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Women’s economic empowerment and growth in low income countries: a global research programme (2013-2018)
Evidence on Demand, 2013Evidence that barriers to women’s economic participation and productivity may be stifling opportunities for growth is strengthening. Nevertheless, uptake of policies that progress growth through improved economic opportunities for women could harbour indirect risks of unwanted impacts on natural resources if not responsibly managed.DocumentSocial Panorama of Latin America 2013
United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2014This edition of the Social Panorama of Latin America discusses poverty from different angles, and in particular from amultidimensional perspective.DocumentThe changing face of technology use in pacified communities
Igarape Institute, 2014An increasing number of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are confronting two simultaneous pressures for change. The introduction of new technologies and the strategy of police pacification are colliding in tangible ways, forming new centers of power and reinforcing others. And this is occurring in an environment marked by escalating suspicion and general mistrust of the police.DocumentTowards just and effective climate finance: developing priorities and principles
Institute for Security Studies, 2011As the global climate finance regime emerges, the identification of priorities and principles contributes to the development of a normative framework on fund governance at national and sub-national levels in developing countries.DocumentThe governance of climate finance in Africa, Asia and Latin America: some critical reflections
Institute for Security Studies, 2011Africa, Asia and Latin America, which combined account for the vast majority of the world’s population, as well as the greater part of its poor people, have historically contributed least to the problem of climate change yet face some of its most severe impacts.DocumentAddressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture
International Water Management Institute, 2013Paper examining four case studies to demonstrate uncertainty management approaches in short- and long-term adaptation planning.DocumentCarbon, land and water: a global analysis of the hydrologic dimensions of climate change mitigation through afforestation / reforestation.
International Water Management Institute, 2006This report highlights the potentially significant impacts on the hydrologic cycle and the importance of considering secondary effects, particularly with regard to water, resulting from the widespread adoption of global climate change mitigation measures.DocumentBiofuel technology transfer in IBSA: lessons for South Africa and Brazil
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009The success of biofuel production in Brazil (bioethanol in particular) is recognised as a tangible point of collaboration in the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Forum. Sharing knowledge and systematic technology transfer on biofuels can strengthen co-operation among IBSA countries.DocumentIBSA six years on: co-operation in a new global order
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Six years after its launch, officials can no longer claim that the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Forum is still in its infancy. It is time to evaluate results and missed opportunities to provide a balanced assessment.DocumentBrazil as a regional and emerging global power
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Since the year 2000, Brazilian foreign policy has expanded dramatically on the back of the country’s growing material wealth. Changes in the international system helped too.Pages