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    Stakeholder participation in agricultural research projects: a conceptual framework for reflection and decision-making

    Springerlink, 2010
    Recent discourse in the field of participatory agricultural research has focused on how to blend various forms and intensities of stakeholder participation with quality science, moving beyond the simple “farmer-first” ideology of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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    How People Face Evictions: Lessons from people-led initiatives

    Development Planning Unit, University College London [UCL], 2010
    Forced and market-driven evictions are increasing dramatically worldwide, with devastating effects on millions of children, women and men across the globe. Despite this negative trend, however, many people-led initiatives have been successful in addressing this issue and reducing the number of evictions, developing new policies and proving that alternatives to forced eviction can be found.
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    ILO Participatory Gender Audit: relevance and use for the United Nations and its agencies

    International Labour Organization, 2012
    The ILO has designed a tool – the Participatory Gender Audit (PGA) – that lends itself particularly well to providing a comprehensive picture of any given organization’s progress in gender mainstreaming.
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    Community Centers for Community Development: A Case Study of Dhaka City

    2008
    Like the developed countries city corporations and municipalities of Bangladesh too bear the responsibility of providing community facilities to the urban mass. Among various facilities, community center is one of the prime civic facilities aiming to facilitate community interactions, building community bondage and thus contributing community development in urban areas.
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    Realising the Right to Development in Bangladesh: Progress and Challenges

    Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2010
    By signing and ratifying various human rights instruments, the State of Bangladesh has committed itself to pursuing socio-economic policies in a way that would promote its people’s right to development, understood as integrated realisation of the whole range of human rights—including economic, social and cultural rights on the one hand and civil and political rights on the other.
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    Gender mainstreaming in emergency management: facilitator notes

    2012
    This manual supports a half- day workshop, but is easily adapted to shorter or longer periods. It can also be used as a self-study guide. It is designed to be highly participatory, with a range of suggested activities that invite dialogue among the participants. It can be offered on a fee basis or at no cost.
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    Water and climate change adaptation in the Americas. Solution from the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD)

    Water and Climate Change in the Americas, 2012
    This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different agencies), seeks to address the ways in which water management practices must change in order to deal with the prospective impacts of climate change.
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    Fire Hazard Management of Dhaka City: Addressing Issues Relating to Institutional Capacity and Public Perception

    2008
    City dwellers has been increased due to reckless building construction and nonconformation of Fire Protection Act, 2003. Dhaka City has been experiencing many fire accidents at present and in most cases lack of proper precautionary measures along with the institutional inefficiency, insufficient equipment support and lack of public awareness are causing this situation more complex.
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    Training Guide for Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    Together, both women and men play a significant role in safeguarding food security. It is important to understand their respective roles and responsibilities to ensure that they benefit equally from climate-smart agriculture practices. However, insufficient research has been undertaken to understand how they are adapting to climate change, mitigating emissions and maintaining food security.
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    A Guideline for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Business Practices in the Financial Sector

    Development Research Network, 2007
    Environmentally and socially responsible businesses are closely related to corporate governance which in turn concentrates in providing a balance between economic and social goals to promote and support the proficient use of resources.

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