Category: sdgs
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Social Mobilization and WASH
Social Mobilization: An Innovative Approach to Meeting Water-Sanitation Related MDG Targets in the Larger Context of Eradicating Poverty By Badiul Alam Majumdar* and John Coonrod** Presented at the Thirteenth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) 21-23 December 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan and published in Peace and Sustainable Development in South Asia: The Way Forward, SDPI, 2011. Abstract…
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Commentary: The Asian Enigma
By Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Urban Jonsson and Jon Rohde In the public imagination, the home of the malnourished child is sub-Saharan Africa. But the league tables clearly show that the worst-affected region is not Africa but South Asia. Just over 30% of Africa’s children are underweight, but the corresponding figure for South Asia is over 50%. And…
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What constitutes an enabling environment for the poor to succeed in their own development?
Working paper for a National Strategy Forum, April 1994, Dhaka, Bangladesh Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework that will facilitate the participants in the upcoming strategic forum to identify new openings for action to provide an enabling environment for the poor. As will be shown below, the lack of a…
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Planning-in-Action: an innovative approach to human development
The Hunger Project, March 1991 In November and December of 1990, The Hunger Project was privileged to work in collaboration with the Planning Commission of India to pioneer an innovative approach to the process of planning. Specifically, this approach is designed to accelerate progress in the field of human development and bring about the end…