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Women’s general and reproductive health in global supply chains
Business for Social Responsibility, 2006In developing economies, women account for a disproportionately large percentage of the workforce engaged in manufacturing for export markets.DocumentPopulation ageing in East and South-East Asia: current situation and emerging challenges
UNFPA Country Technical Services Team for East and South-East Asia, 2006There has been marked progress in the policy response to population ageing in countries of the ESEAR, particularly since the commemoration of the International Year of Older Persons in 1999 and the 2002 Madrid World Assembly on Ageing.This report describes the current situation of population ageing, its causes and consequences and implications at the policy, programme and community level.DocumentHigher education in South-East Asia
UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2006This report is a critical analysis of higher education in South-east Asia. The report is based on case studies from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.DocumentLinking farmers to markets
Agricultural Support Systems Division, FAO, 2006This website/page presents a selection of brief case studies of ways in which small-scale farmers in developing countries have linked with markets, through their own efforts and with assistance from others.DocumentSlipping through the net: can poor people benefit from the international fisheries trade?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006The global export value of fisheries products is around €60 billion annually and growing. This trade has significant implications for poor people in Asia, where fisheries provide food and income for poor, marginalised people.DocumentFuture characteristics of the elderly in developing countries and their implications for policy
Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006This paper generates profiles of the elderly to 2050 on key characteristics for a set of thirteen developing countries that vary by region, size, economic level, and cultural traditions. Findings show dramatic shifts in the educational attainment and family size of the elderly over the next 30-40 years.DocumentChild domestic labour in South-East and East Asia: emerging good practices to combat it
International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour, 2006This report explores the recent situation of child domestic labour in the South-East and East Asia and the actions that are being taken to combat it in the region.Part I of the report provides an overview of child domestic labour in the region, based on existing publications and documentation.DocumentFighting illegal activities in Asian forests
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Logging is only one of many illegal activities in South-East Asia’s forests. There are further activities that should be considered illegal because they create human insecurity and threaten sustainable forest management. The complexity of these activities, which always involve poor people, poses a challenge to effective preventative policies.DocumentPolitics, science and shrimp farming – whose ‘objectivity’ counts?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006Shrimp farming is a major industry in many developing countries, providing important foreign exchange and offering potential for economic development, particularly in rural areas. However, since the early 1990s, researchers, activists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been protesting about its environmental and social impacts.DocumentLancet Chronic Diseases 2: preventing chronic diseases: taking stepwise action
The Lancet, 2005This article, the second in the Lancet series on chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), presents a planning framework for preventing chronic diseases, divided into key steps or stages, which can be used in settings with limited resources.Pages