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  Adaptation or development? Exploring the distinctions (or lack thereof) through case studies in Bangladesh and Vietnam

  Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, 2013

  Using Bangladesh and Vietnam as ‘adaptation project-dense’ contexts, this study explores how adaptation is understood, mainly by practitioners in development projects, but also by government staff, donors, researchers and others who are involved in implementing projects. The study outlines the following three key messages.
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  Fatal fashion: Analysis of recent factory fires in Pakistan and Bangladesh: a call to protect and respect garment workers’ lives

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2013

  The garment industry in both Bangladesh and Pakistan is recognised for paying low wages, demanding and unsafe working conditions, and the repression of unions. Workers are not organised and therefore not in the position to monitor or report freely about safety hazards.
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  Impacts of climatic hazards on the small wetland ecosystems (ponds): evidence from some selected areas of coastal Bangladesh

  Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013

  Most climate related hazards in Bangladesh are linked to water. The poor communities living in remote villages along Bangladesh’s coastal zone are most vulnerable to climate change impacts and depend on small isolated wetlands (ponds) for their daily water requirements.
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  Social change through the info lady experience

  2012

  This paper looks at the formation of groups and sustainability through an innovative model of ICT-based rural women's entrepeneurship in Bangladesh, known as the Info Lady Model.
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  Report on democratic decentralisation policy proposal handover ceremony by Governance Advocacy Forum (GAF)

  2013

  The report contains an event description of the platform Governance Advocacy Forum (GAF), established in 2007 aiming to promote democratic decentralisation and local self government through campaign and policy advocacy in Bangladesh.
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  The Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012)

  Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index, 2013

  The 2012 HANCI report finds that low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition, whilst economic powerhouses such as India and Nigeria are failing some of their most vulnerable citizens. Key findings include:
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  The Institute of Governance Studies (IGS)

  The Institute of Governance Studies is a research, training and teaching institute at BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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  Water Scarcity in Bangladesh. Transboundary Rivers, Conflict and Cooperation

  2013

  It is often assumed that transboundary water systems are potential sources of conflict that can exacerbate political, social, and economic tensions and cause disputes concerning the distribution, use and management of water.
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  Effects of family breakup on children: a study in Khulna city

  Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, 2013

  When a family breaks up, it is usually difficult for everyone in the family to cope with the situation; however, children are often the worst victims of family breakup. There are powerful reasons to be alarmed about the impacts of family breakup on children. They feel insecure, depressed and helpless when they see their family break apart.
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  Making ICT work for Bangladesh's farmers

  2012

  Agriculture is one of the major driving forces of the Bangladesh economy, providing employment to just under half the workforce and contributing around 20% towards national GDP; however, a significant proportion of those involved in agriculture, both as producers and labourers, live close to the poverty line.

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