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    Pandemic threat: poorer Asia-Pacific countries unprepared for major flu outbreak

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that another global influenza or ‘flu’ pandemic could soon strike. This is likely to centre on the Asia-Pacific region, where 30 new infectious diseases have emerged in recent years, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and a new strain of avian flu, caused by the H5N1 virus.
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    NAV evaluation report - the integrated rural development program 1994 - 2004

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004
    This paper presents an evaluation of a Nordic Assistance to Vietnam (NAV) programme initiated in 1994 in Thua Thien-Hue province in Central Vietnam.
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    The pension scheme in Vietnam: current status and challenges in a aging society

    Vietnam Development Forum, 2004
    This paper describes the publicly-managed Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) defined-benefit pension scheme in Vietnam and analyses its financial sustainability in the context of an ageing society in a dynamically efficient economyBy using actuarial models developed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the paper finds that the implicit pension debt (IPD) of the scheme is high in comparison with GD
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    Creating an enabling environment: capacity building in children’s participation, Save the Children Sweden, Viet Nam, 2000-2004

    Save the Children [Sweden], 2006
    This document reports on the evaluation of an exploratory assessment in Viet Nam on the understanding of children’s participation among Save the Children’s staff, partners, and other agencies, as well as the level of children’s participation.The programme operated a capacity-building programme for administrators, all levels of management and project officers at a number of project sites.
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    Fighting illegal activities in Asian forests

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Logging is only one of many illegal activities in South-East Asia’s forests. There are further activities that should be considered illegal because they create human insecurity and threaten sustainable forest management. The complexity of these activities, which always involve poor people, poses a challenge to effective preventative policies.
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    Youth livelihood toolkit: preparing out-of-school youth for livelihood

    Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 2005
    This toolkit is designed to identify effective policies that support the preparation of livelihood opportunities for out-of-school youth in terms of earning, learning, and skill development opportunities.
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    Should policymakers support small enterprises?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are common in developing countries. They often comprise the majority of businesses and provide a high proportion of employment. However, SMEs are diverse: policy interventions must understand what they are dealing with to successfully contribute towards sustainable development, rather than detract from it.
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    An Phu integrated community development project: final evaluation phase 1: 2000 - 2004

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2005
    This report presents the main findings of the final evaluation of the first phase of the An Phu integrated community development project.
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    Mother tongue first: Children’s right to learn in their own languages

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Education is power and language is the key to accessing that power. A child who thrives at school and develops self-esteem and pride will have better employment opportunities and is more likely to realise his or her potential.
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    First hand knowledge: voices across the Mekong: community action against trafficking of children and women

    International Labour Organization, 2005
    This paper is an account of the stories of children and women, and the communities to which they belong, who explain their engagement in a program designed to help prevent trafficking for sexual and labour exploitation. The accounts are drawn from communities in the five participating countries: Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam, and China.

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