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Health and Social Protection: Experiences from Cambodia, China and Lao

Published by: ITG Press

This is a testing time for health policy-makers and researchers in Cambodia, China and Lao PDR. They are experiencing momentous changes to their economic system, social organisation, demography and epidemiological profile. Their health systems are struggling to meet new patterns of need and adapt to rapidly changing contexts.

Health Policy Processes in Asian Transitional Economies

This paper draws on studies of current knowledge on health policy processes in Cambodia, China and Lao PDR by a number of researchers...

Gender Equality and Aid Effectiveness – Challenges and Opportunities for International Practice: Experiences from South East Asia

This paper is a report of a Workshop on Aid Effectiveness and Gender Equality in South East Asia, Bangkok, April 2007. It presents lessons from case studies in Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam and Timor Leste.

Aid that Works: Successful Development in Fragile States

Published by: The World Bank

This study investigates the attributes and effectiveness of donor-supported programmes and projects that worked well under difficult conditions in fragile states. Presented in this study are nine development initiatives in six less developed countries - Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste and Uganda.

Decentralising Service Delivery?

Published by: IDS

Does the devolution of responsibility for service provision to elected local authorities improve the delivery of services to the poor? This is the major challenge of democratic decentralisation and a key benchmark for assessment. Many governments devolve power and resources to local bodies which assume responsibility for health, education and other essential services

Some Recent Developments in Community-Led Total Sanitation: Latest Update to Subsidy or Self Respect, IDS Working Paper 257

This paper is intended to complement IDS Working Paper 257 (November 2005), by giving a short update on recent developments in the rapidly changing field of Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) in six countries in South and South East Asia.

Achieving Turnaround in Fragile States

Published by: IDS

Over the past few years, the development challenges faced by fragile states have moved to the top of the international development agenda. This has reflected an apparent increase in the number of fragile states in the world over the past two decades.

Gender, Conflict and Development. Volume 2: Case Studies: Cambodia, Rwanda, Kosovo, Somalia, Algeria, Guatemala and Eritrea

This report is based on a review of published and unpublished literature, as well as information from agencies operational in conflict areas.