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    Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA)

    ECPA was established by the President of the United States of America in 2009; other member countries are Brazil, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru and Trinidad and Tobago.
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    Improving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank

    World Bank, 2012
    This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited countries, as well as the OECD.
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    EROTICS: Sex, rights and the internet - an exploratory research study

    Association for Progressive Communications, 2011
    How may emerging debates and the growing practice of online content regulation either impede or facilitate the different ways women use the internet and the impact on their sexual expression, sexualities and sexual health practices, and the assertion of their sexual rights? This is the primary research question of this Exploratory Research on Sexuality and the Internet (EROTICS) study.
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    Rise and spread of national and sub-national forest carbon schemes

    Forest Carbon Asia, 2012
    In December 2011 at the international climate change negotiations at COP17 in Durban, there were further developments on the proposed REDD+ mechanism to reduce forest-based emissions and enhance forest carbon sinks. Various countries have initiated forest-related emission reduction and offsetting schemes within the last year.
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    The new competition for land: Food, energy, and climate change

    Science Direct, 2011
    This paper discusses the competition for land resources and the issue of land-use change due to the rising demand for food and energy, specifically for the transport sector. The linkages between land, food, and energy become particularly complex within the context of climate change.
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    ‘Our lives matter: sex workers unite for health and rights’

    Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network, 2008
    This report highlights the creative ways in which sex workers in eight countries have organised to defend their human rights and health. The groups featured in this report include:
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    Global aging preparedness index

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2011
    The Global Aging Preparedness Index (or GAP Index) aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the progress that countries are making in preparing for global ageing, and particularly the “old-age dependency” dimension of the challenge.
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    Dynamics in trade streams in international food supply networks: the case of fresh produce, meat, and cereals

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    In terms of trade, the identification of the most relevant agri-food trade streams serves as the foundation. This study focuses is on the size of trade streams regarding agri-food products in selected countries on a yearly basis and shows the potential for the introduction of e-commerce.
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    Feminists on the Frontline: Case Studies of Resisting and Challenging Fundamentalisms

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2008
    This is a collection of case studies about women and men around the world who have stood up to reject religious fundamentalism. In 2008 AWID launched a call for proposals to document the strategies of women's rights activists in this area. The case studies presented here are drawn from a wide range of religious and geographical contexts.
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    The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean

    Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2010
    After the revival from the economic crisis of 2008-2009, the fundamental challenge facing Latin America and the Caribbean is how to consolidate the recovery with medium- and long-term economic development. In this respect, this report believes that by basing rural development policies on an integral view of the countryside and agriculture, economic development and recovery can be promoted.

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