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    Empowering women migrant workers

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2005
    This document presents information on UNIFEM’s Regional Programme on Empowering Women Migrant Workers in Asia which seeks to empower women migrant workers from a gender and rights-based development perspective.
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    Maintaining rice diversity in Nepal: what can farmers do?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Rice is the staple food in Nepal, accounting for over 50 percent of food production and nearly 40 percent of nutrition. Over 2,000 different rice varieties are grown in Nepal, but many of these varieties may be lost as the demand for rice increases.
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    Improving microfinance services for small-scale forest enterprises

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    A lack of access to microfinance is a problem for many small-scale producers of forest products. Microfinance institutions must develop new methods to deliver their services successfully in remote, rural locations.
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    National integrated pest management programme in Nepal

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2006
    This report assesses the progress of the National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme in Nepal in relation to it's planned outputs, and analyses constraints and achievements in programme implementation.The team found that the overall goal or development objective of the programme to reduce poverty and increase food security while protecting the environment is in line with the MDGs, the f
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    Girls' education in South Asia

    Oxfam, 2006
    South Asia has the highest number of out-of-school girls in the world.
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    Service delivery environments: the case of Nepal

    Governance and Social Development Resource Centre, 2004
    This DFID study examines the challenge of maintaining services for poor people in conflict-affected areas of Nepal. The report describes the different approaches development agencies have taken to supporting service delivery and draws attention to key issues that should be considered for future support.
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    Are Nepal’s young migrant garment and carpet factory workers vulnerable to HIV?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    The growing textile industry in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley attracts large numbers of young rural migrant workers. Away from home, are they vulnerable to rising epidemics of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV? Researchers investigated the behaviours and perceptions of risk among migrant workers aged 14 to 19 years.
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    Handmade paper in Nepal: lessons in institutional innovation

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Studies of how innovations start and spread usually focus on the technology itself, rather than the complex interactions between people involved in processes of change. The growing handmade paper industry in Nepal, however, highlights the importance of institutional innovation.
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    Education for all: non-formal education among street children in Nepal

    UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005
    This report presents the outcomes of a policy forum which was conducted to discuss quality basic education for out-of-school children with particular focus on street children within the framework of the EFA National Plan of Action.The specific objectives of the forum included to present the findings and recommendations of the research on non-formal education (NFE), and best practices for out-of
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    Community-based tourism: failing to deliver?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Community-based tourism was a popular intervention during the 'ecotourism' boom of the 1990s. It is now being suggested as a form of pro-poor tourism. However, few projects have generated sufficient benefits to either provide incentives for conservation - the objective of ecotourism - or contribute to local poverty reduction.

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