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  Sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (APPC) outcome document

  Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2013

  The sixth Asian and Pacific Population Conference (APPC) was held in Bangkok in September 2013. This outcome document sets out a set of policy directions and priority actions agreed by the states assembled at the conference. The document states that it is intended to provide an effective response to population and development challenges beyond 2014 and link to the development agenda beyond 2015.
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  Natural systems and climate change resilience in the Lower Mekong Basin: future directions for biodiversity, agriculture and livelihoods in a rapidly changing environment

  International Centre for Environmental Management, 2014

  This report finds that despite the diversity of livelihoods and ecosystems In the Lower Mekong Basin, most sectors’ resilience to climate change is dependent on health natural ecosystems.
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  Gender, Poverty And Development: Gender Sensitive Budgeting And Other 'Best Practices'

  ESocialSciences, 2004

  The dominance of the mainstream growth-oriented development paradigm is being increasingly superseded by the Sustainable Human Development approach. No concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at each and every level.
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  Reclaiming & Redefining Rights - ICPD+20: Status of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Asia-Pacific

  2013

  In 1994, 179 governments committed to advance the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo.
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  A strategic agricultural sector and food security diagnostic for Burma

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2013

  Despite its enormous potential, Myanmar’s agriculture has underperformed over the past fifty years. Furthermore, given that two-thirds of the population works primarily in agriculture, low farm productivity translates into high rates of poverty and food insecurity.
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  PACC Experiences: Gender and climate change adaptation

  Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, 2014

  This paper focuses on the mainstreaming of gender into climate change adaptation at all levels in the Pacific islands region – from national policy to on-the-ground initiatives.
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  Gender justice and social norms - processes of change for adolescent girls

  Overseas Development Institute, 2014

  This publication presents the analytical framework for the current phase (year two) of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) DFID-funded multi-year policy research programme, ‘Transforming the lives of adolescent girls’, which explores gender justice for adolescent girls in Ethiopia, Nepal, Uganda and Viet Nam.
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  Rethinking Social Protection Using a Gender Lens

  Overseas Development Institute, 2010

  The role of gender in social protection is complex, shaping the types of risks tackled, how they are tackled, public buy-in and programme implementation practices. However, the extent to which gender has been integrated into social protection approaches has been uneven at best.
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  Agribusiness models for inclusive growth in Myanmar: diagnosis and ways forward

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2014

  Successful development experiences have demonstrated the greater efficiency achieved with a growth strategy based on small and medium-scale farmers (SMFs). This study is sought to identify potential agribusiness models for enhancing inclusive growth through NGOs partnerships with SMFs in Myanmar.
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  Meaning of indian economic dynamism for the East Asian economic integration process

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014

  The study sets out to demonstrate what Indian economic dynamism brings to the ASEAN+6 process, including its developmental implications. It also aims to highlight how India’s soft power has not only cultural and ethical dimensions but also crucial economic significance to its integration within Asia.

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