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Paying its way: can tourism generate funds for protected areas?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004Tourism is continuing to grow rapidly. Regions in developing countries with high levels of biodiversity are seeing the greatest growth. Protected areas are increasingly attractive to tourists and some conservation areas, traditionally supported by government funding, are raising significant income through tourism.DocumentQuick Notes on Gender Dimensions of Private Sector Development and Gender Entrepreneurship Markets
EdInvest, International Finance Corporation, 2004Entrepreneurial women have engaged with private markets in diverse ways. These Quick Notes outline particular issues faced by women entrepreneurs and include best practice solutions in a range of countries and regions. Success stories from China, Jordan, South Africa, India, Mexico, New Zealand and Nepal highlight diverse ways in which women have engaged in private sector markets.DocumentSeparating fact from fiction –GM crops in developing countries
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Genetically modified crops have stimulated many debates in recent years and few subjects have divided opinions so greatly. Improvements in crop technology could benefit developing countries greatly, in terms of increased food production and income, but it is in these countries where opposition is strongest. With so many different opinions, how can people decide what information is reliable?DocumentFreshwater and poverty reduction: serving people, saving nature - an economic analysis of the livelihood impacts of freshwater conservation initiatives
WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2005Using four case studies, this report analyses how better management of freshwater resources contributes to the improvement of livelihoods of poor local communities.DocumentBeyond the baseline: large scale climate friendly development
2005This article investigates two cases of large scale, development-neutral projects in China and South Africa that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.DocumentDecentralising health workforce management in China and South Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Decentralising health workforce management may help local services to coordinate and plan their human resources more effectively to meet health care needs.DocumentAs poverty urbanises, can cities become sustainable, equitable and productive?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Cities in developing countries continue to grow rapidly, accompanied by ever expanding informal settlements and worsening poverty. In cities where municipal capacity is already limited, effective measures are needed to address poor people’s priorities.DocumentThe reality of integrating gender into transport policies and projects
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Donor agencies and national governments have increasingly expressed their commitment to promoting gender equality in all areas of their work. This has included efforts to integrate gender into the work of the transport sector. However, a substantial gap between rhetoric and practice exists.DocumentCracking down on the HIV/AIDS crisis: can global targets work?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Globally, 40 million people live with HIV/AIDS; 5 million people were infected with HIV in 2001. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 to halt and reverse the spread of the disease is critical to other aspects of human development. However, this goal must consider how the disease develops in different regional and national contexts.DocumentWater and sanitation for all: where are we now?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005In 2000, over a billion people lacked access to safe water and 2.4 billion lacked access to adequate sanitation facilities. Although most developing countries are moving in the right direction, many are lagging.Pages