http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/954/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Asia and the Pacific Asia and the Pacific 200m under-fives stunted, says UN Children's Fund http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85973 About 200 million under-fives in developing countries suffer from stunted growth, says a UN report. IMF 'still damaging developing countries' http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163759/1/ Despite changes in rhetoric, IMF policy advice and conditions are still hitting social protection, decent work and poverty in countries forced to take out loans due to the financial crisis, according to a new report. + IMF 'risks presiding over new debt crisis' Asian irrigation reform 'urgently needed' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85645 Without major reforms of the way water is used in Asian agriculture, many countries face the risky prospect of importing more than a quarter of the rice, wheat and maize they will need by 2050, says a new report. Poaching crisis as rhino horn demand booms in Asia http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163252/1/ Rhino poaching worldwide is poised to hit a 15-year-high driven by Asian demand for horns, according to new research. Asian Development Bank blasted for failure http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162848/1/ The Asian Development Bank has failed to come up with plans to address the triple crises facing Asia, which could soon see a 100 million people slipping into poverty, warns a development group. Asian Bank 'needs to change its thinking' http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162847/1/ A paradigm shift of Asian Development Bank and not the tripling of its capital base is needed to address the economic, food and climate change crises, says a development group. Asian Tongues on Fire http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84992 The annual Tongues on Fire Asian Film Festival is back, 6-15 March, London. Crisis measures 'aggravating poverty', say NGOs http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161869/1/ Measures to deal with the global financial crisis are aggravating the hardship of the world’s poor and bailing out the oppressive and exploitative system of monopoly capitalism, says a network of more than 50 Asian NGOs. Child deaths drop, but undernutrition still a killer http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84254 The rate of deaths of children under five continued to decline in 2007, according to the UN Children's Agency, which warns that under-nutrition is a contributing cause of more than one-third of the 9.2 million under-five deaths worldwide. Asian children 'trapped by junk food marketing' http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161161/1/ Major food and soft drink companies are "using a persuasive array of techniques" to market unhealthy products to children in the Asia-Pacific region, claims a new report. Sri Lanka 'Asia's worst human rights violator' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84085 Sri Lanka is the worst human rights violator in South Asia, followed by Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives, Nepal and India, according to a new index released today. Gates, Bloomberg in $500m anti-tobacco drive http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84010 Computer billionaire Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg have linked up in a $500 million campaign to cut cigarette sales in developing countries. Asian education equality talks open http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83829 Education experts representing United Nations agencies, donor countries, national governments and non-governmental organisations are meeting in the Nepalese capital today to discuss issues related to gender equality in education in the Asia-Pacific region. Wildlife Action 'Could Save Lives and Crops' http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83710 Governments could save human lives and millions of dollars in crop and income losses for the rural poor through better consideration of the needs of wildlife, according to a new study of conflict between humans and wild elephants in Africa and Asia. Food Crisis Adds to Women's Burden in Asia http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/160255/1/ BANGKOK, Apr 29 (IPS) - As if the burdens they shoulder are not enough, Asia's women are being compelled to bear the additional weight of rising food prices, say women's rights activists from across the region.