The National Health Bill, 2009
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Global economic prospects 2009: commodities at the crossroads
Global Economic Prospects 2009: Commodities at the Crossroads analyzes the implications of the crisis for low-and middle-income countries, including an in-depth look at long-term prospects for global commodity markets and the policies of both commodity producing and consuming nations. Developing countries face sharply higher borrowing costs and reduced access to capital.
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Marine menace: alien invasive species in the marine environment
This publication is targeted at the general public to highlight an important but often overlooked issue, and to serve as a source of information and inspiration. The material presented in this publication is based on a large volume of work by many institutions and scientists around the world researching marine invasive species and developing means to prevent, manage and mitigate bioinvasions.
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Non-timber forest products enterprise development: regulatory challenges experienced in the Koshi hills of Nepal
This paper highlights the regulatory issues and practical challenges related to the development of NTFP enterprises in Nepal. Identifies regulatory challenges that affect the key processes of forest?based enterprise management.
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Towards a climate change strategy: South Asia region
A draft of the South Asia Region Climate Change Strategy. Aimed at supporting the development priorities of south asian nations by addressing climate-change related risks and opportunities, focuses on adaptation and climate impacts on economic growth and poverty reduction.
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Troubled waters: climate change, hydropolitics, and transboundary resources
A recent analytical report examining the multiple challenges that global climate change raises for the management of shared freshwater resources.Assesses the prospective risks to human security and explores how policies and institutions can evolve to ensure sustainable water supplies in a warming world.
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Does private sector participation improve performance in electricity and water distribution?
This study addresses the question with a rigorous econometric approach and distills global results from a multitude of evidence. The data set compiled is unique in its coverage, size, and composition, making it possible to address for the first time methodological problems that have plagued empirical research and hampered conclusive results. The findings provide some answers,
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City profile: climate and disaster resilience
This study makes a comparative analysis of 15 cities in the Asian region, including some megacities, medium sized cities, and smaller cities, in their capacity to absorb stress, to manage it and recover from it.
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Food irradiation: a guide for consumers, policymakers and the media
This paper addressing food irradiation is one in a series published by the Grocery Manufacturers Association to evaluate and explore the science behind some of the most talked about food-related issues of importance to consumers and policymakers. The Grocery Manufacturers Association represents the world
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Second green revolution for sustainable livelihood of small farmers
The Second Green Revolution for Sustainable Livelihood of Small Farmers is a Concept Paper developed by BAIF, based on its experience while working with small farmers and weaker sections of the society particularly tribals, across rural India. The aim is to create nationwide awareness among farmers, extension
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Seed security for food security in the light of climate change and soaring food prices: challenges and opportunities
The FAO document on the key challenges to seed security in developing countries. It contributes to and develops the seed security-related aspects of FAO
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Water and sanitation: fact sheet
By 2015, halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. The world, except sub-Saharan Africa, is on track to meet the target of halving the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water while at the current rate will miss the MDG sanitation target by over 700 million people.
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Industrial development report 2009
This year's report, entitled "Breaking in and moving up: New industrial challenges for the bottom billion and the middle-income countries" focuses on countries that have been left behind.
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Tackling climate change, reducing poverty: the first report of the Roundtable on climate change and poverty in the UK
This report presents the concerns and observations of a wide range of organisations about the impact of climate change on the most vulnerable members of society. The broad platform is one of shared concern. Specific policy recommendations, though, remain those of the individual organisations operating in their particular field of competence.
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Evaluating the energy security implications of a carbon-constrained U.S. economy
Technology plays an important role in determining how energy is produced, delivered, and consumed. In the future, it is expected to play an equally important role in enabling society to secure its energy system while reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). But it is unclear what mix of technologies holds the greatest promise for simultaneously addressing climate change
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Access and benefit sharing from genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge
This manual provides the materials needed to deliver a basic training in access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as provided for under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
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State of biodiversity in the Nordic countries
The Nordic countries have agreed on a common target to halt the decline in biodiversity by 2010. This report aims at evaluating the 2010-target by presenting indicators that can describe trends in biodiversity in the Nordic countries. The results comprise the most comprehensive documentation of land use in the Nordic countries to date.
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Climate change and aquaculture: potential impacts, adaptation and mitigation
This document addresses the potential impacts of climatic change on the aquaculture sector and to a lesser extent the contribution of aquaculture to climate change. In order to achieve these objectives, the status of this subsector in relation to the total food fish supply, recent changes therein and other related aspects are analysed with a view to
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Climate change and water resources management: a federal perspective
Many challenges, including climate change, face the Nation
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Addressing gender concerns in Indias urban renewal mission
The Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) aims to pursue reform, good governance and planned development in urban areas. It seeks to set up participatory, transparent and accountable processes, mechanisms and institutions to enable all citizens - poor and rich, men and women