Poverty

PM for combined efforts to alleviate poverty in S Asia

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has underscored the need for combined efforts among the South Asian nations to alleviate poverty from the region.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2011
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Poverty, India, South Asia
Environment

CSE’s Outreach in South Asia: Sri Lanka

Report on CSE training programmes in Srilanka for the CEA officials from 25-29 April, 2011 and 21-25 November, 2011.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Sri Lanka, CSE, South Asia
Water Supply

Centre to announce new water policy: Salman Khurshid

The Centre will come up with a new National Water Policy next year that will address the issues of water scarcity, management and conservation, Union Water Resources Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Monday.

The Ministry has already undertaken an exercise to review the National Water Policy of 2002, and is holding consultations with various stakeholders on the new policy, which would take o

Publication Date: 
13/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Water Policy, Drinking Water Scarcity, Water Management, Water Supply, Ministry Of Water Resources, South Asia
Energy

Bhutan renewable energy policy 2011

The Renewable Energy Policy intends to provide the necessary direction for the promotion and development of Renewable Energy that not only contribute in meeting the current requirements but also shape future energy security options for Bhutan.

Publication Date: 
12/04/2011
Government of Bhutan
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy Policy, Bhutan, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Sustainable Development, Green House Gases, Solar Water Heaters, Small Hydro Power, Energy, South Asia
Economy

India and RTAs: Getting tangled in the noodle bowl

India has been embracing regionalism in a big way in recent years. Regional trade agreements are growing not only in number but also in their depth and coverage, thus diverting a significant portion of India’s trade through the preferential route. Such a trade promotion strategy emphasises market access rather than deal with supply-side efficiencies.

Publication Date: 
09/04/2011
Parthapratim Pal
Economic and Political Weekly
46
15
15
Tags:
Trade, India, Globalisation, South Asia, International Cooperation, Economy
Sanitation

Expenditure on conflicts must be diverted towards development

Colombo Declaration to provide increased access to sanitation adopted at the end of SACOSAN IV

The SAARC sanitation summit has decided to establish a national body in each country to

Publication Date: 
07/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Sanitation, South Asia, Colombo, Development, Rural Sanitation, Farmers, Sri Lanka
Environment

If we do not join hands..

The evidence of the Views from the Frontline 2011 study is that there is a growing gap between the UN’s ‘Hyogo Framework for Action’ and its implementation at the frontline where disasters impact. The framework aims to ‘build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters’.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Global Network for Disaster Reduction
Tags:
Disaster Management, Environment, Information, Public Participation, Women, India, NGO, Developing Countries, South Asia, Governance
Air Pollution

Smog Digest: April - May 2011

Smog digest is a news service on vehicular pollution based on news clippings selected from leading Indian newspapers and newsmagazine. It also highlights the key developments from South Asian countries. The months witnessed lots of action and developments on the vehicular pollution front in India.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Centre for Science and Environment
Tags:
Air Pollution, India, Health Effects, Vehicle Technology, Alternative Fuels, Biofuel, Vehicles, Transport, South Asia
Poverty

Health, hygiene and appropriate sanitation: experiences and perceptions of the urban poor

“Don’t teach us what is sanitation and hygiene.” This quote from Maqbul, a middle-aged male resident in Modher Bosti, a slum in Dhaka city, summed up the frustration of many people living in urban poverty to ongoing sanitation and hygiene programmes. In the light of their experiences, such programmes provide “inappropriate sanitation”, or demand personal investments in situations of highly insecure tenure, and/or teach “hygiene practices” that relate neither to local beliefs nor to the ground realities of a complex urban poverty.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Deepa Joshi, Ben Fawcett, Fouzia Mannan
Environment & Urbanization
23
1
91-111
Tags:
Health, Sanitation, Poverty, Dhaka, Bangladesh, South Asia, Hyderabad (T), India, Urban Sanitation, Migration, Pavement Dwellers, Kenya
Climate Change

Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management in agriculture

A comprehensive priority framework to support and provide strategic direction to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, its technical services and agencies for the implementation of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (DRM) priorities in agriculture and allied sectors.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2011
Government of Nepal
Tags:
Climate Change, Nepal, Climate Adaptation, Agriculture, South Asia, Disaster Management, Extreme Weather Events, Food Security

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