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ASIST - Asia Pacific, Mainstreaming Poverty Reduction Strategies through Rural Infrastructure - Interim Progress Report May 2004 to November 2004

30 November 2004

ASIST AP started as a regional programme in mid-1998. Since then the core programme has been co-financed by the ILO, Danida, DFID and the Netherlands. Various country specific operations are financed by different donors. This report will summarise project activities and progress over the period May 2004 to November 2004.

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Rural industry in India. Policy perspectives, past performance and future options

31 October 2004

Examines the potential of rural industries to create gainful employment and decentralized development.

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ASIST - Asia Pacific, Mainstreaming Poverty Reduction Strategies through Rural Infrastructure - Annual Progress Report May 2003 to April 2004

30 April 2004

This report will summarise project activities and progress over the period May 2003 to April 2004.

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Bonded Labour in agriculture: a rapid assessment in Punjab and North West frontier province, Pakistan

03 January 2004

This Working Paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labour in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. Dr G. M. Arif, of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) in Islamabad, is the author of this paper on bonded labour in the agriculture sector in Punjab and North West Frontier Province.

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Bonded Labour in agriculture: a rapid assessment in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan

03 January 2004

This Working Paper is one of a series of Rapid Assessments of bonded labour in Pakistan, each of which examines a different economic sector. The aim of these studies is to inform the implementation of the Government of Pakistan’s National Policy and Plan of Action for the Abolition of Bonded Labour, adopted in 2001. Maliha Hussein and her collaborators were responsible for preparation of this paper on bonded labour in the agriculture sector in Sindh and Balochistan provinces. It should be read in conjunction with a companion paper that covers Punjab and North West Frontier Province.

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Planning and implementing local infrastructure works: guidelines for tambon administrations

01 January 2004

Guidance for Tambon administrators. Introduces the basic set-up of the Tambon Administrative Organisation and the concepts of Local Level Planning (LLP) and Labour Based Technology

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Small scale contracting: strengthening local capacity for sustainable rural infrastructure in Thailand

01 January 2004

Describes the role of Tambon Administrative Offices (TAO) in planning and overseeing infrastructure projects at local level.

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Improving access in rural areas

13 October 2003

Access is an important factor in rural development. People need to have adequate access to water,energy, land, health services, education, transport services and markets. A lack of access limits the opportunity that people have to improve and sustain their social and economic well being. Improving access and reducing poverty are correlated. A lack of access is perceived as one of the main underlying factors of poverty, particularly in rural areas in developing countries.

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Facts on Agriculture

09 October 2003

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Jobs or machines: a comparative analysis of rural road work in Cambodia

01 January 2003

Compares potential benefits and drawbacks of labour-based methods and equipment-based methods for constructing rural gravel roads.