Reports and Documents

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Bangladesh economic growth assessment

This assessment is one of several undertaken by USAID/ Bangladesh that will provide an input into the design of new economic growth activities to be implemented under the new strategy. The mission has also contracted assessments covering such themes as gender, the Global Development Alliance, energy, agricultural productivity, nutrition, and food security.

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01/06/2010
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Climate change adaptation in Himachal Pradesh: sustainable strategies for water resources

This publication lays out a strategy which identifies and presents a broad framework for integrated water resources planning and management, to increase the level of resilience to climate change in Himachal Pradesh.

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01/06/2010
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Report on institutionalising energy efficiency & demand side management in utility sector in India

The Forum of Regulators (FOR) has been entrusted with the responsibility to evolve common and coordinated approach to various issues faced by the various Electricity Regulatory Commissions in the country.

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31/05/2010
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Assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production

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This report prepared by the International Panel
for Sustainable Resource Management assesses best available science on
the environmental and resource impacts of production and consumption.
The assessment report identifies priorities amongst global consumption
activities, industrial sectors and materials from primary industries in
terms of their environmental impacts and

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31/05/2010
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Every drop counts: learning from good practices in eight Asian cities

This report summarizes the good practices that were culled from a case study series on successful Asian water utilities. The case studies presented objective, accurate, and critical analyses of urban water management practices in eight Asian cities over a 10-year period.

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31/05/2010
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Degraded and wastelands of India: status and spatial distribution

This new ICAR study finds that the degraded and wastelands in the country cover 120.4 M ha. It provides a new dimension for their rehabilitation and implementation of developmental plans can be streamlined using this study.

 

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Child undernutrition in India

In this paper, the authors have constructed a composite indicator of anthropometric failure (CIAF) that refines the Waterlow-3 tier classification, using a recent nation-wide household survey.

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Improving urban services through service level benchmarking

The urban sector is being increasingly recognised as a critical growth driver for the Indian economy. The share of population residing in urban areas is also witnessing rapid growth

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31/05/2010
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Step by step: achieving sustainable sanitation

This document is the culmination of research and discussions on the experiences of civil society organisations implementing sustainable sanitation campaigns in six Indian states. The initiatives featured in the book indicate that a typical campaign spread over three to five years comprises four distinct phases and involves a series of activities described in this book.

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