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- This report examines 53 cities in developing countries (including Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, the Philippines, China and Indonesia) to determine the factors that drive the use of untreated wastewater and polluted water for irrigated agriculture. This report was published by IWMI in 2008.
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- Liqa Raschid-Sally; Priyantha Jayakody
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.127
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- This report investigates the effect of work on the school progress of children in rural Bangladesh. They find that work has a negative effect on the progress that children make at school and propose that new policies are introduced in order to combat these problems. The report compares three suggested policies which involve: compulsory primary schooling, compulsory school entry at age six, and universal access to secondary school. This report was published by The World Bank Group in 2004.
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- Cristóbal Ridao-Cano; José Canals-Cerdá
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/14068
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- This report attempts to define the future for the forestry sector in East Asia up to the year 2020, examining China as the location of the largest forest cover in the region and considering the pressure of China's expanding economy and demand and the increased capacity for production on its forest resources. This report includes chapters on the subregional profile, the current state of the forestry sector, key drivers of change to the year 2020, probable scenarios, forestry implications under various scenarios and preparing for a greener economy. This report was published by the FAO in 2010.
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/i1888e/i1888e00.pdf
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- This document explores the process of ecolabelling, including what ecolabelling is, certification currently applied to developing country fisheries, ecolabelling and international trade and the importance of ecolabelling with respect to other management initiatives.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_368.pdf
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- This report examines the impacts of three climate change hazards affecting coastal communities (typhoons/flooding, coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion) in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, analyzing planned adaptation options and autonomous responses of households, to understand the risks associated with climate change and to be able to address the risks more efficiently. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2013.
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- M. L. Perez; A. J. U. Sajise; P. J. B. Ramirez; J. K. B. Arias; A. H. Purnomo; S. R. Dipasupil; P. A. Regoniel; K. A. T. Nguyen; G. J. Zamora
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF-2013-32.pdf
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- This report studies the adoption rate of integrated aquaculture-agriculture technologies in Bangladesh and their impact on poverty and fish and food consumption in adopting households using data from small-scale aquaculture farms. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2013.
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- K. M. Jahan; C. Crissman; J. Antle
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3452.pdf
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- This report assesses the results of the Soil Remediation Research Project in Northeast Thailand, which demonstrated and promoted the application of clay technology as a quick and cost-effective means of improving the fertility and water holding capacity of sandy soils. This report was published by IWMI in 2009.
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- Rathinasamy Maria Saleth; Arlene Inocencio; Andrew Noble; Sawaeng Ruaysoongnern
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- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3910/2009.130
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- This report introduces the concept of water resources management and the issues associated with it and then goes on to discuss how the economic valuation of water resources can have a positive impact on these issues. The report provides a description of the use of water in agriculture and its economic characteristics and then discusses the use of water resource management techniques, including water valuation, in order to encourage more efficient and sustainable use of these resources. This report was published by the FAO in 2004.
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- Kerry Turner; Stavros Georgiou; Rebecca Clark; Roy Brouwer
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/docrep/007/y5582e/y5582e00.htm
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- This report assesses Vietnam's vulnerability to climate change, particularly their agriculture, aquaculture and forestry sectors and coastal ports. It includes regional and national projections of climate change and sea level rise and a social analysis of adaptation at the local level. This report forms part of the World Bank's wider study of the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/12747
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- This paper examines the impact of access to energy on poverty reduction and seeks to define a level at which people can be classed as "energy poor". Notes on current work on energy poverty in developing countries are followed by an examination of the situation in Bangladesh. This covers energy use patterns of rural households, and the impact of energy use on household welfare. This document, Policy Research Working Paper 5332, was published in June 2010 by The World Bank.
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- Douglas F Barnes; Shahidur R Khandker; Hussain A Samad
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3818
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- This study examines the issues associated with recent growth in energy use in China and India, particularly in terms of its effect on local, regional and global emissions. Business as usual and alternative policy intervention scenarios are modelled up to 2050. This document is World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4209, published in April 2007.
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- Zmarak Shalizi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7056
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- The performance of the International Finance Corporations (IFC's) China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program (CHUEE) is evaluated, impacts are examined and lessons learned are summarised. This document, no.55549, was published by The World Bank in 2010.
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- Independent Evaluation Group
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2480
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- This report examines the potential of reservoirs as a sustainable method of increasing fish production in inland capture fisheries in India, within the context of increasing poverty in fishers, rising demand for fish and limited supplies of land and water. It provides practical guidance on how to select a reservoir, fish stocking policy, rearing fingerlings on-site, harvesting the fish and assessing the economic feasibility of production. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2009.
