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Assessment of trade facilitation measures implementation in selected Asia-Pacific countries
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008This document presents an assessment of the implementation of trade facilitation measures related to GATT Articles V, VIII, X , in a selected five Asian and Pacific developing countries (Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia and Nepal) in the context of the on-going WTO negotiations.DocumentHow to end child marriage: action strategies for prevention and protection
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2007Girls who marry as children (younger than 18 years of age) are often more susceptible to the health risks associated with early sexual initiation and childbearing, including HIV and obstetric fistula. Lacking status and power, these girls are often subjected to domestic violence, sexual abuse and social isolation.DocumentPeople, policy, and partnership for disaster resilient development
National alliance for disaster risk reduction (NADRR), 2007This 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.DocumentAlternate models to micro savings for the 'bottom-of-the pyramid' in rural areas: lessons from India, Bangladesh and Nepal & some policy doables
2008Microfinance (MF) organisations assume that savings need to be in financial form and should be done with regularity and predictability. MF is therefore not adequate to enhance the rural ultra poor's savings marked by:DocumentHelping the families of home-based workers break the cycle of poverty
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008In Asia there are millions of home-based women workers and the vast majority are poor. How can the risks and vulnerabilities these women face be reduced? And what can be done to help the children of home-based workers escape poverty?DocumentForests and the biodiversity convention: independent monitoring of the implementation of the expanded programme of work: summary report
Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity.DocumentIncreasing access to environmental justice: a resource book for advocacy and legal literacy in South Asia
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2007Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and conserved or used for short term means. These arrangements are not always just and can result in unrest and even violent conflict.DocumentICT infrastructure in emerging Asia. Policy and regulatory roadblocks
International Development Research Centre, 2008This book addresses an important question: can technology by itself improve access to ICTs or must the policy and regulatory pre-conditions be satisfied in order to realise the potential of technological and service innovations?DocumentCan well-regulated private education help achieve Education for All?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008The privatisation of schools in developing countries is expanding rapidly. Does private education just benefit elite groups? Or should it be seen as a support to governments constrained by limited public budgets, low quality education and persistent schooling gaps? How should it be regulated? Should private providers receive state support?DocumentWe know what we need. South Asian women speak out on climate change adaptation
ActionAid International, 2007Women will suffer most from climate change, because they are poorer. They have less access to financial resources, land, education, health and other basic rights than men, and are seldom involved in decision making processes. Women are therefore less able to cope with the impacts of climate change and are less able to adapt.Pages