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- Potato Revolution in Bhutan: Partnership Results
Asia Brief - February 2008
Download (PDF, 586 KB) : [de] [en] [fr] - Potato Boom in the rice region
Asia Brief - February 2008
Download (PDF, 2700 KB) : [de] [en] [fr] - Nepal - Roads to prosperity
Asia Brief - March 2008
Download (PDF, 304 KB) : [en] - Improving rice production in Asia
Asia Brief - July 2008
Download (PDF, 1630 KB) : [de] [en] [fr] - Under biological control - enhancing maize prodution in DPR Korea - Prtnership reults
Asia Brief - December 2009
Download (PDF, 414 KB) : [en] - In Its People’s Service - Strengthening the Public Administration in China, Sino - Swiss Partnership
Asia Brief - July 2009
Download (PDF, 1089 KB) : [de] [en] [fr] - Bargeld für Hirten - Innovative Nothilfe in der Mongolei
Asia Brief - April 2009
Download (PDF, 1844 KB) : [de] - Zurich - Kunming: A unique city cooperation, Partnership results
Asia Brief - December 2009
Download (PDF, 618 KB) : [en] - Preserving the "green gold" of Mongolia - Partnership results
Asia Brief - December 2009
Download (PDF, 1327 KB) : [en] - Basic education in Bhutan Partnership results
Asia Brief - August 2009
Download (PDF, 1155 KB) : [en] - Asia Brief
South Asia and the Himalayas
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Development Cooperation
Humanitarian AidLaying the groundwork for sustainable development
The countries of South Asia and the Himalaya region are in a state of upheaval, caught between the traditional and the modern, a situation which has frequently created tensions some of which have
turned into armed conflicts. Political instability and restricted economic growth are often the result. A significant number of people in South Asia live in poverty even though the countries show
good development potential.
Switzerland's development cooperation activities in the region aim at diminishing poverty, developing structures for a sustainable use of resources, supporting good governance and reducing social
tensions. Switzerland's humanitarian aid activities focus on South Asia where humanitarian emergencies arise following such natural disasters as drought and floods. In areas where armed conflict has
caused refugees, Switzerland supports the victims through deliveries of food and medical care.
The SDC Humanitarian Aid Department is currently running programmes in Afghanistan and India.
Regional Initiatives in East Asia
and the Himalayas (PDF-Download, 1MB)
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Additional Information and Documents Here, you will find more publications, links, documents and articles about Swiss development cooperation and humanitarian aid in this region. |