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    Disasterproofing: reducing the impact of natural disasters

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The number of fatalities caused by natural disasters may be declining, but the number of people whose lives are wrecked as a result is increasing dramatically. Is development exposing more people to disasters? What is the cost of failing to prepare for them? Is risk reduction an essential condition for sustainable development?
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    Still an untold tale: the rise of south Asian NGOs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    NGOs are often the envy of government and business as they somehow mobilise resources and motivate staff with low overheads and minimal administration. How have successful southern NGOs managed to grow so fast in an ever changing and often hostile environment? Do the nostrums and prescriptions for good management contained in western textbooks travel well?
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    Fighting the good fight: local communities and government find strength through partnership

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Can community organisations and local government work together to fight off external threats? What do such partnerships mean for local governance? Efficient village councils in India, local NGOs, and other elected bodies successfully saw off attempts to develop a massive power project that threatened local livelihoods in Bengare. What makes or breaks successful protest?
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    Water policy watershed? Rehabilitating rain-fed wastelands in India

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Much of India is covered by vast wastelands. The Indian government is attempting to reclaim these areas to reduce poverty. How successful has this strategy been? Experimental projects have shown that improved management at the micro-level can increase the productivity of water resources in equitable and sustainable ways. But how can productivity be increased on a large-scale?
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    Andhra Pradesh: the land is ours

    OpenDemocracy, 2003
    This article argues that, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, local farmers are under pressure to embrace a future of large-scale monoculture producing crops for the global market.
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    Join the DOTS? Direct observation of TB treatment in Pakistan

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Tuberculosis (TB) is the commonest cause of adult death in developing countries. Patients often fail to complete treatment, which takes several months, and this can lead to relapse and the development of drug resistance. What is the most effective strategy for treating TB?
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    Aid or Trade? Managing fair trade commercial and NGO partnerships

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Partnerships between commercial and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) are creating new challenges for development practice in seeking to promote 'fair trade' between producers in the South and western consumers. Joint ventures that try to combine commercial and development objectives produce distinct problems, however.
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    Seeds of hope?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The spread of modern dwarfing varieties of wheat, rice and other cereal crops prompted major improvements in living standards throughout Asia from the 1960s to the present. This Green Revolution has been widely seen as a driving force behind Asia's economic growth and a crucial factor in the 'pro-poor' pattern of that growth over the past 30 years.
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    Rice seed systems in India – what are the institutional requirements?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Formal seed provision capacity in India faces a dilemma familiar to many developing countries. Although private enterprises are active in providing high value seed, particularly hybrids, seed provision strategies for self-pollinated crops such as rice and wheat are less certain. What are the institutional requirements for building seed system capacity?
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    Escaping poverty: Can policy reach the chronically poor?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 and to reduce other forms of human deprivation.

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