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    The value of mobilizing local resources for women’s rights in the global south and east: case studies of ten women’s funds

    Prospera - International Network of Women's Funds, 2015
    New research by Mama Cash, the International Network of Women’s Funds, and the International Human Rights Funders Group explores the role of resource mobilisation in expanding local support for women’s rights and strengthening local cultures of philanthropy in the Global South and East. 
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    Our voices are strong: Lessons from women’s, girls’ and trans people’s self-led organisations

    Mama Cash, 2017
    Based on interviews with fifteen of Mama Cash’s grantee-partners, the new report Our Voices Are Strong shows that the power of women, girls and trans people at the helm of self-led organisations lies in their use of direct, personal experience to push for greater inclusion and justice in their communities.
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    Costs of non-cooperation in South Asia: an illustration and way forward

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2016
    The South Asian economic integration has remained afflicted with a narrative that is more often than not a negative one. As a part of this, the arguments put forth include the assertion that the region lacks in trade complementarities due to similarities in production structures.
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    Asia Dalit Rights Forum (ADRF)

    Asian Dalit Rights Forum as a collective of Dalit rights activists from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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    State capacity and inclusive development: new challenges and directions

    Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012
    States shape development. This paper takes stock of recent advancements in the literature on state capacity and connects them to the study of inclusive development.
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    The politics of what works in service delivery: an evidence-based review

    Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012
    This paper examines the evidence on the forms of politics likely to promote inclusive social provisioning and enable, as opposed to constrain, improvements in service outcomes. The paper focuses particularly on eight relatively successful cases of delivery in a range of country contexts and sectors where independent evaluations demonstrate improved outcomes.
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    Data mapping on ageing in Asia and the Pacific: analytical report

    HelpAge International Asia, Pacific Regional Development Centre, 2015
    Population ageing is an increasingly important demographic, social, and economic issue for researchers and policy makers throughout developing Asia prompting a need for data to monitor change and formulate evidence-based policies. There have been increasing endeavors in the Asia-Pacific region to collect information specifically related to older persons through representative surveys.
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    The dynamics of LTTE'S commercial maritime infrastructure

    Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2006
    Domestic conditions were also favourable to establish a network among the Indian and Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen who became an important source of strength for the LTTE. The LTTE conducted operations with the assistance of the
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    Prospects for regional cooperation on cross-border electricity trade in South Asia

    Integrated Research and Action for Development, 2013
    Energy remains one of the key inputs to socio-economic progress in developing societies. South Asian nations, namely Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, have so far lagged far behind their developed counterparts in terms of access to clean, reliable, and affordable energy, especially electricity.
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    Zinc status in South Asian populations—an update

    Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 2013
    Zinc plays a critical role in normal functioning of body and is integrated with several enzyme systems. Gene expression, cell division, immunity, and reproduction are important biological functions of zinc. Adequate dietary intake of zinc has been shown to exert ameliorating effect on the skin, and this attenuates the likelihood of restricted linear growth in young children.

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