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    Who are opposed to free trade in the Philippines?

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2005
    In a democratic country, economic policies succeed or fail depending on the political support they receive. Open trade policies that were initiated and accepted years ago can be reversed in accordance with the government's free trade conviction and popular pressure. However, popular pressure for or against open trade is affected by other factors.
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    Climate change adaptation for coral triangle communities: a guide for vulnerability assessment and local early action planning (LEAP guide)

    2013
    This comprehensive set of scientific and social instruments helps local governments and communities to assess their vulnerability to climate change and form their own climate change adaptation plans to address local conditions.
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    The time to lead is now: the adoption of ESG analysis by Asian government pension funds

    The Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia, 2009
    Asia's pension funds are among the largest and fastest growing pools of capital in the region and their influence in the capital markets will continue to grow, especially as asset allocations diversify.
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    Manual of credit rating for water districts in the Philippines

    US Agency for International Development, 2008
    This manual explains the steps involved in credit rating for water districts (WDs) in the Philippines. It defines the credit rating as an opinion on the ability and inclination (or willingness) of the water district to service its debt obligations
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    Strengthening engagement with the international human rights machinery: a practitioner's guide

    United Nations Development Programme, 2008
    The UN member states’ commitment to actively protect and promote all human rights and support their further mainstreaming throughout the United Nations system requires increasing interaction and strengthened engagement with the existing international human rights machinery.
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    Preparing for disaster: a community based appraoch

    ProVention Consortium, 2005
    During the past decade less people have died in natural disasters, but more and more lives and livelihoods are affected by the negative consequences of them. The increase is steep, triggered by more frequent extreme weather conditions with twice as many affected only in the last five years. [Adapted from author]. This guide outlines community based disaster preparedness.
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    Child-oriented participatory risk assessment and planning: a toolkit

    ProVention Consortium, 2007
    In most disaster events, children’s perspective, needs and capacities are most often neglected or taken for granted. Even though children are generally the most vulnerable population in most disaster situations, they are not usually considered separately when evaluating disaster risks. [adapted from author]
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    CEDAW benchbook framework

    United Nations [UN] Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, 2008
    The Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was ratified by the Philippines in 1981. This benchbook seeks to contribute to the clarification of how jurisprudence has helped in the realisation of women’s human rights and how it can further so do, using State obligations under the CEDAW as the standard.
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    ASEAN and trafficking in persons: using data as a tool to combat trafficking in persons

    International Organization for Migration, 2007
    Recognising the lack of adequate data on trafficking, IOM launched a pilot research project to identify “best practice” in data collection on trafficking, and to prepare a situation report by government agencies in four ASEAN member countries (Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand). This extensive report presents the findings of that research.
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    CDM country guides

    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2006
    Many developing countries are faced with a lack of consolidated information on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), and this information has never been put together before in a comprehensive form.

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