Organisation
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
Agencia autónoma comprometida a la investigación multidisciplinaria sobre las dimensiones sociales de los problemas contemporáneos del desarrollo.
WWW sus servicios de incluyen información del programa de investigación del UNRISD; catálago de publicaciones que permite el pedido a través del internet; textos completos de los documentos de resumenes de UNRISD y algunos documentos de la Cumbre Mundial de Desarrollo Social; textos completos de notas informativos sobre Enfoque de Género y otros documentos sobre género; textos completos del boletín de noticias de Desarrollo Social.
Published Documents
- Combating Poverty and Inequality: structural change, social policy and politics
- Y Bangura / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2010
- This report explores the causes, dynamics and persistence of poverty, and argues that current approaches to poverty often ignore its root causes. It analyses poverty reduction as part of long-term processes of social,...
- Green economy or green society? Contestation and policies for a fair transition
- S. Cook / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
- This paper outlines a conceptual and policy approach to bringing social concerns to the forefront of green economy and sustainable development debates. It examines a wide range of social problems and other issues associated with green...
- The emerging policy for green economy and social development in Limpopo, South Africa
- A. Musyoki / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
- This paper evaluates the emerging green economy in South Africa, using ideas from the concept of sustainable rural livelihoods, which are intimately connected to ecological services many developing countries. It finds that African com...
- An institutional analysis of biofuel policies and their social implications: lessons from Brazil, India and Indonesia
- M. G. Bastos Lima / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
- This paper examines how developing countries have attempted to promote rural development through biofuel production, what social outcomes those strategies have created and what lessons can be learned. This is done by comparing the con...
- Sustainable development through policy integration in Latin America: a comparative approach
- L. Rival / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
- The challenge of Latin American countries today is that they too need to translate socioeconomic development objectives into a model that maintains ecosystem services, biodiversity and low carbon emissions to support Earth Stewardship...
- The political economy of green growth in India
- P. Banerjee / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
- Rapid economic growth in India during the last two decades has accentuated the demand for energy and natural resources related to water, land and forests. Based on a review of the current policy framework in these areas and data from ...
- Social Movements and Poverty in Developing Countries
- Anthony Bebbington / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2010
- This paper explores social movements’ roles in challenging relationships of poverty and inequality. It begins by examining the motivations, emergence and strategies of these movements. The author then argues that movements are h...
- Reviewing approaches to gender and care giving
- S. Razavi / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2007
- Historically and across a diverse range of countries, women from disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups have tended to provide care services to meet the needs of the more powerful social groups, while their own needs for care have bee...
- Examining community development partnerships in the Niger Delta
- U. Idemudia / United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2007
- This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of different community development partnership (CDP) and poverty reduction initiatives for the Niger Delta, Nigeria, in the corporate-community relations strategies of Shell, Exxon Mobi...
