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    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014

    UN, 2014
    Fourteen years ago, the Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of many and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and hunger. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of the 2015 deadline.
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    Integrated agriculture enhances farm productivity and livelihoods in agro-biodiversity hotspots

    MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014
    India is home to incredible diversity in plant and animal species and is ranked among the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. Unfortunately, much of this diversity is being eroded at an alarming rate, largely due to habitat destruction and invasion by alien species. In the hilly regions of southern India, known
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    Assessing rural transformations: piloting a qualitative impact protocol in Malawi and Ethiopia

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 2014
    This paper contributes to the literature on qualitative approaches to impact evaluation (QUIP) particularly in complex contexts. It reports on substantive and methodological findings from four pilot studies of a protocol for qualitative impact evaluation of NGO sponsored rural development projects in Malawi and Ethiopia.
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    Building urban food resilience: assessing the peri-urban food system in Kathmandu Nepal

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition ISET-Nepal, 2008
    This report from ISET-Nepal describes how agricultural production in urban and peri-urban areas of inland city, Kathmandu, has become unable to meet food security demands due to rapid urban growth and decreased water availability and water pollution. The report describes the physical, environmental and social vulnerabilities of the food system and populations of the Kathmandu valley.
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    Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.
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    The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.
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    Thirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014
    Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?
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    Global Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    IDMC’s latest Global Estimates report shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events. As in previous years, the worst affected region is Asia, where 19 million people, or 87.1 per cent of the global total, were displaced during the year.
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    The risk of disaster-induced displacement in south-east Asia and China

    Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014
    With a focus on countries in south-east Asia and China, this is IDMC’s fourth regional study on disaster-related displacement risk.
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    Are trees buffering ecosystems and livelihoods in agricultural landscapes of the Lower Mekong Basin? Consequences for climate-change adaptation

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2014
    This working paper analyses 1) the impacts of continuing land-use and climate changes in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) region; and 2) the potential role of increased use of trees in agricultural landscapes to reduce the negative impact of land-use changes.

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