Business alignment to SDGs in India
UNDP India and Sattva Consulting present Business alignment to SDGs in India, a landscape study to understand the core business sustainability strategies deployed by businesses across the FMCG, oil and
UNDP India
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Global financial crisis and Indias informal economy: review of key sectors
This compilation examines the impact of the global economic crisis on informal sector workers in India and is part of a series of studies that UNDP India has commissioned. Herein, the focus is on daily waste labour, majority of whom are poor, uncounted and invisible, lack assets, are poorly educated and possess no legitimate employment-related documents.
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Climate change: Perspectives from India
This collection of articles captures and disseminates some perspectives on climate change from the Indian context. Starting from an argument on a new climate deal to highlighting the importance of the small-scale industrial sector within climate change debates,this includes concerns and convictions of India
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Impact of the financial crisis on the poor in India: some initial perspectives
As part of contribution by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to the ongoing dialogue on the impact of the global financial crisis, present in this collection some
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Migration and human development in India
The paper discusses how gaps in both the data on migration and the understanding of the role of migration in livelihood strategies and economic growth in India, have led to inaccurate policy prescriptions and a lack of political commitment to improving the living and working conditions of migrants.
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Addressing gender concerns in Indias urban renewal mission
The Jawaharlal National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) aims to pursue reform, good governance and planned development in urban areas. It seeks to set up participatory, transparent and accountable processes, mechanisms and institutions to enable all citizens - poor and rich, men and women
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Good practices in community based disaster risk management
The GOI-UNDP Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Programme envisages accelerating capacity development for disaster reduction at the national level and in some of the most-vulnerable regions in the country through community-based and gender sensitive approaches. It is designed to assist some of the most multi-hazard prone
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Disaster recovery: a focus on good practices - UN tsunami response - India
This report captures a number of the good practices that emerged during the UN tsunami response in South India. The document represents part of the efforts to build and develop the UN
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India's second national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: work programme
India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Convention enjoins Parties to communicate information about the implementation of the Convention, taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities and their specific national and regional development priorities, objectives and circumstances.
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Manual on hazard resistant construction in India
This manual focuses on construction of hazard resistant masonry buildings as well as restoration and retrofitting of the existing masonry buildings .It has been observed that even RCC construction is also often done in a non-engineered manner. Hence, some basic but critical information is provided on RCC construction also.