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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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    Increasing access to environmental justice: a resource book for advocacy and legal literacy in South Asia

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007
    Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and conserved or used for short term means. These arrangements are not always just and can result in unrest and even violent conflict.
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    ICT infrastructure in emerging Asia. Policy and regulatory roadblocks

    International Development Research Centre, 2008
    This book addresses an important question: can technology by itself improve access to ICTs or must the policy and regulatory pre-conditions be satisfied in order to realise the potential of technological and service innovations?
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    Can well-regulated private education help achieve Education for All?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The privatisation of schools in developing countries is expanding rapidly. Does private education just benefit elite groups? Or should it be seen as a support to governments constrained by limited public budgets, low quality education and persistent schooling gaps? How should it be regulated? Should private providers receive state support?
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    Civil society engagement in education budgets: a report documenting Commonwealth Education Fund experience

    Commonwealth Education Fund, 2008
    This report documents Commonwealth Education Fund experience, illustrating how civil society can engage in the budget process through budget analysis; tracking disbursement flows through the education system; monitoring expenditure; and lobbying to influence budget allocations to the education sector.
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    Agribusiness in South Asia: a fact sheet

    Make Trade Fair Campaign, Oxfam International, 2007
    This paper reviews the nature, profile and functioning of South Asia’s agribusiness sector which has been undergoing rapid changes in the wake of globalisation. Its principal focus is the impact of agribusiness corporations, supermarket chains and such agencies on primary producers and rural poverty reduction.
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    We know what we need. South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation

    ActionAid International, 2007
    Women will suffer most from climate change, because they are poorer. They have less access to financial resources, land, education, health and other basic rights than men, and are seldom involved in decision making processes. Women are therefore less able to cope with the impacts of climate change and are less able to adapt.
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    Children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Asia: a synthesis of current global, regional and national thinking and research

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
    The report concludes that around ten million children are affected by HIV and AIDS in South Asia, and their prospects are bleak unless they get access to antiretroviral treatment.
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    "We Know What We Need!" South Asian Women Speak Out On Climate Change Adaptation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    Poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal are struggling to protect their lives, homes, assets and livelihoods from weather-related hazards caused by climate change. Nevertheless, women are not passive victims of climate change. This report presents field research conducted in the Ganga river basin in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, with poor women in rural areas.
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    Scaling-up rural sanitation in South Asia: lessons learned from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

    UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2005
    This report by the Water and Sanitation Program summarises the findings of a study on scaling-up rural water and sanitation programmes based on eight case studies in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. The study draws out successes and limitations of the programmes, and suggests potential strategies for scaling-up programme approaches.

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