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Taxation, resource mobilisation and state performance
Crisis States Research Centre, LSE, 2010The process of tax collection is one of the most powerful lenses in political economy to assess the distribution of power in a polity. Indeed, there is a long history of thinking in political economy and history that links the process of state-building with the capacity of rulers to collect taxes.DocumentRecognising Rights, Promoting Progress: The global impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010This report sets out some examples of the impact CEDAW has had around the world, focusing on case studies where CEDAW’s ratification and implementation has led to concrete changes in the opportunities afforded to women and girls. The case studies are grouped into four main areas: • Ending violence and trafficking in women and girlsDocumentWomen’s Leadership and Participation: Case Studies on Learning for Action
Oxfam, 2009What are the barriers to women’s leadership and participation and how could they be encouraged to take up leadership positions? Once they are leading, what support do women need to carry out their roles effectively and for progressive purposes?DocumentWomen’s Leadership and Participation: Case Studies on Learning for Action
Oxfam, 2009What are the barriers to women’s leadership and participation and how could they be encouraged to take up leadership positions? Once they are leading, what support do women need to carry out their roles effectively and for progressive purposes?DocumentAnnual report 2009: extending the reach of carbon markets to promote clean technologies in developing countries
World Bank, 2009Carbon Finance-Assist is a corporate program of the World Bank designed to help developing countries and economies in transition to better participate in the fast growing carbon market. The World Bank Institute has been entrusted to manage this program that trains and educates people who will be crucial catalysts in their countries to promote the deployment of clean technologies.DocumentUNIDO and energy efficiency: a low-carbon path for industry
United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2009Energy efficiency in industry contributes to economic growth and mitigating environmental impact while reducing industrial energy intensity and improving competitiveness.DocumentRenewable energy market transformation initiative: scaling up deployment of grid-connected renewable energy technologies for power supply diversification
Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme [World Bank / UNDP], 2010The brochure explains the objectives, scope and target of the Renewable Energy Market Transformation Initiative (REMTI). The main areas of engagement of this initiative are:DocumentUNISDR Briefing Note 2 - Adaptation to climate change by reducing disaster risks: country practices and lessons
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR), 2009With the threat of increased disasters from climate change, many countries are already taking steps to reduce their vulnerability to weather and climatic hazards. This Briefing Note reports on case studies of eight countries where national and local governments and civil society have worked to strengthen their disaster risk reduction and adaptation actions.DocumentThe impact of the financial crisis on poverty and income distribution: insights from simulations in selected countries
World Bank, 2010This brief aims at measuring the poverty and distributional impacts of the international financial crisis on three selected countries (Bangladesh, Mexico, and the Philippines). The paper is to contribute into designing appropriate policy responses, as well as informing policies to protect poor people in the event of future economic shocks.DocumentFeminised recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women workers in the Philippines
Oxfam, 2010In the Philippines, the financial crisis has been particularly hard on the low income classes to which many unskilled, mainly women workers in the semiconductor and electronics, and textile and garment industries belong.Pages