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The refugee problem is not new to Nepal. After 1050 when the country opened up for the outside world, several refugee groups have taken shelter in Nepal. Among them the Bhutanese are the latest group of all refugees whereas Tibetans, who largely entered Nepal in 1959, are the first group. With the Bhutanese refugees what is new however, is the scale and the time when more than 50% of Nepalese...
This paper questions the methodology that is widely used to assess progress in implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a methodology that asks whether the targets are likely to be met. The paper demonstrates that the appropriate question should be whether more is being done to live up to that commitment, resulting in faster progress....
This issue of cc.alps-compact presents an overview of spatial planning-related measures in the Alps to ameliorate the effects of climate change and promote adjustments to it. The second chapter explains CIPRA‘s key concerns: If spatial planning is to play a key role in climate protection, a number of things have to change, because in the case of conflicts of goals regarding the interests...
The policy guidelines were developed as part of the pilot project 'Incorporating Needs and Roles of Women in Water and Energy Management in Rural Areas in South Asia-Capacity Building in Rural Areas of the Himalayas'. Women were provided with hands on training on the management of energy and water using the training manual developed by the project. The experiences gained were...
This book brings science to the heart of debates about globalisation by exploring the globalisation of science and its contrasting effects in Guinea (one of the world's poorest countries) and Trinidad (a more prosperous, industrialised and urbanised island). It focuses on environment, forestry and conservation, sciences that are central to these countries and involve resources that many depend...
Advocacy Strategies and Approaches: A Training of Trainers Manual on Advocacy Strategies for Community-based Organisations in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, and its companion Resource Manual, were developed for potential trainers of community-based organisations (CBOs) in the HKH region. The manuals are intended to provide useful guides for conducting regional and local-level training on...
Ten years have passed since the international community promised to arrest the decline of the Least Developed Countries. The intervening decade has been one of abject failure, with rich countries reneging on their commitments. Oxfam believes the UN LDC 111 provides an opportunity to show that international co-operation in the interests of poverty reduction and more equitable globalisation...
While there have been improvements in humanitarian access and food distribution in many areas, security is deteriorating insome places key to the relief effort. Donors, the United Nations, and the new Afghan interim government all need to focus on security, protection, financing and coordination.
Twelve years after the collapse of communism, a quarter of a Albanians still live in poverty. Given its mountainous terrain, dilapidated infrastructure and tiny farms, Albania's farmers are more vulnerable than those in many developing countries. Albania's immediate neighbours and main trading partners are Greece and Italy - prosperous countries with highly subsidised farms. Now that markets...
The World Bank and IMF continue to drive forward policy reforms in developing countries with almost no prior analysis of the likely impact on poverty. Despite repeated commitments to ensure Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is carried out on all key reforms, very little progress has been made. The Spring Meetings are a perfect opportunity for the World Bank and IMF to present a...
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