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Deforestation and land use change is currently the source of about 20 per cent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Corruption is increasingly being challenged as unacceptable across Asia and the Pacific. This Report shows how why eliminating corruption that plagues people’s daily lives must become a priority. The police, social services, and environment are areas countries should consider focusing on. Now is the time to seize the moment, to combine pressure from above, in government and the private sector, with the voice of the people from below. Successes are emerging, alongside growing international commitment - history does not have to become the region’s destiny. Read more
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| Asia-Pacific Human Development Report on Corruption Launched |
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| Jakarta, 12 June 2008 -Cleaning up the police, health, education and environment sectors should be a top political priority in the Asia-Pacific region, in order loosen the stranglehold of corruption on the lives of the poor, according to a new United Nations Development Programme report released today. Read more |
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