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    Education in rural areas: obstacles and relevance

    Foundation for International Research on Working Children, 2007
    This in depth study focuses on education in rural areas and the obstacles faced by parents and children in seven developing countries, namely Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Ethiopia.
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    Some recent experience in community voice card: an innovative tool towards assessing service delivery for MDGs

    Affiliated Network for Social Accountability, 2007
    The key to attaining the first seven MDGs lies with local stakeholders. Participatory monitoring is therefore an important means to assess progress towards these goals. Community voice tools (CVT) applied in India (West Bengal), Nepal, Moldova and China assess MDG related projects by collecting local stakeholders' judgements on:
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    Children affected by HIV/AIDS in South Asia: a synthesis of current global, regional and national thinking and research

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2007
    The report concludes that around ten million children are affected by HIV and AIDS in South Asia, and their prospects are bleak unless they get access to antiretroviral treatment.
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    Promoting Gender Equality in the Aid Effectiveness Agenda in Asia Pacific - Engaging the Principles of the Paris Declaration

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2007
    In August 2007 representatives from 11 countries in the Asia Pacific region convened to examine the extent to which the guiding principles of the 2005 Paris Declaration have provided opportunities to advance gender equality and development agendas.
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    Enhancing women’s access and ownership of livestock

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
     In many developing countries, women provide much of the labour for livestock tasks. Yet their role in livestock production has been undervalued by policymakers and research on this issue widely ignored.
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    Can renewable energy help reduce poverty?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Current patterns of energy production are polluting, unsustainable and characterised by unequal consumption and access. Finding appropriate energy solutions for economic growth and increased social equity, while protecting the environment, is a massive challenge. Some countries are showing how to develop renewable energy technologies suited to local conditions.
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    "We Know What We Need!" South Asian Women Speak Out On Climate Change Adaptation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
    Poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nepal are struggling to protect their lives, homes, assets and livelihoods from weather-related hazards caused by climate change. Nevertheless, women are not passive victims of climate change. This report presents field research conducted in the Ganga river basin in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal, with poor women in rural areas.
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    'Inclusive citizenship' for the chronically poor: exploring the inclusion-exclusion nexus in collective struggles

    Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2008
    The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper considers this formulation by drawing on a case of landless squatters (Sukumbasis) in Western Nepal.
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    Last hope: the need for durable solutions for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and India

    Human Rights Watch, 2007
    For the past sixteen years the majority of Bhutanese refugees in Nepali refugee camps have vested their hopes in the possibility of returning home. The right to return is not by itself a sufficient condition. Repatriation in safety and dignity is feasible only if the country of origin can guarantee respect for returnees’ human rights.
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    Deciding to abort: what factors influence young couples in Nepal?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The government of Nepal legalised abortion in 2002 and services became operational in 2004. Since then, thousands of women have used the legal abortion services. How do young couples reach the decision to terminate an unintended pregnancy?

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