United Nations University (UNU)
Currently focuses research and capacity building in two programme areas: peace and governance, and the environment and sustainable development. UNU's academic work is carried out at the UNU Centre in Tokyo and by eight research and training centres and programmes as follows: UNU World InstituteforDevelopment EconomicsResearch [UNU/WIDER] in Helsinki, Finland; UNU Institute for New Technologies[UNU/INTECH] in Maastricht, the Netherlands; UNU International Institute for Software Technology [UNU/IIST] in Macau; UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa [UNU/INRA] in Legon, Ghana, with a Mineral Resources Unit in Lusaka, Zambia ; UNU Institute of Advanced Studies [UNU/IAS] in Tokyo; UNU Programme for Biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean [UNU/BIOLAC] in Caracas, Venezuela ; UNU International Leadership Academy[UNU/ILA] in Amman, Jordan; UNU International Network on Water, Environment and Health [UNU/INWEH] in Ontario, Canada.
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Published Documents
- Assessment of effectiveness of China aid in financing development in Sudan
- S. Nour / United Nations University, 2011
- This paper discusses the effectiveness of Chinese development aid to Sudan. It finds that there has been a significant increase in Chinese loans and grants offered to the country, but these have had mixed impacts. They provided altern...
- Functions and processes at the various interfaces between knowledge, practice, and policy
- L. Shaxson (ed) / United Nations University, 2012
- What is K* and how can we use it? K* is a convenient term for the plethora of acronyms for knowledge brokering (KB), knowledge translation (KT), knowledge transfer and exchange (KTE), knowledge mobilisation (KMb) and many others. Thes...
- Presenting an overview of climate change and Indigenous Peoples (IP) intiatives
- K., G McLean / United Nations University, 2010
- This compendium presents a wide-ranging overview of more than 400 projects, case studies and research activities specifically related to climate change and Indigenous Peoples (IP). It provides a sketch of the climate and environmental...
- Comparative study of international surveys on e-government
- A. Ojo / United Nations University, 2007
- This paper presents a comparative study of 11 international surveys on e-government between 2001 and 2004. It identifies a common set of ‘core indicators’ for assessing e-readiness and suggests ways to determine the weight...
- Vitamin and mineral deficiencies in the developing world
- T. Sanghvi (ed) / United Nations University, 2007
- Micronutrients are among the best buys in development according to economists and public health leaders. Unfortunately, currently available data on the magnitude of deficiencies and program coverage levels indicate that only a small p...
- How to speed up Africa's recovery from the global financial crisis
- A. Fosu (ed); W. Naudé (ed) / United Nations University, 2009
- African economies have been shaken by the global economic downturn which followed the US-centered financial crisis of 2008. Africa’s growth rate for 2009 and 2010 has recently been revised substantially downwards by internationa...
- Linking CBD 2010 targets and the MDGs
- B. Pisupati; R. Rubian / United Nations University, 2008
- This report is a literature review to assess the current state of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2010 target. The authors explore the potential for aligning the achievements under ...
- China’s growth impact on integration and regional development
- T. Gries; M. Redlin / United Nations University, 2008
- Looking at international integration and regional development in China, this paper introduces a stylised model of regional development characterised by two pillars: (i) International integration indicated by Foreign Direct Investment ...
- Export productivity, FDI and growth in Brazil, China, India and South Africa
- A. Guariglia; A.U. Santos-Paulino / United Nations University, 2008
- Although a large proportion of the recent growth performances of Brazil, China, India and South Africa has been the result of their international trade activities, there has been little research on the relative contribution ...
- How can microcredit better contribute to rural poverty reduction in China?
- C.J. Turvey; R. Kong / United Nations University, 2008
- While China’s growth rates are among the fastest in the world, rural poverty remains high. Not only are households overwhelmingly food insecure, their position relative to urban households has diminished significantly over the p...
