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    Water saving technologies: myths and realities revealed in Pakistan’s rice-wheat systems

    International Water Management Institute, 2007
    This study uses both farmer surveys and physical measurements to understand the impact resource conservation technologies (RCTs) have had on water use and water savings in irrigated rice-wheat zones of Pakistan’s Indus Basin, the centre of the country’s food grain production system.
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    Protection solutions for displaced women and children

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Women and children face unique risks during times of conflict and related displacement, including rape, domestic violence, child abuse, exploitative labour and so on. In these situations, community-based programs, designed in consultation with affected women and children, offer the most sustainable protection.
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    Government and non-state sector collaboration to reach EFA

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The Education For All (EFA) agenda and Millennium Development Goals emphasise increasing access to basic education. Non-state providers could possibly contribute to expanding access to education. In what ways do states collaborate with these providers to ensure that poor children are not denied access to education?
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    Political parties in South Asia: the challenge of change

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007
    This paper provides a comparative view of the conditions, roles and functioning of political parties in five countries of the South Asian region – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The publication builds on empirical information collected from 49 parties and addresses the challenges of politics as experienced by the key political actors themselves: the political parties.
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    Human rights and dignity of Dalit women: report of the conference in the Hague, 20-25 November 2006

    India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006
    This report summarises the proceedings and the outcomes the 1st Conference on the Rights of Dalit Women held in The Hague, Netherlands.
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    Introducing client-centered reproductive health services in a Pakistani setting

    Studies in Family Planning, 2005
    Poor quality of existing public reproductive health services in Pakistan deters many women from using services and contributes to poor reproductive health outcomes. This paper reviews an intervention designed to improve the quality of services by training health care providers to help clients meet their needs and eliminate barriers to service access and use.
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    Rising from the rubble: communities lead the earthquake response

    Save the Children [Sweden], 2006
    In response to the earthquake in Pakistan, the Save the Children Alliance initiated a community mobilisation approach to protect children. The success of the initiatives described in this report refute the suggestion that such an approach times is unsuitable for emergency relief operations and slows response times.
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    Report of proceedings and recommendations of conference on disaster preparedness and mitigation in developing countries

    Human Resource Development Network, 2006
    This paper reports on the seminars and workshops delivered during a one-day conference on disaster preparedness and mitigation in Pakistan.The conference sought to formulate policy recommendations for disaster preparedness and mitigation, and to share these recommendations with key stakeholders.
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    What do people think about mental health care in Pakistan?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Mental health problems affect people throughout the world. In low-income countries, improved treatment and prevention strategies are needed. To be effective, these must be informed by knowledge of who is providing mental health care and how clients view the different forms of care available.
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    Educational equity and public policy: comparing results from 16 countries

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2007
    The right to education has been recognised by the international community for the last half century and has led to increasing interest in the equity of countries’ education systems.

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