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The impact of conflict on women’s education, employment and health care
Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2009Conflict restricts women’s freedom of movement. The subsequent impact on education, employment and health care is hard, therefore, to dispute but are these effects universal? This brief focuses on the Middle East, Latin America, and central and east Asia.DocumentAID All in Diary: a practical tool for field based humanitarian workers
AID All in Diary - a practical tool for field based humanitarian workers, 2009<p>The immediate pressures of working in a disasters environment mean that humanitarian workers can struggle to access the most relevant information needed for the situation in which they are working. The All In Diary is designed for use in disaster situations and is specifically aimed at field based humanitarian workers in international and local NGOs.DocumentBuilding Nepal's private sector capacity for sustainable tourism operations: a collection of best practices and resulting business benefits
UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, 2008This report introduces the Marketing Assistance to Nepal for Sustainable Tourism Products (MAST-Nepal) project and provides case studies outlining the actions of project companies to integrate sustainable tourism principles.DocumentIran’s public land bank enables low-income housing provision
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009The World Bank promotes a ‘market-enabling’ approach to housing and urban policy in developing countries. Essentially it recommends governments stop providing housing land directly and instead promote private market activity. However, this advice is widely criticised as inappropriate for some conditions developing countries face.DocumentHumanitarian action and older persons: an essential brief for humanitarian actors
Inter-Agency Standing Committee, 2009This advocacy paper on humanitarian assistance and older persons has been developed by a wide range of humanitarian actors. The authors state why there is a need to pay attention to older persons in emergencies and argue that recent events have brought to light the disproportionate impact of natural disasters and crises on older people:IASC Recommendations include:OrganisationCross-Cultural Solutions
Cross-Cultural Solutions offers volunteer programmes in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Peru, Russia, South Africa, Tanzania and Thailand, where volunteers work side-by-siDocumentEnabling conditions for second pillars of pension systems
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2009Over the past decade the World Bank has promoted pension reforms entailing the introduction of multi-pillar pension systems. Multi-pillar pension reforms typically included the introduction of a second pillar, in which mandatory savings are accumulated in individual accounts.OrganisationMake Development Inclusive: mainstreaming disability in development cooperation
This project contributes to the overall goal to mainstream disability in development cooperation policies of the European Union Member States, the European Commission, and European NGOs working in theDocumentMake development inclusive: how to include the perspectives of persons with disabilities in the project cycle management guidelines of the EC
Make Development Inclusive: mainstreaming disability in development cooperation, 2008Although one in five of the world’s poorest people are disabled, disability itself has not been included in world leaders’ plans to meet the millennium development goals. This manual is designed to be used during the project management process.DocumentThe Politics of Democratic Governance: Organising for Social Inclusion and Gender Equity
One World Action, 2007Democratic governance involves developing institutions and processes that are more responsive to the needs of ordinary citizens.Pages