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Searching with a thematic focus on Poverty in Nepal

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  Inclusive growth toward a prosperous Asia: policy implications

  Asian Development Bank, 2007

  Asia’s impressive economic growth is being complemented by soaring inequalities. This paper argues that if rising income and non-income inequalities are not addressed, there is a major risk to continued social and economic progress in developing Asia.
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  Rural Reconstruction Nepal

  Rural Reconstruction Nepal's (RRN) strategic objective is to empower people through:
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  Conflict and food security in Nepal: a preliminary analysis

  Rural Reconstruction Nepal, 2003

  This study is a preliminary attempt to develop a more systematic approach to, and investigation of, the impact of the conflict on rural livelihoods with special reference to food security in Nepal. It considers the following concerns about food security in Nepal, especially considering the Maoist insurgency and government response since 2001:
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  Understanding bonded child labour in Asia: an introduction to the nature of the problem and how to address it

  Child Workers in Asia, 2007

  This document presents an overview of bonded child labour in South and Southeast Asia, and provides information on legal instruments and approaches that organisations might use to fight it.
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  Closing the gap: pathways out of poverty

  Bundesministerium fur wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung, 2006

  With a focus on German governmental and non-governmental organisations this BMZ paper explores the causes of poverty and highlights key strategies in delivering poverty reduction.Case studies from Bolivia, Tanzania, Cambodia, Uganda, Nepal and Burkina Faso give examples of how different German actors are supporting countries’ efforts to tackle poverty with short sections looking at the role of
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  Far from the city: child labour in Nepal

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Many children in developing countries have to work, but child labour has long-term effects on the ability of developing countries to reduce poverty. How many children there are in each family, and how close they live to cities, can shape the type of work they do and the education they receive.
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  Toward synergistic rural-urban development: the experience of the Rural Urban Partnership Programme (RUPP) in Nepal

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006

  Using a case study from Nepal where conscious efforts have been made to improve linkages between rural and urban areas through the Rural Urban Partnership Programme, RUPP, this paper suggests a general framework for rural-urban development.
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  The determinants and consequences of chronic and transient poverty in Nepal

  Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2006

  Policy designed to reduce both chronic and transient poverty needs to look at the root causes common to both. This study focuses on the impacts of wealth, human capital and ethnicity on both types of poverty.
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  Water planners ignore gender issues in Nepal

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Women play a central role in the management, storage and use of water. Water sector agencies need to move beyond rhetorical commitments to positive action and address gender issues in everything they do. Water projects without strategic plans to overcome gender inequalities can reinforce existing power relations.
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  Using microfinance to prevent debt bondage

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Bonded labour is a major human rights challenge in South-East Asia. Millions of poor people are forced to work for little or no wage, as they struggle in vain to repay loans from their employers. The provision of microfinance is emerging as a key strategy, given that bondage generally results from the need for credit.

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