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  Agriculture and adaptation in Bangladesh: Current and projected impacts of climate change

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013

  The goal of this research was to examine the likely impacts of climate change on agriculture in Bangladesh, and develop recommendations to policymakers to help farmers adapt to the changes. A variety of research methods were used.
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  We can also make change

  Sightsavers International, 2013

  Voices of the Marginalised is a pilot project, focusing on Bangladesh, bringing the perspectives of those who live in poverty or who are highly marginalised, including those with disabilities, older people and people living with mental health problems, into post-2015 policymaking.
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  Integrating ecosystem services and climate change responses in coastal wetlands development plans for Bangladesh - Online First - Springer

  Springer, 2013

  This study explores the integration of ecosystem services and climate change adaptation in development plans for coastal wetlands in Bangladesh. A new response framework for adaptation is proposed.
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  Scaling up nutrition: Progress report from countries and their partners in the movement to Scale Up Nutrition (SUN)

  United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition, 2011

  This draft report was prepared for the High Level Meeting on Nutrition at the UN General Assembly in September 2011 and the follow-up workshop for the Scale-Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement, which was designed to help nations where people are at risk of under-nutrition and aims to show results within 1,000 days.
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  Multiple micronutrient supplementation during pregnancy in low-income countries: a meta-analysis of effects on stillbirths and on early and late neonatal mortality

  United Nations University, 2009

  Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are common among women in low-income countries and may adversely affect pregnancy outcomes. This study aimed to conduct a meta-analysis of the effects on stillbirths, early and late neonatal mortality of multiple micronutrient (MMN) compared with iron and folic acid (Fe + FA) supplementation during pregnancy in recent randomised controlled trials.
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  Accelerating reductions in undernutrition: what can nutrition governance tell us?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2012

  This paper uses a political economy approach to examine questions around the lack of progress toward nutrition goals in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Zambia. All have medium to strong nutrition governance indicators, but only some are on track to meet the Millennium Development Goal and others have made no progress at all.
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  Fighting maternal and child malnutrition: analysing the political and institutional determinants of delivering a national multi-sectoral response in six countries: a synthesis paper

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013

  Governance is a critical yet understudied component in the nutrition agenda, according to this paper’s authors. The paper uses a political economy approach to examine questions around the progress or lack thereof toward nutrition goals in six countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, India, Peru and Zambia.
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  Iron and zinc supplementation promote motor development and exploratory behaviour among Bangladeshi infants

  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2004

  Iron and zinc deficiency are prevalent during infancy in low-income countries. The objectives of this study were to examine whether a weekly supplement of iron, zinc, iron and zinc, or a micronutrient mix (MM) of 16 vitamins and minerals would alter infant development and behaviour.
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  Climate & environment assessment: Business case for the trade and global value chains initiative

  Evidence on Demand, 2013

  Evidence on Demand carried out a climate and environment assessment – on behalf of DFID – as part of the business case for the Trade and Global Value Chains Initiative.
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  Political settlement dynamics in a limited access order : The case of Bangladesh

  Research4Development, 2013

  This study explores the dynamics of the elite political settlement in Bangladesh during the last two decades (1991-2012), as well as its impact on economic development and political development, understood here as the process of maintaining a stable balance between state building, rule of law consolidation, and democratisation (Fukuyama, 2011).

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