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- This report examines gender disparities in the aquaculture industry, particularly the role of women and how the nature and extent of their contribution is often overlooked in statistics. It examines the five key themes of markets, trade and migration; capabilities and well-being; identities and networks; governance and rights and climate change, disasters and resilience. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2011.
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- Nireka Weeratunge-Starkloff; Jharendu Pant
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2832.pdf
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- This working paper report provides guidance for post-earthquake infrastructure development planning for communication, energy, transport and water with examples of lessons learned from post-earthquake recovery programs in India, South Asia and Indonesia. It was written to assist the government of China with post-disaster recovery following the Wenchuan Earthquake in 2008. This report was published by The World Bank in 2010.
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- Geoffrey Read
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10129
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- This article discusses the potential use of wild stocks of giant freshwater prawns as a method of improving the genetics of culture stocks and studies the extent and patterns of genetic diversity in wild giant freshwater prawn stocks to assist decisions about the direction of future breeding programs. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2003.
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- P. B. Mather; M. de Bruyn
- Publisher
- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga26-4/pdf/naga-26-4-article1.pdf
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- This book examines the characteristics of successful cities. It covers: models for analysing growth by geographic concentration; urbanisation; urban growth; different types of industries in different urban sectors; the technological landscape and 'smart cities'; the impact of globalisation and industry clusters on urbanisation; factors influencing recent rapid growth in urbanisation; and examples of individual successful cities. Countries referred to include China, India, Singapore and the Philippines. The book was published by The World Bank in 2012.
- Author
- Raj Nallari; Breda Griffith; Shahid Yusuf
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6020
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- This report provides an overview of the Indian national policies that are likely to reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in India and identifies priorities for effective policy implementation including improved coordination among different levels of government, institutional capacity building and sufficient financing.
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- Neha Pahuja; Nimisha Pandey (Teri); Koyel Mandal; Chayan Bandyopadhyay (IFMR)
- Publisher
- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/sites/default/files/wri_workingpaper_india_final.pdf
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- This report assesses the hydrological role of meltwater resources in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Syr Darya, Amu Darya and Mekong river basins to demonstrate the potential affects of future reduction of glaciers and seasonal snow cover due to climate change. This report was published by IWMI in 2013.
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- Oxana S. Savoskul; Vladimir Smakhtin
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2013.204
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- This report assesses the current status, recent and potential future changes of glacier systems and seasonal snow cover in the Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra, Syr Darya, Amu Darya and Mekong river basins to demonstrate the potential sensitivity of these important water resources to climate change. This report was published by IWMI in 2013.
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- Oxana S. Savoskul; Vladimir Smakhtin
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5337/2013.203
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- This is a 2005 report produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and describes the extent of bamboo resources in India. The resource includes many tables such as categories and definitions, data sources, forest ownership, growing stock, biomass stock, and diversity of species.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ah777e/ah777e00.pdf
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- This 2010 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations describes forest resources in India. Topics covered include growing stock, use of resources, protected areas, forest ownership and management, fires, biomass stock, wood removal, and local and national policies.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al530E/al530E.pdf
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- Description
- This 2005 report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations describes forest resources in India. Topics covered include growing stock, use of resources, protected areas, forest ownership and management, fires, biomass stock, wood removal, and employment in forestry.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/ai865E/ai865E00.pdf
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- This document summarises a detailed overview of feed and fertiliser use in sustainable aquaculture development in developing countries. It incorporates the findings from individual country case studies, including eight from Asia. The full report, FAO Fisheries Technical Paper No.497, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2007. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
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- Albert G J Tacon; Mohammad R Hasan
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/010/a1444e/a1444e01.pdf
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- This report examines the impact of globalisation on the dietary patterns and nutritional status of urban populations in developing countries. An overview of issues related to urban food insecurity, nutritional change in developing countries and policy options to address these changes is followed by 11 country case studies. Countries covered include Bangladesh, China, India, and the Philippines. The papers appearing in this report were first presented at the workshop "Globalization of food systems: impacts on food security and nutrition" held in Rome from 8 to 10 October 2003. This document, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 83, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004. This section, part 1 of 3, provides the contents list, foreword and the overview papers. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5736e/y5736e00.pdf
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- Title
- Description
- This report examines the impact of globalisation on the dietary patterns and nutritional status of urban populations in developing countries. An overview of issues related to urban food insecurity, nutritional change in developing countries and policy options to address these changes is followed by 11 country case studies. Countries covered include Bangladesh, China, India, and the Philippines. The papers appearing in this report were first presented at the workshop "Globalization of food systems: impacts on food security and nutrition" held in Rome from 8 to 10 October 2003. This document, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 83, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004. This section, part 2 of 3 contains country case studies for Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Bangladesh, China, Fiji and India. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5736e/y5736e01.pdf
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- Title
- Description
- This report examines the impact of globalisation on the dietary patterns and nutritional status of urban populations in developing countries. An overview of issues related to urban food insecurity, nutritional change in developing countries and policy options to address these changes is followed by 11 country case studies. Countries covered include Bangladesh, China, India, and the Philippines. The papers appearing in this report were first presented at the workshop "Globalization of food systems: impacts on food security and nutrition" held in Rome from 8 to 10 October 2003. This document, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 83, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2004. This section, part 3 of 3, contains country case studies from India, the Philippines, Brazil, Chile and Colombia. Other sections of this publication are also catalogued in the e-library.
