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  The Sangha and its relation to the peace process in Sri Lanka

  International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2005

  This paper examines the attitude of Buddhist monks to the current Norwegian-facilitated peace process in Sri Lanka and explores their potential to be peace promoters in the process. In order to do so, the paper presents an overall introduction to Buddhism and politics in Sri Lanka and the deals specifically with monks favouring or opposing the Norwegian-facilitated peace process.
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  Addressing the reproductive health needs and rights of young people since ICPD: the contribution of UNFPA and IPPF: Tanzania country evaluation report

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This report is an evaluation of the contribution of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) to addressing the reproductive rights and health needs of young people in the period since the finalisation of the Programme of Action (POA) developed at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in 1994. The goal of th
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  Prospects for peace in Sudan: the road ahead

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2005

  This speech by the Norwegian Minister of International Development, Hilde F.
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  Report of NGO visit to proposed Nam Theun 2 hydroelectric project, Lao PDR

  Association for International Water Studies, Norway, 2004

  Based on both formal meetings and informal conversations with representatives of international financial institutions, project developers, as well as international and Thai NGOs, consultants, this report assesses the proposed Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in Lao PDR.The observations made by the report include:
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  Addressing seed security in disaster response: linking relief with development

  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2004

  This volume contains eight case studies on seed aid in Africa. The case studies were undertaken to evaluate various forms of emergency seed aid in the field and to couple these with analyses of the broader seed and crop systems.
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  The poverty trap: defending indigenous peoples’ resource rights in Nicaragua

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2004

  This paper describes the developments within, and experiences from, an eight-year collaborative research and capacity building programme involving the Rama people in eastern Nicaragua.
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  Where to next?: future steps of the global climate regime

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2004

  This paper presents the current collective understanding of global climate change researchers, in an effort to provide a common understanding upon which further research can be based.
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  Macroeconomic policies, the environment, natural resources and welfare in developing countries

  Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2004

  The paper reviews the literature on the relationships between macroeconomic policies and the environment, natural resources and population welfare in developing countries on the other. It focuses on issues of: taxes and subsidies, such as those affecting sectors that extract natural resources or strongly influence the environment, and the environmental and resource/welfare effects of t
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  China beyond 2012

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2005

  This briefing looks at policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in China. Although China has ratified the Kyoto Protocol, its status as a developing nation means it is not bound to any quantitative restrictions on emissions under the Kyoto Protocol’s commitment period, from 2008-2012.
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  Trust in public finance: citizens' view on taxation by local authorities in Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper looks at persistent public resistance to paying local taxes in Tanzania, as evidenced by widespread tax evasion and non-payment of fees and charges. In the standard economic model of taxpayer behaviour, the perceived quality of the government does not influence the level of taxes remitted.

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