Asia-Pacific region
Over the last decade, market practitioners working for Practical Action across South Asia, Eastern and South Africa, Latin America and the UK have developed, tested and improved a participatory and systematic approach to markets that reduces poverty as scale - PMSD. Participatory Market System Development (PMSD) is Practical Action’s approach to inclusive markets that reduce poverty on a...
The “Asia-Pacific Ministerial Dialogue: From the Millennium Development Goals to the United Nations Development Agenda beyond 2015” will be held in Bangkok during 26-28 August 2013 at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok, Thailand, and will be the first regional Ministerial-level event to discuss the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015...
Canberra, Australia, 25 June 2013 - Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, are applying their knowledge in transboundary river basin management to improve the livelihoods of people living in some of the poorest parts of Asia. CSIRO and its partners have begun work in the Koshi River Basin which stretches from China, across the Himalayas through Nepal...
We are pleased to inform you that the 2012 Asia-Pacific Leadership Program on Environment for Sustainable Development will be held from 4th June to 8th June in Shanghai, China. The theme of this year is Green Economy and Sustainable Development. If you have any friends who may have interests in this program, please help us to send the...
The experiences of the members of Singas village, situated in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), illustrate how indigenous knowledge can contribute to disaster risk reduction. Singas village is a small community situated along the banks of one of PNG’s major rivers, the Markham River. As a consequence, it is affected by yearly flooding following heavy rains experienced during the rainy...
