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| Asia-Pacific Human Development Report: One Planet to Share - Sustaining Human Progress in a Changing Climate (2012)
The report analyses the climate change impacts from the perspectives of mountain dwellers, delta communities, islanders, indigenous and tribal peoples and the urban poor.
The report states that simultaneous action on both daptation and mitigation is required for building resilient societies in Asia and the Pacific. The report calls for alternative sustainable development paths that fulfill the urgent human development needs of today while preserving a habitable planet.
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| APRC Annual Report 2011 (2012)
The APRC Annual Report 2011 showcases our impact over the year highlighting results in priority areas of work including: MDG acceleration and social protection; gender equality; climate change and crisis resilience. Finding effective approaches to these complex issues required thinking outside of the thematic silos and combining the knowledge and expertise of all APRC practice teams. One of the most exciting results of these efforts is the cross-practice collaboration and the integrated interdisciplinary support that APRC is now able to offer to UNDP Country Offices across Asia-Pacific and its development partners.
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| Accelerating Equitable Achievement of the MDGs: Closing Gap in Health and Nutrition Outcomes (2012)
This report underlines the extent of disparities across the region, looking especially at the wide gaps in the goals related to health and nutrition where the region is particularly under-performing. Even countires that have been making rapid economic progress still lose shocking numbers of children before their fifth birthday as well as thousands of mothers who did unnecessarily, as a consequence of the nautral process of childbirth. The report also reveals many opportunities for improving health outcomes - highlighting the policies and programmes which, when backed by commitment and adequate resources, could help make the Asia-Pacific region a driving forece behind the global achievement of all the MDGs.
The report has emerged from wide consultation, not just within and between the three partner organizations, but also many other UN agencies, particularly UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO.
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| Towards an ‘Energy Plus’ Approach for the Poor: A review of good practices and lessons learned from Asia and the Pacific (2012)
This report documents good practices and lessons learned in addressing energy poverty and expanding energy services for the poor. It draws from the experiences of 17 energy access programmes and projects in the Asia-Pacific region. It highlights that breaking through the energy-poverty cycle is best achieved by combining the delivery of energy services with measures that generate cash incomes. This ‘Energy Plus’ approach has the greatest potential for reducing poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
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| Towards an ‘Energy Plus’ approach for the poor: An agenda for action for Asia and the Pacific (2012)
Between 2009 and 2011 UNDP undertook a review of 17 energy access programmes in the Asia-Pacific region. This Action Agenda Note presents a summary of the key conclusions and recommendations, providing guidance for policy makers and development practitioners on expanding energy access in a manner that contributes to poverty reduction. The Note examines complex issues such as enabling policies, diffusion of low-emission energy technologies, financing, institutional frameworks, community empowerment, local entrepreneurship and market development.
The Action Agenda Note attempts to answer the following key questions:
a) What are the common features of energy access programmes and projects that have succeeded in providing access to clean, affordable and reliable energy services to the poor for cooking, heating,
lighting, communications and productive uses?
b) What can governments and development partners do to further expand and upscale such programmes and projects?
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| Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction - A Primer (2011)
Capacity development is UNDP’s overarching contribution to development programming to facilitate achievement of the MDGs and support sustainable human development. Disaster risk reduction is an equally urgent area of focus for UNDP, given that the development context remains marred by disasters that pose a threat to development gains.
This Primer on Strengthening Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction has been developed in support of these important overarching frameworks and commitments. It is a result of collective endeavours and contributions by experts and specialists in the fields of both disaster risk reduction and capacity development in the region. It is a product of a thorough and participatory process of consolidating inputs, ideas and contributions from countries that are implementing disaster risk reduction efforts. It has been shaped by real experiences and case studies on the ground that illustrate the importance of a systematic approach to strengthening capacities for disaster risk reduction and the current trends in doing so. The substance and design of this primer come from a structured process of optimizing engagement from practitioners and drawing on existing knowledge and experiences in the region.
The primer remains a work in progress. The authors invite inquiries and feedback on the document. This is in recognition that capacity development for disaster risk reduction is continuously evolving over time. To ensure that this primer remains relevant to the changing environment where it is applied and used, the document will continue to be updated and revised.
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| The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV at the Household Level in Asia: A Regional Analysis (2011)
The report, based on national studies undertaken by UNDP in partnership with national institutions in Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam over the last six years, found that HIV affects almost all aspects of human life across a spectrum of indicators. All the national studies were case- controlled (compared HIV-affected and non-HIV-affected households with similar socio-economic backgrounds), and together covered 17,000 households and 72,000 individuals.
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| The Socio-Economic Impact of HIV at the Household Level in Asia: A Regional Analysis of the Impact on Women and Girls (2011)
The report outlines the specific impacts that women and girls face on a daily basis that range from employment and household burden to discrimination and access to treatment. By comparing across countries in the region, and across HIV-affected and non-affected households, the analysis provides unique insights into the dynamics of the epidemic and improved understanding of the specific impact HIV has on women and girls. It highlights the many differences between countries in the region, but also the numerous similarities, and therefore how they might learn from one another.
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| What is the Sound of a Tree NOT Falling? (2011)
Working with communities, government agencies, NGOs and businesses, UNDP’s forest-related programmes support the development of policies and community-based, sustainable measures that improve forest management.
WHAT IS THE SOUND OF A TREE NOT FALLING? is a 30-second public service announcement about forestry in Asia, recognizing that forests and sustainable forest management can contribute significantly to sustainable development, poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
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| Understanding Electoral Violence in Asia (2011)
This report investigates electoral violence in Asia through analyses of case studies commissioned by UNDP for seven countries in South and South-East Asia: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Thailand. The ultimate objective of these publications was to draw empirical lessons from each country as helpful guides for policy, legislation and institutional change to promote greater democratic governance.
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