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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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    Voluntary Licensing Agreements for available and affordable HIV drugs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Pledges to secure universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs by 2010 seem increasingly unlikely to be fulfilled. In many less well-off countries, prices are prohibitively high for these treatments.
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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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    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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    IPPF HIV Prevention Report Cards

    International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2008
    Under the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS (GCWA), the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), together with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Young Positives are developing 23 country Report Cards with the aim to strengthen HIV Prevention strategies for girls and young women.
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    CDM country fact sheets

    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2008
    These fact sheets provide information about Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project developments in six Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The sheets include information on domestic Green House Gas (GHG) emission data, domestic approval related information, and the current situation of domestic CDM project development.
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    Can renewable energy help reduce poverty?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Current patterns of energy production are polluting, unsustainable and characterised by unequal consumption and access. Finding appropriate energy solutions for economic growth and increased social equity, while protecting the environment, is a massive challenge. Some countries are showing how to develop renewable energy technologies suited to local conditions.
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    Interrelationship between growth, inequality, and poverty: the Asian experience

    Asian Development Bank, 2007
    This paper examines the relationships between economic growth, income distribution, and poverty for 17 Asian countries for the period 1981–2001. The author uses an inequality–growth trade-off index (IGTI) to analyse the trade-off between inequality and growth. A poverty equivalent growth rate is also employed to study the distributional impact of growth.
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    Burma and its neighbours: the geopolitics of gas

    Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, 2006
    Considering the vital significance of Burmese natural gas, both as a major source of revenue for the military regime and as an important aspect of the current energy security strategies of the neighbouring states (namely Thailand, India and China), this report looks at the geopolitics of Burmese gas.
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    Who benefits from public spending on health care in Asia?

    Equitap, 2005
    This paper by EQUITAP examines the benefit incidence of public health care subsidies in eleven Asian territories including India, Indonesia, and two provinces of China. Distinguishing between hospital and non-hospital care, and inpatient and outpatient care, the paper examines the distribution of health care and the value of subsidies.

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