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  From earthquake to floods: have humanitarian interventions become more accountable and of better standard?

  Humanitarian Accountability Partnership, 2007

  This document reports on a seminar held in Islamabad during October 2007 aimed at addressing issues of quality and accountability in humanitarian interventions. It focuses on whether humanitarian interventions have become more accountable and of better quality with particular reference to the earthquake and floods in south Pakistan (2005 and 2007).
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  Pension and social security schemes in Pakistan: some policy options

  Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Pakistan, 2008

  Currently in Pakistan the provision of regular pensions is limited to formal sector employees only. A number of social security schemes that are operational in the public and private sectors cover a small proportion of old-age population, whereas a significant proportion of the elderly population working in the informal sector remains largely unprotected by social security schemes.
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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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  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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  Improving public services through appropriate ICTs

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  Many poor people lack access to public services, such as drinking water, health and education. They also lack effective ways to complain, to forward their views, and to request information or services. Public services lack transparency, accountability and quality.
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  The relative effectiveness of government and private schools in Pakistan: are girls worse off?

  Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty, 2007

  The objective of this study is to examine the relative effectiveness of school types at the middle-school level in Pakistan. Evidence from household survey data shows that girls do have substantially and significantly poorer access to private schools than boys do.
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  Second generation Afghans in neighbouring countries from Mohajer to Hamwatan: Afghans return home

  Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2007

  Currently, there are around 3 million registered Afghan refugees living in Pakistan and Iran, the majority of whom are now in their second or even third generation of displacement. This document reports on young people who have spent more than half of their lives in Pakistan or Iran and then returned to Afghanistan.
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  Scaling-up rural sanitation in South Asia: lessons learned from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan

  UNDP - World Bank Water and Sanitation Program, 2005

  This report by the Water and Sanitation Program summarises the findings of a study on scaling-up rural water and sanitation programmes based on eight case studies in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. The study draws out successes and limitations of the programmes, and suggests potential strategies for scaling-up programme approaches.
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  The INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies: lessons from three case studies

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007

  Education is only just beginning to be accepted as a critical relief intervention in emergency situations, yet efforts are focused largely on school feeding or provision of materials. The Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Minimum Standards are an important tool for ensuring quality and accountability in education interventions.

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