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How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in oil and gas industry?: ( The Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund , 2007); Oil and natural gas companies are evaluating options for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, developing project plans, and implementing emission reduction projects either voluntarily or to comply...
How can communities and companies engage in co-planning and monitoring to ensure sustainable local development ?: ( R. Parker;J. V. Alstine;M. Gitsham / The Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund , 2008); This study explores how communities and companies can engage in co-planning and monitoring to ensure sustainable local development benefits from the extraction of resources. Key points are highlighted...
Tools for Pacific Islanders to engage in trade negotiation processes: ( Pacific Network on Globalisation , 2008); The Pacific Island Countries currently face pressure to ‘integrate into the global economy’ through implementing new free trade agreements. Free traders argue that the Pacific will benefit...
Views on the current financial crisis from the global South: ( Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2008); The global financial crisis is already beginning to have an impact on the ‘real economy’ in poorer countries around the world. However, the debate in the west about the impact of...
Estimating poverty trends in India since 1981 using 2005 PPP data: ( M. Ravallion / Economic and Political Weekly, India , 2008); In spite of recent economic growth, poverty in India remains high. But what has been India’s poverty reduction rate over time? A new article published by the Indian Economic and Political Wee...
Time to speak out about the abuse of the elderly: ( O. Ajomale / International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse , 2007); There is a ‘secret-cult’ silence on the issue of abuse of the elderly in Nigeria, argues the author of this paper. The victims of abuse and others are reluctant to talk about it, and...
Governments risk losing elections after drought: ( S. A. Cole;A. Healy;E. D. Werker / Harvard Business School , 2008); Models of political accountability suggest that the governments which perform poorly fail to get re-elected. Recent evidence suggests, however, that voters may punish politicians even for events outsi...
Why is land such a potent issue in Kenya and other agrarian economies?: ( C. Huggins;J. Wakhungu;E. Nyukuri / Eldis Community , 2008); The violence which followed the contested December 2007 Kenyan election was, arguably, an opportunity for historical grievances to be settled. This paper focuses on the land issue in regards to Ken...
Involving citizens in measuring government performance: ( M. Holzer;S. Rhee / School of Public Affairs and Administration, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Campus at Newark , 2006); A number of performance improvement tools and techniques are available to public managers. Yet the performance of the public sector often falls short of citizens expectations. Essays in this volume ar...
How to address and prevent land conflicts: ( B. Wehrmann / Deutsche Gessellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit , 2008); Land conflicts often have extensive negative effects on economic, social, spatial and ecological development. This is especially true in developing countries and countries in transition, where land...

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