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Over three years from 2005 to 2008, Photophormations worked with the Tibetan government living in exile in Dharamsala, India making 'Recollecting Tibet'. The Documentary examines and questions the state of the Tibetan people living away from the spiritual homeland, surrounded by westernization and h
http://www.munen-mushin.com/tibetfilm.html

The purpose of this paper is to examine the older people’s associations (OPA) model developed during HelpAge International’s implementation of a three-year project on poverty alleviation in Western China. The project OPA model aims to create more dynamic and active OPAs. The model was borrowed in pa
http://www.helpage.org/Resources/Researchreports/main_content/gNDX/ChinaOPA_fina...

Authors: Zhang,W.; Tang,D. Produced by: HelpAge International (2008) Baoji City is located in western Shaanxi, and is the second largest city in the province after Xi'an. It has a population of 3.76 million, 74 per cent of whom live in rural areas. The Baoji government instituted the New Rural Soci
http://www.helpage.org/Resources/Briefings/main_content/MWN5/Baojireport.pdf

Asia Briefing no 79, 2008 the latest briefing from the International Crisis Group, assesses the political developments and potential dangers in a state which had until recently been regarded as a liberal exception among the former Soviet republics in Central Asia. The key change came last December,
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5627&l=1

Self-description: "Pacific & Asian Communication Association (PACA), a non-profit scholarly organization, was founded March 1, 1995 as an educational, scientific and literary association to promote the study, criticism, research, teaching and application of the artistic, humanistic and social scient
http://www.paca4u.com/

New Nations: Specfial Report 2008: China went to extreme lengths to acquire these 2008 Olympic Games, which inevitably for the host nation is an invitation, a challenge even, saying: "Look at Me." Everyone saw the professional build-up, the massive investment - all the things intended to impress
http://www.newnations.com/specialreports/whatchinawants.html

Building on the success of Afghanistan’s first National Human Development Report (NHDR) 2004, the United Nations Development Programme and Kabul University (on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan) have embarked on establishing the Center for Policy and Human Development at Kabul University
http://www.cphd.af/

UNDP aims to enhance government’s ability to deliver public services to the population in an efficient, effective, equitable and accountable manner, to consolidate a participative democracy with a responsible civil society and to create an enabling and secure environment for sustainable livelihoods.
http://www.undp.org.af/

The Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (AEDSB) is a professional body of economists, development practitioners and others interested in the development of Bangladesh. It is primarily based in North-America but has members from other parts of the world including Europe, Au
http://www.aedsb.org/

The Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) or Bangladesh Unnayan Gabeshona Protishthan is a multi-disciplinary organization which conducts policy oriented research on development issues mainly in the context of Bangladesh. It is mandated to function as an agency for undertaking and promo
http://www.bids-bd.org/