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    The democracy barometers: surveying South Asia

    Democracy Asia, 2008
    This paper discusses results of the first-ever simultaneous survey of attitudes toward democracy in the five countries of South Asia - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka - based on a large and representative sample of adult citizens. The survey provides evidence to suggest widespread support for democracy throughout the region.
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    Pensions at a glance: Asia/pacific edition

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
    Asia's pension systems need modernising urgently to ensure that they are financially sustainable and will provide adequate retirement incomes.  A core concern of this study is the social sustainability of pensions - the future adequacy of pension benefits, the impact of pension reforms on the distribution of income among older people, and ways of combating old-age poverty.
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    Providing support to urban landless and homeless people

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    Urban Poor Funds are an institutional innovation. They support federations of savings groups formed by homeless people or residents of informal settlements. They are changing low-income households’ relations with government agencies, enabling legal solutions to housing problems, promoting cohesion, and providing access to public infrastructure and services.
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    Voices from the South. The impact of the global financial crisis on developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of the crisis has largely ignored its impact on the developing world, and the voices of people from these countries are rarely heard.
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    Making regional cooperation work for South Asia's poor

    World Bank, 2008
    This report shows that although South Asia has opened its door to the rest of the world it remains closed to its neighbours.
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    Sustainability issues in the tea sector - a comparative analysis of six leading producing countries

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2008
    This report presents a detailed and comparative analysis on social, economic and ecological conditions in the tea sector in six of the most important tea-producing countries: India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Indonesia, Kenya and Malawi. It also presents an overview of trade, production and stakeholders in international tea supply chains. The main findings include:
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    Local democracy in Asia: representation in decentralized governance – concepts and issues

    United Nations Development Programme, 2006
    This Background Paper is part of a wider UNDP regional initiative that focuses on a number of core issues related to representative systems and local elections. It includes a detailed review of the systems in place in eight countries in South/West Asia, five countries in Southeast Asia and three Pacific region countries.
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    Feudal forces: democractic nations accountability of police forces in South Asia

    Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, 2007
    This report looks at policing in the Commonwealth South Asia and seeks way to strengthen democratic policing in the region. It outlines legal frameworks, institutions and processes already in place to hold the police accountable – a key element of democratic policing.
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    Older people’s associations in community disaster risk reduction: a resource book

    HelpAge International, 2007
    Building community capacity through Older People’s Associations (OPAs) enhances the resilience of a community in the event of a disaster. Lessons learnt suggest that there are many ways in which older men and women can contribute in planning and coordinating community responses to disasters. [adapted from author]
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    People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development

    National alliance for disaster risk reduction (NADRR), 2007
    This document outlines the proceedings of a two-day workshop entitled ‘People, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development’ held in 2007 in New Delhi. The workshop focused on sharing lessons and building partnerships to scale up community-led disaster reduction initiatives.

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