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Author | : Muthukumara Mani |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2018-07-12 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464811563 |
South Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Most previous studies have focused on the projected impacts of sea-level rise or extreme weather - droughts, floods, heatwaves and storm surges. This study adds to that knowledge by identifying the impacts of long-term changes in the climate †“ rising temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns †“ on living standards. It does so by first building an understanding of the relationship between current climate conditions and living standards across South Asia. The study also identifies the set of climate models that are best suited for projecting long-term changes in climate across South Asia. This novel understanding of living standards and climate change is then combined to project impacts of long-term changes in climate on living standards in South Asia. The study finds that higher temperatures will reduce living standards for most of South Asia, with the severity impacts depending on future global greenhouse gas emissions. The study projects “hotspots†?, which are locations where long-term changes in climate will have negative impacts on living standards. Many hotspots are in locations that hitherto have not been identified as particularly vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, hotspots have distinguishing features that vary from country to country. This detailed assessment provides a mosaic of information that enriches our understanding of how climate change will impact people and which populations are most vulnerable. The report also provides guidance on the kinds of actions are most likely to reduce impacts of climate change in each country. The study is a major contribution to our understanding of how increasing temperatures and changing precipitation patterns interact with social and economic structures at a fine granular level across South Asia.
Author | : Kama Maclean |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2016-02-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1317637119 |
The term ‘revolutionary’ is used liberally in histories of Indian anticolonialism, but scarcely defined. Implicitly understood, it functions as a signpost or a badge, generously conferred in hagiographies, loosely invoked in historiography, and strategically deployed in contemporary political contests. It is timely, then, to ask the question: Who counts as a ‘revolutionary’ in South Asia? How can we read ‘the revolutionary’ in Indian political formations? And what does it really mean to be ‘revolutionary’ in turbulent late colonial times? This volume takes a biographical approach to the question, by examining the life stories of a series of activists, some well known, who all defined themselves in explicitly revolutionary terms in the early twentieth century: Shyamaji Krishnavarma, V. D. Savarkar, M. K. Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru, J.P. Narayan and Hansraj Vohra. The authors interrogate the subversive lives of these figures, tracing their polyglot influences and transnational impacts, to map out the discursive travels of ‘the revolutionary’ in Indian historical and literary worlds from the early 1900s, and to indicate its reverberations in the politics of the present. This book was published as a special issue of Postcolonial Studies.
Author | : UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre |
Publisher | : Innocenti Insight |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9788889129883 |
Addressing the human cost and practical challenges imposed by child trafficking in South Asia, governments in the region, along with partners, have in recent years undertaken a range of initiatives grounded in the principles of child rights. This Innocenti Insight presents an analysis of anti-trafficking measures aimed to improve the situation of children. Produced in cooperation with the UNICEF regional office and the eight UNICEF country offices in South Asia, the study assesses national legal and policy frameworks and recommends actions that apply a rights-based approach to address the problem of child trafficking. Emphasis is placed on the wide-ranging impacts of trafficking, exploitation and abuse on the fulfilment of children's rights and fundamental freedoms, on the indivisibility of these rights and on the holistic nature of required solutions. The study underscores that to ensure a comprehensive and effective approach to child trafficking, exploitation and abuse, measures must be developed and implemented in full correspondence with the Convention on the Right of the Child and the broader framework of human rights. This report is the final in a series of three publications emerging from the South Asia research.
Author | : UNICEF. Innocenti Research Centre |
Publisher | : UNICEF-IRC |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United Nations Children's Fund. Innocenti Research Centre |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Child prostitution |
ISBN | : 9788889129784 |
Author | : Rajiv K. Bhatia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : South Asia |
ISBN | : 9789381904985 |
Papers presented at the Third Asian Relations Conference, held at New Delhi in March 2012 organized by Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi in collaboration with Association of Asia Scholars.
Author | : Zahid Shahab Ahmed |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2016-04-08 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1317069013 |
Zahid Shahab Ahmed evaluates the progress of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). This study goes beyond economic integration to present a detailed appraisal of cooperation under the overarching themes of economic cooperation, environmental security, human welfare, and cooperation in security matters. According to the author, SAARC is making progress in addressing the myriad of issues on its agenda. The transition from agreements to actions and frequent interactions among the member states has boosted confidence. The progress of SAARC is more evident in the less controversial areas of human security, such as poverty alleviation, health and safety, human resources development, and higher education. Notwithstanding enthusiastic commitments reflected in agreements and action plans, there is a gulf between rhetoric and implementation most notably in sensitive areas relating to traditional security. In the light of the findings of this study, the author proposes that greater cooperation in common human security areas has a potential to pave the way for a cooperation on issues of a ’contentious’ nature, particularly terrorism.
Author | : Peter Ellis |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 207 |
Release | : 2015-11-13 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1464806632 |
The number of people in South Asia's cities rose by 130 million between 2000 and 2011--more than the entire population of Japan. This was linked to an improvement in productivity and a reduction in the incidence of extreme poverty. But the region's cities have struggled to cope with the pressure of population growth on land, housing, infrastructure, basic services, and the environment. As a result, urbanization in South Asia remains underleveraged in its ability to deliver widespread improvements in both prosperity and livability. Leveraging Urbanization in South Asia is about the state of South Asia's urbanization and the market and policy failures that have taken the region’s urban areas to where they are today--and the hard policy actions needed if the region’s cities are to leverage urbanization better. This publication provides original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanization and related economic trends in the region. It also discusses in detail the key policy areas, the most fundamental being urban governance and finance, where actions must be taken to make cities more prosperous and livable.
Author | : Nagesh Kumar |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2019-08-02 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 100069917X |
This volume foregrounds the importance of regional cooperation in the context of food security challenges in South Asia. South Asia holds the key to global achievement of SDG targets of ending hunger and malnutrition – it accounts for nearly one-third of food-insecure people on the planet, with every third child suffering from stunting due to malnutrition. Similar food preferences, production systems, and the transboundary nature of agrarian ecosystems call for coordinated action by South Asian countries, complementing national actions dealing with food security challenges. In this volume, leading experts discuss the perspectives of key South Asian countries in leveraging regional cooperation for addressing food security challenges and reflect on the potential of cooperative actions in different areas. The book proposes a ten-point regional policy agenda covering cooperation for combatting climate change, regional trade liberalization, operationalization of regional food reserves, leveraging technology, sharing of good practices, regional institution building, coordinated positions in multilateral trade negotiations, addressing trans-boundary outbreak of livestock diseases, strengthening food safety standards, and the management of shared natural resources. A key volume on accomplishing SDGs in the South Asian context, this book will be of immense interest to policy makers, researchers, and development practitioners. It is also essential reading for scholars and researchers in the areas of development studies, South Asia studies, food security, environment and sustainability.
Author | : Action Aid International |
Publisher | : Pearson Education India |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Global governance |
ISBN | : 8131743322 |
Economic Integration in South Asia: Issues and Pathways is one of the volumes of the series Imagine a New South Asia presented by ActionAid International Asia. It envisions a new South Asia, free from human deprivation and demonstrates how South Asian countries can learn from the best practices in the region as well as from their failures, and also by trying to emulate the successful strategies of East Asia, China and Southeast Asian countries to introduce education and health systems.