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  Do natural resources inhibit transparency?

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2015

  Using a new dataset on transparency across 177 countries from 1970 to 2010 and new data on oil values that is measured independently of countries’ reporting mechanisms, this paper examines whether the presence of income derived from the extraction of oil and other mineral resources induces governance institutions to become less transparent.
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  "Lived poverty" can inform Swazi anti-poverty efforts

  Afrobarometer, 2015

  Poverty continues to be a major challenge in Swaziland, exacerbated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the Swazi population were living in severe poverty in 2012. The Afrobarometer survey, which was conducted for the first time in Swaziland in 2013, provides insights into ordinary Swazis’ experience of poverty.
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  The costs of climate change impacts for India: a preliminary analysis

  Council on Energy, Environment and Water, 2015

  This working paper tries to estimate the cost of global climate change impacts for India.
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  What role for natural resources in Botswana’s quest for economic diversification?

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  Botswana is typically perceived as a development anomaly on the continent. With a stable democracy and strong economic growth since 1966, the country’s success is in danger of being taken for granted. Diamond revenues are likely to decline in the near future. The government has historically depended on these, through its partnership with De Beers, to fund its development plans.
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  Climate change, livelihoods and health inequities: the vulnerability of migrant workers in Indian cities

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2015

  This paper examines the vulnerability context of migrant workers’ in the informal sector in three Indian cities (Kochi, Surat, and Mumbai), specifically in terms of how their livelihoods interface with climate change and health inequities.
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  An Overview of Modeling Climate Change Impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands

  United Nations Development Programme, 2009

  This report provides an overview for all CARICOM member states of the risks from climate change and includes a section on the common threats of climate change for Pacific island countries.
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  Africa Capacity Indicators 2013: Capacity Development For Natural Resource Management

  African Capacity Building Foundation, 2013

  This report focuses on natural resource management in Africa and links this discussion with state fragility, agricultural transformation and food security.
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  What does Brunei teach us about using Human Development Index rankings as a policy tool?

  Social Science Research Network, 2014

  The Bruneian Government has set an ambitious target to achieve a top 10 ranking on the UNDP’s Human Development Index (HDI) by 2035. To achieve its objective (described in a national strategy document called the Wawasan 2035), Brunei’s economy needs to grow by 6%-7%. Is setting an HDI target a good way to govern Brunei’s policymaking?
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  Confronting the ‘oil curse’: state–civil society roles in managing Ghana’s oil find

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015

  Ghana discovered large oil deposits at Cape Three Points, on its western coast, in 2007.With the discovery of additional oil it is anticipated that the oil sector will significantly boost the economy, which in turn will have a positive developmental impact.
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  Reasonable goals for reducing poverty in Africa: targets for the post-2015 MDGs and Agenda 2063

  Institute for Security Studies, 2015

  The eradication of extreme poverty is a key component in the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals process and the African Union’s Agenda 2063. This paper uses the International Futures forecasting system to explore this goal and finds that many African states are unlikely to make this target by 2030, even when modelling a package of aggressive poverty reduction interventions.

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