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  Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (IESE) (IESE)

  IESE is an independent Mozambican nonprofit organisation, which conducts and promotes interdisciplinary scientific research on problems of social and economic development in Mozambique and Southern
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  Land, biodiversity and extractive industries in southern Africa: How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?

  Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2016

  In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.
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  Conflict trends issue 1, 2016

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2016

  The Great Lakes Project (GLP) constitutes one such effort in promoting a regionally focused programme for sustainable peace. Over the past three years, the GLP has sought to channel the comparative advantages of each partner into promoting a regional dimension to sustainable peacebuilding.
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  Toward a South and Southern African Integrated Oceans Governance Framework

  Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2016

  Maritime security and oceans governance are rapidly becoming important international challenges.1 The importance and relative urgency to address these challenges gave reason for this symposium to be held, which was co-hosted by the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) and the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), funded by the Open Society Foundation (OSF) of South Afric
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  Space, soil and status: insights from the APRM into the governance of land in Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  Land is central to Africa’s fortunes, and thus has occupied a prominent place in the inquiries of Africa’s home-grown governance review system, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). This paper interrogates what the APRM’s reports from 10 participating countries have had to say on the land issue.
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  Mental health funding and the SDGs: what now and who pays

  Overseas Development Institute, 2016

  Mental disorders affect one in four of us over a lifetime. It represents a huge cost to our health care systems and to the global economy, and affects some of the world’s most vulnerable people, through stigma and lack of understanding. The shortfall of services means that millions of people are left behind in terms of treatment.
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  Collective site management and coordination – a case study of Solidarités International in North Lebanon governorate

  Solidarités International, 2016

  Since 2013, SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) provides humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees in North Lebanon governorate in the sectors of WASH, shelter, livelihood and outreach.
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  Ethiopians’ views of democratic government: fear, ignorance, or unique understanding of democracy?

  Afrobarometer, 2016

  Five rounds of Afrobarometer surveys in up to 35 African countries show that ordinary African citizens tend to reach the same conclusions about the extent of democracy in their country as international expert rating systems.
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  Monitoring demographic indicators for the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a review of proposed approaches and opportunities

  International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, 2015

  This report reviews the indicators proposed by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) for the post-2015 SDG monitoring period that require access to population data or refer to demographic processes. It makes recommendations to strengthen the proposed monitoring framework.
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  Angolan refugees in Zambia: reflecting on local integration as a sustainable solution

  African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes, 2016

  Local integration continues to be an important option in the basket of comprehensive strategies to achieve long-term solutions to refugee crises, particularly those caused by protracted conflicts.

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