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    Young people and HIV/AIDS: responding to the new Asian crisis

    Save the Children Fund, 2001
    This report provides examples of a number of Save the Children projects in Asian countries where the focus has been on children affected by HIV/AIDS and/or prevention efforts focused on children and young people.The authors outline the organisation's policy and approach with regard to tackling issues such as stigma, the child sex trade and education.
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    Forest fire and biological diversity

    Unasylva, FAO, 2002
    Although a number of studies have taken place into the ecosystem effects of fires on forests, few have looked their biodiversity implications.The authors briefly outline ecosystem impacts of fires on a global, regional and local level.
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    Community based fire management, land tenure and conflict: insights from Sumatra

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
    In response to the many highly damaging fires that have occurred in Indonesia, destroying large tracts of forest and causing high levels of damaging carbon emissions, community based management is often recommended as the answer to fire control.Traditional knowledge of fire and its management can be effective in managing both forests and fires, but, this paper argues, very little evaluation of
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    Fire use, peatland transformation and local livelihoods

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2001
    The biodiversity and carbon sequestration value of tropical peatlands is damaged by logging, burning, drainage and other activities. In many cases this may also damage local livelihood benefits such as fisheries support.
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    Cambodia Urban Health Project: briefing pack

    Options Consultancy Services, 2001
    Options in association with the Department for International Development (DFID) carried out an Urban Health Project in Cambodia. The aim of the project was to explore alternative models for health care for the urban poor; the project's Health Room model and its other activities have been documented and closely monitored and evaluated.
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    Burma: companies, NGOs and the new diplomacy

    Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2001
    Burma, also known as Myanmar, is an important case study in wider international debates on the politics of sanctions versus constructive engagement, as well as the role of companies and NGOs, when trying to encourage political dialogue and progress in controversial states.
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    The next wave of HIV/AIDS: Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China

    National Intelligence Council, USA, 2002
    This document from the National Intelligence Council (NIC) makes predictions about the course and implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic over the next eight years. It states that the number of people with HIV/AIDS will grow significantly by the end of the decade. The increase will be driven by the spread of the disease in five populous countries—Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, India, and China.
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    What makes teachers tick?: a policy research report on teachers' motivation in developing countries

    Voluntary Service Overseas, 2002
    The report argues that teachers are often excluded from development and planning for education and the importance of their role ignored by decision makers.Teachers are often under paid and under resourced and neglected, leading to high turnover rates, lack of confidence and varying levels of professional commitment.
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    An analysis of the role of social safety net scholarships in reducing school drop-out during the Indonesian economic crisis

    UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2000
    This paper uses regression and matching techniques to evaluate Indonesia’s Social Safety Net Scholarships Programme.The scholarships programme was developed to try to prevent large numbers of children from dropping out of school as a result of the Asian crisis.
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    Logging bans in Asia and the Pacific: an overview

    Mekonginfo, 2002
    The study of the efficacy of removing natural forests from timber production as a strategy for conserving forests, conducted at the request of the Asia-Pacific Forestry Commission (APFC) and coordinated by the FAO Regional Office for Asia-Pacific, sought to review the experiences with logging bans in selected countries.The objectives were to:investigate past and current experiences of A

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