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    The threat to poor people’s land rights from the biofuels ‘boom’

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Biofuel production is expanding worldwide, driven mainly by government targets to replace fossil fuels. Biofuels also provide opportunities for export and rural development. However, there is a growing concern about the negative impacts of biofuels on land access for poor people.
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    Bringing business to cities in China, India and Brazil

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    How do firms operating in China, India and Brazil make choices about where to locate their business? While capital cities are always attractive, the advantages of other cities are determined by labour relations, economic geography and size. Since urban development promotes economic growth, it is important to understand the factors that determine firm location.
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    Lessons in governance reform from Brazil, India and Uganda

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Brazil, India and Uganda provide good examples of successful governance reforms. Politicians must be committed to the reform process. Those who design and manage the reforms must have the necessary skills. They must not be unduly influenced by political pressures at the outset, but should engage with interested groups during implementation.
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    Determinants and implications of the growing scale of livestock farms in four fast-growing developing countries

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008
    Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong.
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    Voluntary Licensing Agreements for available and affordable HIV drugs

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Pledges to secure universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs by 2010 seem increasingly unlikely to be fulfilled. In many less well-off countries, prices are prohibitively high for these treatments.
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    The Individual and the Political: Promundo's Evolving Approaches in Engaging Young Men in Transforming Masculinities

    BRIDGE, 2007
    How can resistance to inequitable and/or violent forms of masculinity be promoted? Instituto Promundo - a Brazilian initiative against gender violence - focuses on promoting positive masculinities. This paper discusses the process which established the project, such as consultations with young men from a variety of contexts.
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    Organic certification schemes: managerial skills and associated costs

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
    Certification is critical in organic markets as it enables organic producers to access new export and domestic market opportunities and premium prices due to the fact that organic quality adds value to products. Whilst in developed countries, economic incentives and enabling policies and regulations have
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    Community focus is key to eliminating filariasis

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Lymphatic filariasis (LF) affects at least 120 million people worldwide, with a further billion at risk according to World Health Organization estimates. Although an LF elimination programme is underway, could poor understanding of the social and cultural aspects of the disease threaten the programme’s success?
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    Could agriculture help to prevent further climate change?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    There is growing evidence that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity contribute to climate change. Many people blame modern farming practices for accelerating this - agriculture produces between 16.8 and 32.2 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. But could agriculture also hold some solutions to climate change?
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    Sustainability reporting in emerging markets

    Social Investment Forum, USA, 2008
    With the increasing role of emerging market companies in the global economy, investors increasingly expect certain minimum standards of governance and disclosure to be met. This study investigates the current level of sustainability reporting and disclosure by emerging market companies in three sectors; energy, materials and telecommunications - and from seven countries; Brazil, China

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