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  Securing land rights in rural communities of Nigeria: policy approach to the problem of gender inequality

  2013

  In Africa, the pursuit of gender equality in inheritance rights remains one of the most difficult challenges due to its entrenched patriarchal characteristics. This is also the case in the rural communities of South-Eastern Nigeria.
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  Social protection, poverty and the post-2015 agenda

  World Bank, 2013

  Defining social protection as a collection of programs that address risk, vulnerability, inequality and poverty through a system of transfers in cash or in kind, this paper argues that social protection needs to be on the post-2015 agenda as a key element of the discourse.
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  Learning from India’s development cooperation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  In recent years, India has substantially increased the levels of its development cooperation. It has streamlined its development cooperation activities and put the principles of South-South Cooperation, including respect for national sovereignty, national ownership and independence, non-conditionality and
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  A local vision of climate adaptation: Participatory urban planning in Mozambique

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2014

  This report explores the outcomes of the project, Public Private People Partnerships for Climate Compatible Development (4PCCD) which ran from 2011 to 2013 and asked: can local views be represented fairly in national and municipal planning processes through a partnership approach?
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  Grounded: special report - Brazil

  The Economist, 2013

  A special country-focused edtion of The Economist magazine looks at the following topic areas:
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  Sustainable mega-events in developing countries: experiences and insights from host cities in South Africa, India and Brazil

  Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2011

  The hosting of mega-events has a tremendous effect on developing and emerging countries. These can be positive in terms of economic investment, job creation, skills development and international branding but also can be negative in terms of their environmental footprint, for example via carbon emissions caused by international visitors to the event.
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  Mega-events and human rights violations in Brazil

  RioOnWatch, 2012

  The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be hosted by 12 Brazilian cities and the 2016 Summer Olympics will take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
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  Striving for excellence: mega sporting events and human rights

  Institute for Human Rights and Business, 2013

  From the perspective of human rights, "Mega Sporting Events” (MSEs),  bring both opportunities and risks.
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  Engaging with the media: a companion to the Advocacy Toolkit for influencing the post-2015 development agenda

  Sustainable Development 2015, 2014

  As part of the Sustainable Development 2015 (SD2015) programme, this guide is for anyone who is working in the sustainable development sector and on the post-2015 development agenda: NGOs, CSOs, charities, private sector, governmental organisations or any other stakeholder group that might engage with the media.
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  Advocacy toolkit: influencing the post-2015 development agenda

  Sustainable Development 2015, 2014

  The SD2015 partners have produced a toolkit for civil society and other stakeholder organisations, coalitions and individuals that wish to influence the post-2015 development agenda, including the design of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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