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5736e/y5736e02.pdf
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- This training resource guide focuses on the development of small-farmer focused good governance in crop agriculture. The chapters include a definition of governance, principles of good governance, the context of sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production, the context of sustainable crop diversification, seed supply systems and plant genetic resources management, access to inputs (other than seed) and improved production technology for sustainable crop production, improving food safety, control of corruption and enforcement of rights. This report was published by the FAO in 2011.
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- Subash Dasgupta; Indrajit Roy
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/ba0113e/ba0113e00.htm
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- This report (in two parts) examines the factors that influence private sector investments in forestry and the opportunities for removing unnecessary constraints through a regional analysis of the Asia-Pacific and nine country case studies which include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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- Michael Pescott; Patrick B. Durst; Robin N. Leslie
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1933e/i1933e00.htm
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- Description
- This report (in two parts) examines the factors that influence private sector investments in forestry and the opportunities for removing unnecessary constraints through a regional analysis of the Asia-Pacific and nine country case studies which include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
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- Michael Pescott; Patrick B. Durst; Robin N. Leslie
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1933e/i1933e00.htm
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- The formation of industry clusters in Asia and the United States is examined by a number of authors with a view to increasing knowledge of how such clusters form and whether policies can be pursued which induce their formation. Clusters studied include Bangalore (India) and Singapore. The chapters in this volume were initially prepared for the conference ICT Industrial Clusters in Asia and the Problems in Japan, held in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan, on 14-16 December 2005. The papers were subsequently revised and updated. This book was published by The World Bank in 2008.
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- Shahid Yusuf (editor); Kaoru Nabeshima (editor); Shoichi Yamashita (editor)
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6429
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- This report provides guidance for assessing the relief and rehabilitation needs of the fisheries and aquaculture sector in post-disaster situations. It discusses the different types of potential disaster situations and the particular issues affecting fisheries and aquaculture following disasters, it outlines some of the key factors that need to be considered when undertaking a post-disaster assessment, it describes the key types of disaster needs assessment and the stages of the process and it presents detailed technical guidelines in the annexes for disaster effects on policies and management, assessment of capture fisheries, damage to fisheries landing sites, aquaculture post-disaster, the post-harvest sector and the state of the environment in relation to disasters. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
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- David Brown; Florence Poulain (editors)
- Publisher
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3433e/i3433e.pdf
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- This report examines factors which contribute to residential mobility amongst slum dwellers. A household level data set of residents of the city of Bhopal, India, is used to identify personal and household characteristics which enable them to move into the formal housing sector. The role of household savings is specifically considered. This document, Policy Research Working Paper 3596, was published by The World Bank in May 2005.
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- Somik V Lall; Ajay Suri; Uwe Deichmann
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/8946
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- This note discusses urban and rural housing reconstruction following natural disasters and draws lessons from India, Pakistan and Turkey. The note is Working Paper Series No. 9, one of a series of EAP DRM KnowledgeNotes on disaster risk management in East Asia and the Pacific. It was published by The World Bank in 2010. This note was prepared for the Government of China as part of a series of good practice notes on post-disaster recovery following the Wenchuan Earthquake that struck on 12 May 2008.
- Author
- Zoe Trohanis; Geoffrey Read
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/10137
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- Description
- This paper uses a randomised controlled trial approach to study how an innovative risk management instrument for hedging rainfall risk affects production decisions among a sample of Indian agricultural firms. It goes on to analyse the findings from the trial and makes a number of conclusions about the take up of a variety of different agricultural insurance policies. This report was published by the World Bank in 2013.
- Author
- Shawn Cole; Xavier Gine; James Vickery
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15904
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- Description
- This report discusses the state of primary education in India. While access to primary education has been widened considerably, learning outcomes have not improved as much as expected. The report looks at why this is the case, focusing on the quality and quantity of teacher presence and interaction with students. It highlights factors that have an impact on teacher and student availability and goes on to make suggestions for improving the situation. This report was published in 2014 by the World Bank.
- Author
- Deepa Sankar; Toby Linden
- Publisher
- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/17800
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- Description
- This case study examines whether projects managing irrigation and forest resources which aim to improve service provision in the agricultural sector enhance access of resource poor households to watershed services and recommends principles that can be applied to integrate watershed management projects within wider regional programs of poverty alleviation. It draws on evidence gathered from a number of watershed management groups in Haryana state in India. This study was published by IWMI in 2005.
- Author
- Mathew Kurian; Ton Dietz
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.093
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- This report examines aspects of hydrological and environmental feasibility of interbasin water transfers in India using examples of the water transfer links in and out of the Krishna River Basin. It reviews the hydrological and environmental sections of existing national feasibility reports, analyzes the methodology used for the assessment of surface water availability for each transfer and illustrates the potential environmental impacts of the transfers in the deltas of the Godavari and Krishna rivers. This report was published by IWMI in 2007.
- Author
- Vladimir Smakhtin; Nilantha Gamage; Luna Bharati
- Publisher
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.120
