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    The impact of technological change in agriculture on poverty and armed conflict

    The Borlaug Institute, 2006
    This paper addresses the role of agricultural research and technology in poverty alleviation. It also considers research priorities and the role of national and international agricultural research in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) while reducing the risk of armed conflict and international terrorism.
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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.
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    Do conflicts create poverty traps?: asset losses and recovery for displaced households in Colombia

    Microcon, 2009
    Determining assets as key indicators of household welfare, the authors of this paper seek to analyse how asset losses occur during internal conflicts and the process of asset accumulation following conflict. To conduct such research they focused on an especially vulnerable group of victims of conflict - the displaced population in Colombia.
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    Global challenges for humanity

    The Millennium Project, 2008
    The Millennium Projects' 15 Global Challenges for 2008 aim to provide a framework to assess the global and local prospects for humanity. Their description, with a range of views and actions to address each challenge, include regional views and progress assessments.
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    Eliminating world poverty: building our common future - consultation paper

    Department for International Development, UK, 2009
    This background paper for the DFID annual conference  "Securing our Common Future: a conference on the future of international development" (9-10 March 2009, London)  reaffirms commitments and reviews priorities.
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    The economic effects of restricted access to land in the West Bank

    World Bank, 2008
    In developing countries, land often provides a foundation for economic activities in a variety of sectors. In the West Bank, it takes on a particular significance as economic activity is stifled by conflict and much of the land area is inaccessible due to Israeli restrictions on movement of people and access to natural resources.
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    Sustainable forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the way out of poverty and conflict

    Both ENDS, 2008
    This paper focuses on sustainable forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and what role it can play.
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    The status of rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007
    Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty issues in 13 diverse countries in the region, without attempting to propose policy or programme actions at national or local levels.
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    Breaking the trap of oil dependence and conflict in Nigeria

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    Until recently, Nigeria was the largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite oil revenues totalling about US$300 billion, the country is still poor and troubled by violent conflict. In reality, oil has long been a cause of conflict in a country where the richest 10 percent control about 40 percent of the national wealth.
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    Seeing people through the trees: scaling up efforts to advance rights and address poverty, conflict and climate change

    The Rights and Resources Initiative, 2008
    The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that few development interventions in forest areas have worked in favour of either the forest dwellers or the forests and that a new approach and urgent action is needed.

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