http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/954/ en_GB_uk Asia and the Pacific 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. 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. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160235/1/ Women are the worst hit by the ongoing food crisis in Asia. According to Committee for Asian Women (CAW), female workers are compelled to take additional jobs in the informal sector, where there are no steady wages or social benefits. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83544 Asian governments' attempts to manage skyrocketing food prices by restricting rice exports is actually aggravating food shortages in the region, says Peter Timmer in this interview. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159213/1/ Despite being the locomotive of the global economy, the Asia-Pacific region still faces enormous challenges like food, energy and water security. UNESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 reveals that by making agriculture both economically and socially viable, the region can achieve sustainable and inclusive growth. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159203/1/ Revitalisation of agriculture is crucial to eradicate poverty, says UNESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 released globally on March 27. The survey highlights key challenges arising from economic hardships and social inequality in the Asia-Pacific region and calls for concerted policy actions. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159168/1/ Revitalisation of agriculture is crucial to eradicate poverty, says ESCAP’s Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008 released globally on March 27. The survey highlights key challenges arising from economic hardships and social inequality in the Asia-Pacific region and calls for concerted policy actions. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/159046/1/ BANGKOK, Mar 20 (IPS) - New technology, religion, and the market must be harnessed to secure basic toilet facilities for Asia's rural and urban poor, sanitation experts from the region said here Thursday. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82881 Drowning is the biggest killer of children who die from injuries in Bangladesh, China, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, according to new surveys. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/158252/1/ Over half the top 20 countries in the world where people are most under threat of genocide or mass killing are in Africa, says Minority Rights Group International. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/158128/1/ http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/157899/1/ http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/157494/1/ This year the vote goes to My World and Viet Tech founder Nguyen Minh Tri from Vietnam. The runner-up in the annual competition to find the best entrepreneur age 30 or under in the Asia-Pacific region is Saloni Malhotra, founder and CEO of DesiCrew Solutions, an outsourcing business that taps India’s workforce in small towns and rural areas. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/157346/1/ http://africa.oneworld.net/article/view/156898/1/ 'If ICTs are to provide equitable distribution of wealth of knowledge, they must also support the languages and cultures of our global society,' the Global Knowledge Partnership, an international network that promotes ICT use for development, said in an international conference it hosted recently in Malaysia