There is growing recognition that information and communication technology (ICT) can play a critical role in influencing the livelihoods and capabilities of individuals in developing Asia.
In Asia, demographic pressure has strained the education sector to the point that many countries may not meet their education targets within the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
India has recently experienced a high level of economic growth, but there is fear that this growth might exacerbate existing inequalities rather than narrowing them.
There is growing evidence of a proliferation of patents over minor variants of existing products, both in developed and developing countries. This trend has special implications in the case of pharmaceuticals.
This grant will allow Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry to examine issues related to common pool resource management and poverty in the context of decentralization in central Viet Nam.
Bangladesh introduced its first comprehensive tobacco control act in 2005, in an attempt to address the country's high prevalence of tobacco use.
In many low- and middle-income countries where tobacco use is common, tuberculosis (TB) is also a major problem. Studies have shown that smokers have a much greater chance of contracting TB and that tobacco use aggravates TB.
The Philippines is one of the leading sources of migrant workers in the world. In 2007, the Commission on Filipinos Overseas reported the estimated number at 8 727 520. Last year 146 337 women were newly hired, 30% of them as domestic workers.
Addressing inequality and environmental insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will require enhanced capacity to conduct social and gender analysis in environment and natural resource management (ENRM) research.
The Casablanca quest is an initiative supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) that brings together women activists and academics from the South with a view to bringing women's knowledge to bear on the growing burden of worl