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- K. K. Vass; N. P. Shrivastava; P. K. Katiha; A. K. Das
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2497.pdf
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- This guide explains the basics of how to start a computer recycling business using environmentally sustainable methods. It discusses important issues to be considered in recycling including international regulations, social and environmental challenges and economic opportunities as well as the practical aspects of building the project such as legal structures, human resources management, facilities and utilities, cost analysis, supply management, commercial strategy, inventory management and traceability and human and environmental risk assessment. It also discusses the practical operation of this type of business including collection, refurbishment and dismantling. This guide was published in 2008.
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- Benoit Varin; Pierre-Etienne Roinat
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- Tic Ethic, UNESCO, ADEME
- http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0017/001791/179165e.pdf
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- The potential impact of climate change on hydropower is examined by constructing a hydrological model which uses a simple multivariate time series technique. The model is applied to three hydropower projects in India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Policy implications for hydropower projects are discussed. This document, Policy Reseach Working Paper 4344, was published by The World Bank in September 2007.
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- Atsushi Iimi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7332
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- Eutrophication - the overenrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus - has emerged as a leading water quality problem. This report identifies over 415 areas worldwide that are experiencing eutrophication symptoms, and there are significant information gaps in many regions.
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- Mindy Selman; Suzie Greenhalgh; Robert Diaz; Zachary Sugg
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/eutrophication-and-hypoxia-coastal-areas
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- This report provides an overview of the range of actions, policies and institutions around the globe that address nutrient pollution and eutrophication.
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- Mindy Selman; Suzie Greenhalgh
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/eutrophication-0
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- This report provides a snapshot of the sources of nutrient pollution and the corresponding socioeconomic drivers that are increasing nutrient levels in our waterways.
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- Mindy Selman; Suzie Greenhalgh
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- World Resources Institute (WRI)
- http://www.wri.org/publication/eutrophication-sources-and-drivers-nutrient-pollution
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- This article discusses the importance of carcass evaluation techniques in aquaculture research, particularly in genetics, breeding, production management, feeding and nutrition and presents a standard format for collection of data on carps.This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2000.
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- B. B. Sahu; P. K. Meher; S. Mohanty; P. V. G. K. Reddy; S. Ayyappan
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/23-2/aq1.pdf
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- This article discusses the issue of demand for fish products exceeding the natural supply and some of the ways to develop aquaculture to encourage rapid growth in fish production. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2005.
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- R. C. Akpaniteaku; M. Weimin; Y. Xinhua
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/na_2324.pdf
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- This report presents ex-ante impact evaluations of research for development projects related to aquaculture in three countries including Bangladesh.The Bangladesh case study evaluates interventions in Jessore which are designed to improve agricultural productivity and its impact on reducing poverty and hunger. This report was published by The WorldFish Center in 2013.
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- The WorldFish Center
- http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_3540.pdf
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- This report studies the informal, unorganized sector in India, documenting key facts about the sector in manufacturing and services and investigating the conditions that promote transformation by state-industry, with the result of the analysis revealing that entrepreneurship and larger organized sector plants are most important for transitions in manufacturing while small establishments play a key role in the services sector. This report was published by The World Bank in 2013.
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- Ejaz Ghani; William R. Kerr; Stephen D. O'Connell
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- The World Bank
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15593
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- This report presents the results of a project which took place between 2007 and 2009 in Dhamara fishing harbour in Orissa State and Mangrol fishing harbour in Gujarat State in India. This project was implemented to build the technical knowledge and institutional capacity to upgrade fishing harbours to internationally accepted standards necessary for fish quality assurance.
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- Susana V. Siar; Venugopal Venkatesan; B. N. Krishnamurthy; J. A. Sciortino
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- http://www.fao.org/3/a-am432e/index.html
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- This report identifies institutional, regulatory and infrastructure issues that reduce inland and coastal waterway transport efficiency in Vietnam, analyses the underlying causes of these issues and evaluates and proposes policy- and infrastructure-based interventions to address them. This report was published by WorldBank in 2014.
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- Luis C. Blancas; M. Baher El-Hifnawi
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/16321
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- This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the foreword and table of contents of this report.
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- Rohana P. Subasinghe; J. Richard Arthur; Devin M. Bartley; Sena S. De Silva; Matthias Halwart; Nathanael Hishamunda; C. V. Mohan; Patrick Sorgeloos (editors)
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
- http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
