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Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2010
The global crisis has exposed underlying structural imbalances built up over decades. Reorienting the macroeconomic structure in fairer, more balanced and inclusive channels of development will help sustain the recovery once fiscal stimulus policies have done their job.
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Some realities of the urban poor and their food security situations: a case study of Berta Gibi and Gemechu Safar in the city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This paper, based on qualitative research within two communities in Addis Ababa, identifies factors that impoverish households and expose them to chronic food shortages, and assesses their coping and survival strategies.
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Wild animals migration causes panic in Kerala villages
Several villages lying adjacent to forest areas in Kerala are in a state of panic with summer heat and drought pushing leopards, elephants and king cobras out of the jungles. At least two human lives have already been lost due to leopard attacks in the recent past and accidental deaths of elephants wandering out of forests have also been reported in the past few days.
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In search of shelter
Sea level rise and migration as adaptation: a paper presented by Sujatha Byravan at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
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Rethinking agricultural production collectivities
In the face of persistent rural poverty, an incomplete agrarian transition, the predominance of small and marginal farms and a growing feminisation of agriculture, this paper argues for a new institutional approach to poverty reduction, agricultural revival and social empowerment.
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Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first century
Reducing atmospheric carbon emissions from tropical deforestation is at present considered a cost-effective option for mitigating climate change. However, the forces associated with tropical forest loss are uncertain. Here we use satellite-based estimates of forest loss for 2000 to 2005 to assess economic, agricultural and demographic correlates across 41 countries in the humid tropics.
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Gender, climate change and health
The draft discussion paper offers available information on the differential links between climate change and the health of women and men through the perspectives of direct and indirect health consequences, and the possible interaction of biological and social risk factors in determining these impacts.
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The continuing debate about urban bias: the thesis, its critics, its influence and its implications for poverty-reduction
This article reviews the current state of the debate around the concept of
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Urbanization dynamics and WHOs healthy city initiatives in the South-East Asia Region
It is an accepted fact that the fast and skewed urbanization process that is presently taking place in the WHO South-East Asia (SEA) Region is becoming a powerful agent of change and is accompanied with economic opportunities, environmental threats and health challenges.
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Climate change migrants
The First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 1990 noted that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration. The report estimated that by 2050, 150 million people could be displaced by climate change-related phenomenon. More recent studies increase this estimate.
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Promoting economic cooperation in South Asia: beyond SAFTA
Promoting Economic Cooperation in South Asia: Beyond SAFTA examines the distinct development dichotomy that exists in South Asia and tries to find a workable solution to bridge this gap. In spite of rapid economic growth since 1980, there is extensive poverty and inequality in South Asia.
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Statistical yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2009
This yearbook includes data, charts and a textual overview of over 200 indicators, as well as such cross-cutting issues as poverty and gender. Chapter 30 specifically addresses natural disasters and their huge economic and social costs in Asia and the Pacific.
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Tribals worst hit by development work
Tribals and SCs, prime concerns of the UPA government, have been the worst hit due to massive transfer of agricultural and forest land to match the aspirations of a developing nation.
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Bhopal disaster a civilisational mismatch
Mahim Pratap Singh
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Climate changed: people displaced
This report draws attention in countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change. While producing the smallest amount of greenhouse gases, Africa is one of the continents most vulnerable to climate change, and with the greatest lack of adaptive capacity. Burundi and Somalia, which are the focus in the report, are considered among the ten most vulnerable countries in the world.
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Climate change, disaster, displacement and migration: initial evidence from Africa
In 2007, the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC authoritatively established that human-induced climate change is accelerating and already has severe impacts on the environment and human lives. Although there is not a mono-causal relation between climate change, disasters, displacement and migration, the existence of a clear link between the phenomena is increasingly recognised.
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Protecting people and the planet - A proposal to address the human rights impacts of climate change policy
A report released today by the International Human Rights Law Clinic and the Miller Institute for Global Challenges and the Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and the Center for Law & Global Justice at the University of San