Global institutions
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Empowering forest stakeholders: recommendations for a new global forest partnership
- ( International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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This report presents the findings of an independent consultation carried out by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) on the World Bank’s preliminary idea of a ne...
Are new approaches to global governance needed to address climate change effectively?
- ( J. Drexhage / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008)
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While at its core climate change remains an environmental issue, the responses required to effectively address it lie far beyond traditional environmental challenges. As such, legitimate questions ...
- International financial institutions and the Middle East and North Africa: a primer for NGOs
- ( Bank Information Center , 2007)
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Despite the stark differences between the political and economic situations of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, and consequently their relations with international finance inst...
- Cereal offenders: how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and what they can do to stop it
- ( ActionAid International , 2008)
- Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this ...
- The Clean Development Mechanism: an assessment of current practice and future approaches for policy
- ( E. Boyd;N., E. Hultman;T. Roberts / , 2007)
- This paper provides an analysis of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) highlighting current practices and future directions that need to be at taken to strengthen policy. ...
- Reform of the International Monetary Fund
- ( P. B. Kenen / Council on Foreign Relations , 2007)
- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is undertaking a wide-ranging reform of its governance and operations within a framework proposed by its managing director. This report reviews these reform propo...
- The future control of food: a guide to international negotiations and rules on intellectual property, biodiversity and food security
- ( G. Tansey;T. Rajotte / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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In today's world, access to food is highly, and unacceptably, uneven. There is massive overproduction and over-consumption, yet millions experience scarcity and hunger. This book looks at some...
- International economic governance and human rights accountability
- ( M.E. Salomon / LSE Research Online , 2007)
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The focus on development and poverty reduction by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund has increased the scope, and opportunity, for these institutions to consider the role that human...
- FAO: the challenge of renewal - report of the Independent External Evaluation of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
- ( K. Bazanson / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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This report presents the conclusions and recommendations of the first-ever independent external evaluation (IEE) of FAO in its sixty-year history. Although the evaluation looks at the evolution of ...
- Transparency at the IMF: a guide for civil society on getting access to information from the IMF
- ( Global Transparency Initiative , 2007)
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This guide outlines how civil society organisations can use the information published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to hold their governments accountable for decisions made on economic p...
