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    Rural sanitation transformation in Himachal Pradesh

    CLTS Foundation, 2014
    The world remains off track to meet the sanitation MDG target. The key culprit for this is India. Against the global open defecation rate of 15%, in India over 50% of its 1.2 billion population continue to defecate in the open everyday. However, even in this dismal scenario, there are beacons of hope.
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    Youth and radicalisation: the threat to India

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    There is a notion that extremist movements in various parts of the world recruit their
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    Data mapping on ageing in Asia and the Pacific: analytical report

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2015
    Population ageing is an increasingly important demographic, social, and economic issue for researchers and policy makers throughout developing Asia prompting a need for data to monitor change and formulate evidence-based policies. There have been increasing endeavors in the Asia-Pacific region to collect information specifically related to older persons through representative surveys.
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    Indian leadership on climate change: punching above its weight

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others at the highest political level have outlined in recent statements India's commitment to constructive engagement with the global effort to combat climate change. Taken at face value, these statements indicate that India wants to take a leadership role in addressing climate change.
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    India-Bangladesh connectivity: possibilities and challenges

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015
    Enhancing bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh promises to provide exponential benefits for both countries. For India, in particular, transit and transshipment across Bangladesh is important as it is expected to boost the economy of India’s Northeast.
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    Breaking New Frontiers for Gender Responsive Budgeting: the Kerala Model

    UN Women, 2012
    Can technical scrutiny of budget allocations, delinked from political debates, achieve transformation of either budgetary processes or outcomes? This paper argues that a significant opportunity is lost if gender responsive budgeting (GRB) is not included in critical feminist analysis.
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    Valuing variability: new perspectives on climate resilient drylands development

    2015
    This book is a challenge to those who see the drylands as naturally vulnerable to food insecurity and poverty.  It argues that improving agricultural productivity in dryland environments is possible by working with climatic uncertainty rather than seeking to control it – a view that runs contrary to decade of development practice in arid and semi-arid lands.
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    Deepening India’s engagement with Africa through better market access

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2015
    In order to provide ‘trade’ stimulus to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), India launched a Duty-Free Tariff Preferences (DFTP) scheme in 2008. DFTP scheme provides duty free treatment to about 98 per cent of tariff lines and 48 LDCs are beneficiary of this scheme. Preliminary evidence indicates the effect of the scheme has been limited and varies from country to country.
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    Dead in the water - Ethical ownership and water management in the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global

    Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2015
    The world is facing a serious water crisis with increasing water scarcity and overuse globally. The demand for water resources is growing rapidly mainly due to industrial use, and beverage companies are one of the major industrial consumers.
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    The beauty of red

    You Tube, 2013
    This short animation highlights some of the myths and taboos around menstruation, especially those felt by adolescent girls during adolescence. A useful advocacy tool, the animation goes on to highlight the positive and life affirming aspects of menstruation, and encourages viewers to help shatter the negative myths that surround it.

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