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| IDRC Bulletin ─ August 2005: Focus on Water |
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Some of the world’s leading water experts will congregate in Stockholm, Sweden for World Water Week, 21-27 August 2005. In light of this event, in addition to items of general interest, this issue of IDRC Bulletin focuses on water and highlights some of the water-related work that IDRC has been supporting around the world.
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WaDImena Prepares for the Fourth World Water Forum in Mexico, 2006
IDRC, in collaboration with the Water and Environmental Studies Center (WESC), is exploring working with the Arab Water Council to bring Egyptian youth to the Fourth World Water Forum (4WWF) in Mexico for a roundtable discussion on water management. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-83873-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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WATER MANAGEMENT IN ISLAM
In the Middle East and North Africa, policymakers have proposed or implemented water management policies without considering local traditions, practices, and values. Yet culture, including religion, clearly influences how people perceive and manage a resource such as water. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-9425-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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| Research and resources | Water: Local-Level Management
Some of the most powerful responses to water scarcities have been mounted at the community or local level. These are presented in this special dossier on IDRC-supported research. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-34476-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Fact Sheet. After the Water Wars: The Search for Common Ground
After 32 failed attempts to reach consensus on water legislation and a deadly social conflict over water rights, IDRC-supported researchers in Bolivia have helped their country develop a water law that everyone could agree on. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-85928-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Anti-Retroviral Therapy: A Powerful Tool for Coping with HIV/AIDS
In response to the AIDS epidemic, South Africa's government now provides anti-retroviral therapy, which can dramatically reduce mortality, and prolong and improve the lives of HIV patients. Three articles examine the impact on South Africa's health system. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-85622-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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Search IDRC's project database. | | http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-54005-201-1-DO_TOPIC |
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