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    Civil Society and Development in West Africa: Issues, Problems and Doubts

    West Africa Civil Society Institute, 2014
    West Africa’s multiple civil societies are as diverse in form, size, motive, constitution and approach as the distinct contexts in which they operate. Though much is attributed to them, there has hitherto been no thorough/detailed authoritative/wilful exploration of their involvement, influence or impact in and on development discourses in the region and beyond. 
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    Green economies in the Caribbean: Perspectives, priorities and an action learning agenda

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2014
    This paper summarises early explorations by the Green Economy Action Learning Group (GE ALG), which aims to help governments and other stakeholders develop a practical Caribbean vision of an inclusive and resilient ‘green’ economy.
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    Recreation and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America (RASAALA)

    Recreation and Society in Africa, Asia and Latin America (RASAALA) encourages original research into the relationship between recreation (sports, games, tourism, pageants and carnivals, etc.) and comm
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    Responsibility to protect (RtoP): Toolkit for civil society actors and multidimensional peace support personnel in West Africa

    West Africa Civil Society Institute, 2013
    This toolkit on the Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) was designed to introduce the concept topractitioners and policy makers in West Africa, as well as deepen their knowledge of its development and practice.
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    Engaging communities: evaluating social accountability in school feeding programmes

    Home Grown School Feeding, 2011
    This paper addresses the question of how implementers of Home Grown School Feeding (HGSF) systems can create and operationalise feedback systems between communities, governments and external partners to ensure programmes are meeting communities’ needs.
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    Is tourism Haiti’s magic bullet: an empirical treatment of Haiti’s tourism potential

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    This study highlights some of the challenges facing tourism in Haiti. The paper notes that the Haitian government has elevated tourism to the top of its development agenda, yet prospects for success are uncertain.
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    Cyberspace & open empowerment in Latin America

    Igarape Institute, 2013
    With some 40% of the population now online, connectivity is expanding in Latin America faster than in any other part of the world. Correspondingly, across Latin America, governments have been struggling to keep up with the pace and range of cyber-enhanced change.
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    Farmer-driven research to improve food and nutrition security

    Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels, 2013
    The livelihood of over 60% of Africans is derived from agriculture but productivity remains low on this continent whilst all other continents have experienced significant increases. The challenge for agriculture is threefold: to increase agricultural production, especially of nutrient-rich foods; to do so in ways which reduce inequality: and to reverse and prevent resource degradation.
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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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    RioOnWatch

    Catalytic Commuinities, a  nonprofit organisation and Rio de Janeiro-based NGO, launched Rio Olympics Neighborhood Watch (RioOnWatch), to bring visibility to favela community voices in the lead

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