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    Poverty reduction strategy processes in Malawi and Zambia

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    This report discusses the participatory aspects of the protracted policy-making process that led to the formulation of Malawi’s and Zambia’s respective Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). It argues that participation was considerable in both countries, especially by civil society organisations.
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    Climate agreements and technology policy

    Department of Economics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2004
    This study examines how the design of international agreements on greenhouse gas emissions might affect the incentives for countries to develop technology to address emissions.
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    End hunger and malnutrition: the right to food; food sovereignty; food security

    Development Fund, Norway, 2003
    The documents in this booklet outline the policy and viewpoints of the Norwegian Development Fund on the right to food, food security and food sovereignty. The booklet includes two position papers endorsed by the Fund.
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    Land tenancy and efficiency of land use in the Highlands of Eritrea

    Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
    The paper tests two theoretical models that explain land productivity differentials between owner-tenants, owner-operators and owner-landlords, and between plots of land operated under different tenancy contracts by owner-tenants.The owner-tenants were richer in non-land resources than owner-operators and owner-landlords and the analysis showed that the land productivity followed the same patte
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    Competence and capacity for agricultural development in Malawi: an overview of institutions involved in knowledge generation, training and extension in agriculture and natural resource management

    Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
    This study looks at how science-based competence and capacity for agriculture in Malawi are organised and how human resources in these fields are trained and utilised.
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    Towards feasible social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    The prospects for workable social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa do not appear encouraging.
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    Modern wildlife conservation initiatives and the pastoralist/hunter nomads of north western Tibet

    Case Western Reserve University, 2002
    This paper reports on a Norwegian lead collaborative research project examining human-wildlife interactions and conservation priorities in the western part of the Chang Tang Nature Preserve, north-western Tibet.Highlights of the paper include:within the western part of the Chang Tang nature preserve, there exist rapidly diminishing populations of chiru antelope and wild yaksan estim
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    Coffee, co-operatives and competition: the impact of Fair Trade

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
    Impact studies looking at the effectiveness of Fair Trade initiatives on increasing the welfare of coffee producers have predominantly shown that the system is working well. This study focuses on the Fair Trade system’s use of democratically run coffee cooperatives to reach small scale producers.
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    Nomadic pastoralism in the Aru basin of Tibet's Chang Tang

    Case Western Reserve University, 2002
    This paper report on the nature and extent of pastoralism in the Aru basin, in the north western part of the Chang Tang Nature Preserve, Tibet.The paper particularly highlights the following points:the nomads primarily herd sheep and goats, and a lesser number of goats and a few horsesgoats are of particular importance because of the value of cashmere wool on international and natio
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    On the question of purchasing power parities corrections to the special report on emissions scenarios

    Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2004
    This paper discusses the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) special report on emissions scenarios (SRES).Highlights of the paper include:criticism of the IPCC’s special report on emissions scenarios for using market exchange rates (MER) instead of purchasing power parities (PPP) when converting regional GDP into a common denominatorthe consequence of this approach is t

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