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  South Asian positions in the WTO Doha Round: in search of a true development agenda

  Consumer Unity and Trust Society, India, 2005

  Bringing together contributions of five research organisations in five developing countries - Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – this book highlights the concerns of South Asian countries regarding the WTO Doha Round, and provides information and analysis on the main agenda items facing developing countries in future negotiates on the WTO.Chapters of the book include:"Ag
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  Creating an enabling environment for the advancement of women and girls

  World Vision International Resources on Child Rights, 2006

  This publication is World Vision’s briefing paper to the 50th Commission on the Status of Women.
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  Poor people speak up to impact urban governance

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  For millions of people in developing country cities the informal sector provides the principal source of income. The relationship between city governance and informal traders is generally complex. Conventional legislation affecting the traders has often been inappropriate and has had detrimental effects on their livelihoods.
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  Expanding broadband and wireless telecommunications networks

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Holding voice conversations over the internet through wireless networks are beginning to give consumers, small companies and social activists a way of connecting to international networks. Telephony, chat, email, text messaging and video-conferencing improve trust and enhance commerce.
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  Asia Tsunami response: rebuilding homes, communities, and lives

  World Vision, 2006

  This report documents how World Vision is working to rebuild communities across five Tsunami affected countries in a community-driven, long-term recovery program.The document considers reconstruction efforts in India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand and Indonesia and details the efforts made to construct new homes, provide for children and revive livelihoods in the areas.The report recognises t
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  South Asian Yearbook of Trade & Development

  Centre for Trade and Development, 2005

  This publication is a comprehensive collection of twelve research papers on trade- related topics relevant to the development concerns of South Asian countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka).
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  Tsunami response: a human rights assessment

  ActionAid International, 2006

  This report from ActionAid outlines how one year after the Tsunami, despite the tremendous efforts of local, national and international agencies, the rehabilitation and reconstruction process is fraught with difficulties.
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  Humanitarian exchange: the tsunami response

  Humanitarian Practice Network, ODI, 2005

  This on-line issue of the Humanitarian Exchange journal focuses on the emergency response to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.Within the humanitarian community, there are diverse views about whether all that money has been wisely spent.
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  Urban governance and access to basic services

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  In many developing country cities poor people suffer from insecure and over-crowded housing as well as inadequate access to water and sanitation. Municipal governments play a primary role these areas, but often fail to provide basic services. As a consequence, poor people have explored informal ways of gaining access to water, land and shelter.
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  A place to stay, a place to live: challenges in providing shelter in India, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka after the tsunami

  Oxfam, 2005

  This paper examines post-tsunami reconstruction in terms of providing shelter in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. It looks at what has been achieved so far, what has still to happen, and suggests what should be done better.The main findings highlighted in this report include:humanitarian agencies lacked the know-how and expertise to lead a mass building exercise.

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