Agriculture
Education
Energy
Gender
Health and Nutrition
Programme Information, Reviews and Evaluations
Situation Analysis
Water and Environmental Sanitation


Agriculture in the DPRK 
Title: Environmental Protection and Reforestation in DPRK (*pdf 423 kb)
Author: Triangle.
G.H.(Baptiste Bobillier) 
Description: Evaluation undertaken in late 2002 of two reforestation and environmental protection programmes of two NGOs, Triangle Génération Humanitaire, and Concern Worldwide.  Report describes local tree production techniques, and makes recommendations for future activities by NGOs in the sector.

Title: Goat Production in the DPRK (*pdf 10.1 mb)
Author: The Green Table
Description: Lessons learnt in Goat Production - summary results of meetings of The Green Table in the first half of 2002.

Title: Greenhouses for Nurseries and Kindergartens in South Pyongan  (*pdf 3.69 mb)
Author: Children's Aid Direct
Description: Evaluation Report of Greenhouse Production and Distribution, September 1998 to June 1999

Title: Integrated Pest Management by using bio-pesticides to improve the sustainability and output of cabbage production in DPR Korea
     (*pdf 56 kb)
Author: Concern
Description:
Report details findings obtained in 2003 from a IPM project.  Includes detailed conclusions for IPM programming. 

Title: Status of Agricultural Activities under AREP - 1995 to October 2001  (*pdf 12.0 mb)
Author: UNDP
Description: Table of agriculture and environment activities implemented by international organisations under the AREP project

Education
Title: Child-centered Development The Basis for Human Development (*pdf 1.1mb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: UNICEF advocacy booklet explaining Child Centered Development. Text is non-DPRK specific, however booklet features DPRK images.

Title: Early Childhood Development: The key to a full and productive life (*pdf 1.1 mb)
Author: UNICEF
Description:
UNICEF advocacy booklet explaining Early Childhood Development. Text is non-DPRK specific, however booklet features DPRK images.

Title: Quality Primary Education: The Potential to Transform Society in a Single Generation (*pdf 1.1 mb)
Author: UNICEF
Description:
UNICEF advocacy booklet explaining the need for Quality Primary Education. Text is non-DPRK specific, however booklet features DPRK images.

Title: Quality Primary Education: The Potential to Transform Society in a Single Generation (*pdf 289 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: UNICEF fact sheet stating that although, by regional comparison, most of the country's basic education indicators remain good the excellent gains made in education over the past four decades continue to be challenged, and in some cases reversed. Severe under-funding over the past several years has compromised the quality
of basic education. 

Energy
Title:
Rural Energy Production - Biogas Plant- A sustainable source of energy for cooperative farms  (*pdf 1.35 mb)
Author: Dr. Arthur Wellinger for ADRA DPRK
Description: Report written in December 2003 on the use of biogas in the DPRK. 


Gender

Title: Gender Policies of Humanitarian and Development Organisations Working in the DPRK
(393 KB *pdf)
Author: OCHA DPRK
Description: 
This booklet, which was published in December 2003, is designed to provide a clearer overview for all interested parties of the policies of international organisations, donors and Non–Governmental Organisations (NGOs) on gender issues in the DPRK. 

Health and Nutrition
Title: The Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on protection of Persons with Disability (*pdf 59 kb)
Author: DPRK Supreme People's Assembly

Description:
New law on disability adopted by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, 18 June 2003.

Title: Report on the DPRK Nutrition Assessment October 2002  (*pdf 160 kb)
Author: DPRK Ministry of Public Health
Description: I
n 2002, the Government of the DPRK, in co-operation with UNICEF and WFP, carried out a nutrition assessment in seven provinces and three cities.  In this report the Central Bureau of Statistics presents the situation of the "youngest child of 6,000 selected households" as well as findings related to causal factors.

Title:
Report by the EU, UNICEF and WFP of a 1998 nutrition study undertaken in collaboration with the Government of DPRK (*pdf 100 kb)
Author: EU, UNICEF & WFP
Description: 1998 Nutrition Survey report.

Title: UNICEF Fact Sheet - EPI  (*pdf 325 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: UNICEF fact sheet on their DPRK Expanded Immunization Programme (2003)

Title: UNICEF Fact Sheet - Nutrition and Care  (*pdf 725 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: UNICEF fact sheet on the nutritional emergency in the DP
RK.  Although the situation has improved, the overall level of child malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiencies is still alarming (2003).

Title: UNICEF Fact Sheet - Essential Drugs (*pdf 325 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Descrip
tion: UNICEF fact sheet on essential drugs. UNICEF states that the Ministry of Health continues to be unable to fund the cost of essential medicines and supplies for its extensive network of well-staffed hospitals and clinics. Most essential medicines are now provided through aid agencies and this will have to continue for the foreseeable future (2003).

