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    Genetically modified food and international trade : The case of India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and the Philippines

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
    This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses on GM field crops (rice, wheat, maize, soybeans, and cotton) resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, such as drought-resistant rice.
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    Speaking out: how the voices of poor people are shaping the future

    Oxfam, 2009
    This paper from Oxfam focuses on how the "right to be heard" concept can strengthen public participation  in policy making and accountability. Recommendations for those upporting poor and marginalised people to lobby for changes in their situation include:
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    Agricultural trade reform and poverty in the Asia-Pacific: a survey and some new results

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    This working paper analyses the relationship between agricultural trade policy reform and poverty in the Asia-Pacific region. The paper assesses the potential economic implications of agricultural trade reform under the Doha Development Agenda, with a special focus on that region.
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    Community self-mobilisation to end open defecation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    With the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) approach, communities analyse their sanitation conditions, understand the impact of open defecation on health and the environment, and take collective action to end open defecation (OD).
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    Local democracy in Asia: representation in decentralized governance – concepts and issues

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the systems in place in eight countries in South/West Asia, five countries in Southeast Asia and three Pacific region countries.
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    Portés disparus: répondre à l’absentéisme des enseignants

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    L’absentéisme des enseignants est un obstacle majeur à l’amélioration de l’éducation dans certains pays en développement, en particulier en Asie du Sud. Les gouvernements consacrent souvent 70 à 90 pour cent du budget de fonctionnement de l’éducation aux salaires des enseignants, sans le moindre retour sur un tel investissement.
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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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    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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    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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