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    Subsidy reform and distributive justice in fisheries

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2019
    While most fisheries are already overexploited, many governments allocate capacity-enhancing subsidies to the fishing sector, encouraging further overfishing. Target 14.6 of Sustainable Development Goal 14 and WTO negotiations to eliminate harmful subsidies both call for action on reform.
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    Impact of water and sanitation interventions on childhood diarrhea: evidence from Bangladesh

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013
    This paper analyses the possible relevance of water and sanitation improvements for diarrhoea reduction in the context of Bangladesh. Much of the public policy thinking in the past was guided by public investment in providing improved access to water.
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    Safe drinking water. Who is willing to pay the price?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2012
    Treating water can reduce the prevalence of diarrhoea by up to 70 percent. Although there are several inexpensive water treatment technologies available, statistics show that every 15 seconds a child dies due to waterborne diseases. Over 700 million people still lack access to safe drinking water.
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    Special Report - water Issues between Nepal, India & Bangladesh: a review of literature

    Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, India, 2010
    After a thorough examination of the available literature on water issues between Bangladesh, India and Nepal, the author has observed that there is an acute lack of scholarly work on issues pertaining to water issues in South Asia. Most of the work available is in the form of newspaper articles. Additionally, the available reports do not provide an objective assessment of water issues.
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    Evidence from the frontlines of climate change: loss and damage to communities despite coping and adaptation

    United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012
    This study presents empirical findings from fieldwork around the world examining loss and damage caused by global warming. The report begins by defining and contextualising the emerging discourse on assessing, quantifying and reacting to loss and damage. Key findings from the five case study sites include the following.
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    Water Supply of Dhaka City: Murky Future The Issue of Access and Inequality

    Unnayan Onneshan, 2011
    To address the existing problems of water demand and supply, and to draw future scenarios, the current study has employed both qualitative and quantitative research techniques.
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    Safe drinking water: who is willing to pay the price?

    International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2012
    This briefing, the second issue of the Evidence Matters series, distills policy relevant evidence from a recent 3ie systematic review ‘Willingness to pay for cleaner water in less developed countries". The review summarises research from Bangladesh, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia. Some of the lessons learned include:
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    Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
    The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the timing of water flows, hydropower rivalries and persistently unsafe drinking water.
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    Industrial pollution and urban environment:a case study of Narayangonj Pourashava

    Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
    There has been a remarkable and refreshing interest in the urban environment over the past few years. Advanced nations are economically developed and no doubt developing countries are more concerned about economic development. One of the important sectors of economic development in developing world is manufacturing industries. Developing countries have industries:
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    Resource manual on flash flood risk management module 2: non-structural measures

    International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2008
    Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can cause damage to hydropower stations, roads, bridges, buildings and other infrastructure.

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