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  Land governance in Brazil: a geo-historical review

  International Land Coalition, 2012

  This paper examines the paradoxes of land governance in Brazil by putting them in their historical context, highlighting in particular the continuing subordination of peasant farmers’ interests to those of large landholders.
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  A new era in the fight against deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: opportunities to improve policy effectiveness

  Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014

  The deforestation slowdown in the Amazon is one of the most important environmental success stories of recent decades, with an 83% decrease in the annual rate of deforestation from 2004 to 2012. This accomplishment has enabled Brazil to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third, while also preserving biodiversity and maintaining other vital ecosystem services.
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  Effect of breastfeeding promotion interventions on breastfeeding rates, with special focus on developing countries

  BMC Public Health, 2011

  Given the recognised benefits of breastfeeding for the health of the mother and infants, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months of life. However, the prevalence of EBF is low globally in many of the developing and developed countries around the world.
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  Vitamin A supplements for preventing mortality, illness, and blindness in children aged under 5: systematic review and meta-analysis

  British Medical Journal, 2011

  Vitamin A refers to a subclass of retinoic acids long understood to help regulate immune function and to reduce morbidity of infectious diseases. Vitamin A is required for normal functioning of the visual system, maintenance of cell function for growth, epithelial integrity, production of red blood cells, immunity, and reproduction.
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  International success stories in reducing undernutrition: strategic choices, policy actions and lessons

  Public Health Foundation of India, 2011

  The overall burden of stunting in developing countries is estimated to have reduced from 40 per cent to 29 per cent. Reductions in undernutrition have not always demonstrated a direct relationship with economic development and progress of various countries indicates that there is no one solution to improving nutrition.
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  Infant-feeding patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in young adulthood: data from five cohorts in low- and middle-income countries

  International Journal of Epidemiology, 2010

  Infant-feeding patterns may influence lifelong health. This study tests the hypothesis that longer duration of breastfeeding and later introduction of complementary foods in infancy are associated with reduced adult cardiovascular risk.
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  Assessing the global effect of trade facilitation: evidence from the MIRAGE model

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  This paper contributes to the empirical literature on trade facilitation by capturing the complexity of the trade facilitation by using ad-valorem equivalents (AVEs) of administrative barriers estimated from a gravity model. Furthermore, the paper introduces trade facilitation in the multiregional and multi-sectoral CGE model, MIRAGE.
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  Development Banks from the BRICS

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015

  The BRIC acronym was created at the beginning of the 2000s to represent a group of four fast-growing economies –Brazil, Russia, India and China – and was changed to BRICS in December 2010 with the inclusion of South Africa.
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  What drives the global land rush?

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
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  South Africa, Africa, and the BRICS: progress, problems, and prospects: policy brief

  Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014

  The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, hosted a two-day policy advisory group seminar in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, 2014.

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