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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 2: non-structural measures

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008
    Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can cause damage to hydropower stations, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure.
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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 1: community-based management

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008
    Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women and children, are the worst hit. This manual aims to help communities build their capacity to manage flash floods and other disaster risks themselves.
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    The vulnerability of energy infrastructure to environmental change

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2009
    Energy generation, extraction, refining, processing and distribution require a multifaceted global infrastructure. However, much of that infrastructure lies in areas that may become increasingly physically unstable owing to changes in the environment. Of particular concern are disruptions caused or exacerbated by climate change.
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    Development support monitor 2009: Africa in our hands

    African Monitor, 2009
    Although Africa attracted $43 billion in private capital, $40 billion in remittances and $38 billion in aid in 2008 it still faces a considerable resource gap. Such financial support, some would argue, is needed to ensure progressive mobilisation of Africa’s domestic resources and, in turn, social and economic development.
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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.
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    Economic impacts of sanitation in Lao PDR

    UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2009
    Unimproved sanitation and hygiene have a wide array of impacts, which can be categorized into impacts on health, water, time use, and tourism. This study shows that a significant number of people living with unimproved household sanitation impose a large financial and economic loss on the Lao PDR economy; not only to private individuals but also to the public and commercial sectors.
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    Mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes: a training manual for water professionals

    Gender and Water Alliance, 2009
    The training manual on mainstreaming gender into Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programmes is an integrated approach to both gender and WASH issues. It aims to provide participatory gender-sensitive training to water professionals at the policy, project and administrative levels through building their capacity for mainstreaming gender into WASH programmes.
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    Privatization revisited: lessons from private sector participation in water supply and sanitation in developing countries

    Asian Development Bank, 2008
    This paper examines the experiences of private sector participation (PSP) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector. The paper argues that publicly owned water utilities have not always been successful in both developed and developing economies. However, non-market failures in supplying water are much more severe in developing economies.
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    Rising temperatures, rising tension: climate change and the risk of violent conflict in the Middle East

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 2009
    Climate models are predicting a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the Middle East, a region already considered the world's most water-scarce and where, in many places, demand for water already outstrips supply. This report addresses the links between climate change, peace and conflict.
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    Economic valuation of two technologies to import water: a case study of Morocco

    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2009
    For the past few years, water stress has been accelerated world wide - with more severity in the Middle East North African region (MENA). Simultaneously, the economic boom of countries like Morocco has triggered a faster water demand that more likely will not be coped with, given the limited resources that the country has, and for this reason importing water is an imperative necessity.

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