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    The Politics of wellbeing, conservation and development in Chiawa, Zambia

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2013
    The challenge of reconciling competing demands for national economic growth, wildlife conservation and the wellbeing of local communities is widely recognised. In Chiawa, Zambia 2013 this challenge is particularly acute, as a new highway and bridge promise to reverse the area’s historical marginality, promoting it as a premier site for safari tourism and agri-business.
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    Who trusts others? Community and individual determinants of social capital in Bangladesh

    The Institute of Governance Studies, 2013
    Trust amongst people in a society is considered by many to facilitate long-term growth, educational attainment, democratic stability and subjective well-being. A low institutional trust environment can undermine inter-personal trust in the economy.
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    IEE Proceedings Communications

    IEE Proceedings Communications is a journal, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, which covers all aspects of the theory and practice of systems, networks and applic
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    Advancing gender equality through the budget: Latin American experiences with gender-responsive budgeting

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Latin America is leading the way in gender-responsive budgeting and is producing some insightful lessons for other regions of the world.Gender inequality is particularly prevalent in developing regions where it prevents millions of women from exercising the basic human rights they are entitled to.
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    Climate Variability, Child Labour and Schooling: Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margin

    Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, 2013
    Using a unique panel dataset this paper examines the effect of changes in climate variability on the allocation of time among child labour activities (the intensive margin) as well as participation in education and labour activities (the extensive margin). It explores the question: How does future income uncertainty affect child labour and human capital accumulation?
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    Climate justice: Equity and justice informing a new climate agreement

    World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013
    This working paper from the World Resources Institute draws on existing research to explore the role of equity and justice in informing climate negotiations and the design of new climate agreements.
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    Indicators for measuring ICT access

    Evidence on Demand, 2012
    Evidence on Demand was requested to support DFID in work on what the post MDG framework might look like. This brief report was prepared to consider the data availability and measurability of indicators for a proposed target to enable everybody to have access to telecommunications.
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    The two worlds of humanitarian innovation

    Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford, 2013
    There has been a gradual shift in the humanitarian world to considering the role that innovation can play in addressing endemic challenges of inefficiency, unsustainability and dependency. Within this ‘humanitarian turn’, the dominant approaches have been ‘top-down’, mainly focusing on finding ways to improve organisational responses.
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    Key reference material for social & gender issues linked to tackling deforestation

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    This reference list has been collated – as part of a HelpDesk enquiry that was undertaken by the Evidence on Demand team – to peer-review social and gender issues in a business case, relating to forests and climate change. Whilst not exhaustive, this list may act as a useful resource in the development of future business cases.
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    Maximising the benefits of data and extractive industries for the poor

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    More and more data around extractives is becoming available. Data made public, in the right format, can be used by citizens to hold governments and companies to account and drive improved development outcomes from mineral resource exploitation.

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