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Published Documents
- Envisioning the future and learning from the past: adapting to a changing environment in northern Mali
- M. Brockhaus; H. Djoudi (ed); B. Locatelli (ed) / Elsevier, 2013
- In West Africa, rural livelihoods that dependon natural resources develop coping and adapting strategies to face climate variability or change, and economic or political changes. The former Lake Faguibine in northern Mali has experien...
- ICT Policies and e-Strategies in the Asia-Pacific: A critical assessment of the way forward
- P. Sayo / Elsevier, 2004
- This book emphasizes the critical need for strategic national level policies, long-term in its vision and comprehensive in nature, targetting both the immediate needs of the populace and long-term needs of nations being integrated in ...
- Expert views of climate change adaptation in least developed Asia
- B. K. Sovacool / Elsevier, 2012
- Drawing primarily from original data collected from more than 100 semi-structured research interviews, this study discusses the benefits of four climate change adaptation projects being implemented in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia and ...
- Energy for rural India
- F. Urban / Elsevier, 2009
- This research investigates how rural electrification could be achieved in India using different energy sources and what effects this could have for climate change mitigation. It uses the Regional Energy Model (REM) to develop scenario...
- Breakthrough? China’s and India’s transition from production to innovation
- T. Altenburg / Elsevier, 2007
- China and India have become major producers of products and services for global markets. This article explores to what extent they are also building up innovation capabilities. It draws on a combination of approaches – innovation...
- Assessing climate change impacts on coastal infrastructure in the Eastern Caribbean
- G. Cid; E. Kruse / Elsevier, 2003
- Expected effects of changes in global climate include warmer temperatures, rising sea levels, and potentially more frequent and severe extreme weather events such as hurricanes and tropical storms. Low-lying states in the Caribbean ar...
- Cassava for hunger reduction in Malawi
- J. Rusike / Elsevier, 2009
- Cassava in Malawi is the second most important staple food crop after maize. This paper assesses the impact of agricultural research for development approach in Malawi on cassava yields, per capita area planted to cassava and househol...
- Is economic growth the only route out of poverty?
- J. A. Donaldson (ed) / Elsevier, 2008
- This paper seeks to identify pathways to poverty reduction other than economic growth. It focuses on exceptional cases where specific political, social or economic factors explain a pattern of economic growth and poverty reduction. It...
- Practices that promote the spread of pathogens in rural households
- S. Taulo; A. Wetlesen; R. Abrahamsen; G. Kululanga / Elsevier, 2008
- The basic human requirement for the intake of food places every human being at risk of contracting infection by food-borne pathogens. This fact is true not only in developing countries but in many developed countries. Food experts and...
- Low carbon development, the solution?
- Y. Mulugetta (ed); F. Urban (ed) / Elsevier, 2010
- This paper presents issues that are driving the process of mainstreaming climate change into development plans. By recognising that there are variations in low carbon development (LCD), the paper maps out the diversity of understandin...
