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    Spotlight on publications: budgets and human rights

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2011
    By ratifying human rights treaties, States assume obligations and duties under international law to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. But these obligations will do nothing if governments do not allocate public funds to the realisation of those human rights.
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    Spotlight on publications: citizen participation in local governance in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    Citizen participation in governance at the local level has long been acknowledged to play a role in improving public policies. It is seen as enhancing policies’ responsiveness to the population’s needs and their quality, as citizens make creative and innovative proposals to solve development challenges.
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    Spotlight on publications: city-level climate change adaptation and mitigation

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2014
    The publications presented in this Spotlight cover some of the key issues related to city-level climate change mitigation and adaptation in Latin America, with a particular focus on: the prominent role of cities in Latin America; city-level climate mitigation and adaptation in Latin America; greenhouse gas inventories; waste; transportation; disaster preparedness; health; and poverty.
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    Spotlight on publications: design, adoption and implementation of Latin American Freedom of Information Acts

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    In the last two decades, Latin American countries – from Brazil, Chile and Colombia to Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Uruguay - have designed and adopted innovative Freedom of Information Acts (FOIAs).
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    Spotlight on publications: disaster risk management in Latin American cities

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    This selection of publications highlights key resources documenting and analysing some of the main aspects of the Latin American experience with disaster risk management (DRM) in cities: links and relationships between urban poverty and disasters; the importance of regulatory frameworks, institutions and governance; the challenges and opportunities of building resilient cities; the political ec
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    Spotlight on publications: extractive industries and land use

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2012
    Questions about land use are inextricably related to decisions about where and how to engage in extractive industry activities.
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    Spotlight on publications: human rights in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Strong national human rights institutions, an active regional human rights court, a human rights approach to budgeting and strategic litigation by civil society: these are just some of the innovative approaches Latin American countries are taking to improve human rights across the region.
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    Spotlight on publications: indigenous and ethnic minority rights

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    Indigenous and ethnic minorities are recognised under international law as a collective group with a shared identify and specific rights that governments should protect and guarantee via national frameworks and innovative public policies.
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    Surge in capital inflows, response of the government, and effects on the economy: The Philippine case

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 1995
    The Philippine economy has manifested signs of recovery due to various factors such as political and economic stabilisation. Hence, inflows are expected to continue in the future. While these capital flows are positive developments, it carries with it adverse impacts on the real sector of the economy.
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    Spotlight on publications: judicial review for enforcing human rights in Latin America

    Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
    In the face of persistent and systematic human rights violations, lawsuits are increasingly being brought before Latin American courts. Through cutting edge rulings, courts in the region have ordered the executive and legislative branches of government to allocate budgets and implement public policies that can effectively realise human rights.

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