estimation poverty maps help policy makers in many countries to:
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    Organic certification schemes: managerial skills and associated costs

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    Certification is critical in organic markets as it enables organic producers to access new export and domestic market opportunities and premium prices due to the fact that organic quality adds value to products. Whilst in developed countries, economic incentives and enabling policies and regulations have
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    Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008
    In the context of climate change, it has become clear that our global community urgently needs to adopt more sustainable life-styles to both reduce the use of natural resources and CO2 emissions.
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    Developing technologies for sustainable fisheries in Asia

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Governments in Asia must prioritise technologies that improve fishery productivity to meet the growing local and international demand for fish. This increased productivity must be sustainable, however, and benefits need to be shared amongst people living in poverty who depend on fisheries.

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