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    Living conditions of displaced persons and host communities in urban Goma, DRC

    Norwegian Refugee Council, 2014
    Goma has been a central point for the reception of displaced persons over the last 20 years of conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Following significant waves of arrivals in 2012 and 2013, due to conflict with the M23 – a militia active in North Kivu from early 2012 to late 2013 – 1 camps around the city were grossly overcrowded.
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    A Political Economy of Slum Spaces: Mathare Valley

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    This paper studies the spatial characteristics of slums, seeking to explain why rulers tend to neglect the welfare of their dwellers. While located close to the centers of power, their high population density implies that they cover small space and are easy to cordon off in case of danger.
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    Improving livelihoods through conservation and education. A case study of the Swastha butterfly garden

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    In many parts of the developing world, those with physical or mental handicaps are often considered to be a burden on society, with limited to no remunerative activities available in the workforce. Activities such as butterfly farming, which require precision and attention to detail, are potentially relevant for disadvantaged groups as a source of livelihoods.
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    The governance of global value chains for live butterflies

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    Despite estimates that the global butterfly trade generates over US$100 million annually in sales of pupae for exhibitions and deadstock for a range of collector and artisanal uses, almost no research has been conducted that unpacks the dynamics of these value chains.
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    Sustainability coffee certification in India. Perceptions and practices

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    Certification programs has been employed in many agricultural products as a means to encourage and communicate compliance with standards associated with various attributes, such as organic, fair-trade, GMO free, and eco-friendly, among others. Such programs further seek to provide added value, through a price premium, to producers and supply chain actors associated with the label.
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    Promoting conservation in India by greening coffee

    Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 2014
    The Indian coffee sector is at an important transition point, increasingly stuck in the middle between quality and value segments of the market. A potential niche for India is in the development of eco-friendly (green) coffees, leveraging the natural environment and biodiversity present in many regions.
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    Mercury: Acting now!

    GRID Arendal, 2013
    THE UNEP Global Mercury Partnership was initiated in 2005 to take immediate actions to protect human health and the environment from the release of mercury and its compounds to the environment by minimizing and where feasible, ultimately eliminating global, anthropogenic mercury releases to air, water and land.
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    How moving beyond GDP may help fight poverty in Africa

    Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 2014
    This policy brief argues that the fixation with the use of the index of gross domestic product (GDP) has misled Africa’s policy makers. This approach has led to the replacement of informal economic structures with formal market systems, the exploitation of natural resources and the increase in income inequality as signs of economic progress.
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    Rising powers and the African security landscape

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    As the rising powers of China, Brazil, India and South Africa extend their economic engagement in Africa, they are also gradually becoming more involved in the African peace and security agenda. The four articles in this report describe and analyse how these rising powers are engaging with the African security landscape:
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    Conflicting dilemmas: economic growth, natural resources and indigenous populations in South America

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014
    South American countries have experienced impressive economic growth in the last two decades. This growth, based on natural resource exports and increasing natural resource extraction, is largely dependent on the expansion of the economies of Brazil and China.

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