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    Perfil Climático - El Salvador

    2009
    Document part of the 'Integration risks and opportunities of climate change into national development and programming in United Nations countries' Project. It presents a brief account of the country's vulnerability in the coastal and rural areas, as well as in the agriculture, health and energy sectors, including the impact on water resources and ecosystems. The original document is in Spanish.
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    Hybrid mini-grids for rural electrification: lessons learned

    USA Agency for International Development, 2011
    There are currently around 1.5 billion people in the world without access to electricity. This report summarises lessons learned from hybrid mini-grid projects implemented by members of the Alliance for Rural Development (ARE) and provides insights on the key issues that must be considered when devising sustainable, replicable models of hybrid mini-grids.
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    Household cookstoves, environment, health, and climate change: a new look at an old problem

    World Bank, 2011
    In many developing countries, the poor are still using biomass energy to meet their household cooking needs. This report examines the lessons learned from cookstove campaigns, policies and programmes and the potential of advanced biomass cookstoves as 'game changers'.
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    Food security and economic development in the Middle East and North Africa: current state and future perspectives

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
    A rapidly changing world combined with mounting domestic challenges is prompting many Middle East and North African (MENA) countries to initiate economic and social reforms. This paper uses the concept of food security to identify the region’s challenges along four major themes: economic growth and incomes, trade and infrastructure, agriculture and water, and health and education.
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    Africa human development report 2012: towards a food secure future

    United Nations Development Programme, 2012
    Due to misguided policies, weak institutions and failing markets, sub-Saharan Africa has millions of hungry and malnourished people. This first Africa Human Development Report 2012 seeks to look beyond direct causes of food insecurity, such as crop failure, to highlight the social and political dimensions that are inhibiting progress.
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    Impact Study on Developing Local Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability and Poverty

    Building and Social Housing Foundation, UK, 2011
    This report presents findings of a study to assess the impact of the a Development Workshop France (DWF) project in Vietnam to promote the prevention of typhoon damage to housing and public buildings over the last ten years.
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    Climate change and hunger: responding to the challenge

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009
    This report reviews current knowledge of the effects of climate change on hunger and provides an overview of actions that can be taken to address the challenge.
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    What contribution does the installation of solar water heaters make towards the alleviation of energy poverty in South Africa?

    Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2011
    The South African government has publicised plans to install one million solar water heaters in households throughout South Africa by the year 2014, with the goals of reducing strain on existing electricity resources, mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, creating employment and alleviating poverty.
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    Climate change: storm brewing for Uganda's booming tea industry

    Participatory Research with Farmers, International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 2011
    Tens of thousands of Uganda’s tea producers – many of them Fairtrade certified – will need to take decisive action to protect their crop and their livelihoods if the latest climate change predictions come true.
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    Water and climate change adaptation in the Americas. Solution from the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD)

    Water and Climate Change in the Americas, 2012
    This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different agencies), seeks to address the ways in which water management practices must change in order to deal with the prospective impacts of climate change.

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