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  UN-water global annual assessment of sanitation and drinking-water: 2008 pilot report: testing a new reporting approach

  World Health Organization, 2008

  This paper presents a new approach to reporting on progress in the sanitation and drinking-water sectors that aims to strengthen evidence-based policy making towards and beyond the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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  The Great Lakes Pact and the rights of displaced people: a guide for civil society

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2008

  The Great Lakes region has one of the largest displaced populations in the whole world with about two million refugees and ten million IDPs. Most of these displacements are due to violent conflict.
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  Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

  Development in Practice, 2008

  The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective.
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  Lessons for out-scaling and Up-scaling from DFID’s RNRRS Studies and Research

  Department for International Development, UK, 2008

  This report consists of a series of short syntheses which bring together key lessons for up-scaling and out-scaling research based on 19 key reviews, summaries and reports detailing DFID natural resources research. Each synthesis provides background information and key points, while the lessons learned are illustrated using examples and case studies. Key lessons learned include:
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  The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)

  The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organisations engaged in conservation, research and development.
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  Development communication sourcebook: broadening the boundaries of communication

  World Bank, 2008

  Media, no matter how technologically advanced, messages, no matter how skillfully packaged, and information, no matter how relevant, are not enough to bring about meaningful and sustainable development results. These results can only be achieved if the people involved (stakeholders) are part of the process leading to change.
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  Post-2012 climate policy dilemmas: a review of proposals

  Earthscan, 2008

  Aiming to serve as a basis for debate on how to configure post-2012 climate policy, this article assesses a wide range of alternative proposals for a post-2012 international climate policy regime.
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  Research4Development (R4D)

  This research portal provides up-to-date information on the current research portfolio of the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID).
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  Exploring strategic priorities for regional agricultural R&D investments in East and Central Africa

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2008

  This paper explains that given that many countries in the East and Central Africa region are small and face similar agro-ecological, climatic, and development challenges, relying on expensive national research and development (R&D) programs is bound to prove inefficient and costly. Instead, potential economies of scale can be derived through the regionalisation of R&D.
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  The north-western Sahara aquifer system: concerted management of a transboundary water basin

  Sahara and Sahel Observatory, 2008

  The North-western Sahara aquifer system (NWSAS) shared by Algeria, Libya and Tunisia contains considerable water reserves; however, it is largely unrenewable and not fully exploitable.

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