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Financing secondary education in developing countries: strategies for sustainable growth
International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2001While improvements have been made in increasing participation in primary schooling in developing countries, progress in increasing secondary participation has been disappointing.DocumentProtection of internally displaced persons in situations of natural disaster
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2005This document outlines a working visit to Asia by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Walter Kälin. Based on these working visits, the report gives an overview of the types of protection and human rights issues that may arise in situations of displacement due to natural disasters.DocumentSwept under the rug: abuses against domestic workers around the world
Human Rights Watch, 2006Abuses of children and women domestic workers - many of them migrant workers - are widespread, but increased awareness of the problem has not yet resulted in concerted government action to address it.DocumentSpecial evaluation study on the fisheries policy of the Asian Development Bank
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2006This report assesses the extent to which the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) fisheries policy guides the design and implementation of ADB-assisted projects and technical assistance grants.DocumentCombined strategies needed for tackling armed violence and poverty
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Loss of lives, unemployment and large-scale displacement as a result of armed violence are increasing. The link between armed violence and poverty is clear. But, how can poverty reduction and armed conflict reduction programmes be integrated?DocumentMaking children’s rights work: country profiles on Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, and Vietnam
International Bureau for Children’s Rights, 2006This report summarises country profiles on children’s rights in Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. The report aims to highlight the existing challenges and gaps in the progress and at implementing the Convention of the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols.DocumentMedia attitudes to reporting climate change
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Effective responses to climate change must include people in climate-vulnerable regions in the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies. The media in these regions can play an important role in communicating the issues, but the media in many developing countries shows little interest in the climate change debate.DocumentCoordination of international humanitarian assistance in tsunami-affected countries
Tsunami Evaluation Coalition, 2006Covering Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, this paper presents an evaluation of the performance of the international humanitarian response to the 2004 tsunami.The evaluation focuses on the efficiency, effectiveness, coherence and appropriateness of coordination arrangements within the international humanitarian system and how this related to national government and nongovernmental agents.DocumentHeart patients are not getting the right treatment
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Every year 32 million people have a heart attack or stroke. At least half of these occur in people known to have cardiovascular disease who have already suffered an attack or stroke. Using the right drugs could prevent as many as three-quarters of these experiencing repeat attacks.DocumentMedical bills push people deeper into poverty
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006In some developing countries public health clinics charge patients for medical consultations. These medical fees, together with a loss of earnings due to ill health, have catastrophic consequences for families already living in poverty.Pages