Title: UNICEF Fact Sheet - Maternal and Child Health (*pdf 325 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Descrip
tion: UNICEF fact sheet describing the situation in maternal and child health. Women's health and nutritional status continues to be poor. Anemia is widespread with information showing that 11% of women during pregnancy are severely anemic and almost one quarter of children are underweight at birth (2003).

Title: WFP EMOP 101412  (*pdf 256 kb) Annex V Logframe (*pdf 40 kb) DPRK Population Statistics (*Excel 280 kb)
Author: WFP
Description:
Document detailing the WFP DPRK programme in 2004.  Covers background and rationale for providing assistance, government policies and actions, objectives of WFP assistance, beneficiaries, gender considerations, project implementation, and performance monitoring. 

Title: WHO Short-Term Consultant List 1999-2002  (*pdf 60 kb)
Author: WHO
Description: WHO has over 14 technical reports which are available from the country office upon request for organisations assisting DPRK in the health sector. Click here to email WHO.

Programme Information, Reviews & Evaluations

Title: The EC - Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Country Strategy Paper 2001 to 2004 (*pdf 384 kb)
Author: EC
Description: EC Country Strategy Paper for DPRK. Paper includes discussion on humanitarian and development assistance.

Title:
Fact Sheet - The Swiss Agency for Development and Co-operation (SDC) in the Democratic People’s Republic of  Korea (DPRK) (*pdf 443 kb)
Author: SDC DPRK
Description: Fact sheet on SDC in the DPRK. Dated November 2003.


Title: Five Year Review of the CARITAS Programme in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (*pdf 643 kb)
Author: CARITAS - Dr. Hazel Smith
Description: Five year review of the CARITAS programme 1996 to 2000.

Title:
   NGO Contributions to DPRK Development: Issues for  Canada and the International Community (*pdf 125 kb - external link)
Author:
Erich Weingartner 
Description:
The paper was initially published in 2001 as a North Pacific Policy Paper (Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia) and commissioned as part of the CIDA-funded Northeast Asia Cooperation Program.

Title:   North Korea from an NGO Perspective 
Author: 
Michiya Kumaoka, Japanese International Volunteer Centre 
Description:
Article from Japanese magazine "GrassNet: A Magazine on Grassroots International Exchange and Cooperation  ", which discusses how humanitarian aid to DPRK can contribute to peaceful conflict resolution. 

Title:   Overcoming Humanitarian Dilemmas in the DPRK (North Korea) (*pdf 82 kb - external link)
Author: 
Hazel Smith, United States Institute of Peace 
Description: This 2002 report examines the diversity of humanitarian agency responses to working in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and proposes a set of recommendations for agencies and governments.


Title:   UNICEF Master Plan of Operations 2004 (*pdf 643kb)
Author: 
UNICEF
Description:
Government of the DPRK and UNICEF Country Cooperation Agreement, 2004 to 2006. 

Situation Analysis

Title: Analysis of the Situation of Children and Women in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea   2003 (*pdf 2.86 mb)
Author: UNICEF
Description:
Detailed analysis which is  intended to further the understanding of various stakeholders associated with the rights of children and women in the DPRK (58 pages). 

Title: Analysis of the Situation of Children and Women in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea   2000 (*pdf 2.86 mb)
Author: UNICEF
Description:
Report analyses the situation of children and women in the DPRK.  The analysis uses an explicit conceptual framework drawn from the child rights approach outlined in the(90 pages). 

Title:   Famine and Reform in North Korea (*pdf 850kb - external link)
Author:
Marcus Noland
Description:
The paper, which primarily focuses on recent economic reforms, was published in July 2003 by the Institute for International Economics.

Title: Report on the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey in the DPRK  1998 (*pdf 358 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: A 1998 a
ssessment of the situation in the DPRK on child and maternal health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and education, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) was carried out for a representative sample of children from 6 months to 7 years of age and women of childbearing age, from 15 to 49 years.

Water and Environmental Sanitation (WES) 

Title: Situation of Anti-Epidemic Stations in Kangwon Province 2002(*pdf 609 kb)
Author: CESVI
Description:
Detailed report on the capabilities of various AES in Kangwon Province (Thongchon, Chonnae, Popdong and Wonsan).

Title: OCHA DPRK Sector Report - June 2002 (*pdf 233 kb)
Author: OCHA DPRK
Description:
OCHA June 2002 special Bulletin on activities in the WES sector.

Title: UNICEF Fact Sheet - Water & Environmental Sanitation & Hygiene Education (*pdf 233 kb)
Author: UNICEF
Description: UNICEF fact sheet
describing how large numbers of the population continue to be without access to adequate quantities of safe water and to sanitary latrines.


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