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  Social protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition

  2012

  Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’. Yet no clear consensus has so far emerged concerning many basic design choices and implementation of social protection policies and programs.
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  The scope for reducing emissions from forestry and agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon

  Center for International Forestry Research, 2012

  This paper assesses the prospects of mitigating climate change through emission reductions from forestry and agriculture in the Brazilian Amazon.
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  What makes domestic violence legislation more effective?

  Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC, 2011

  This policy paper, developed as part of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment programme, considers four key questions: • What is domestic violence and how is it manifested • What role has women’s organising played in confronting domestic violence? • What should domestic violence legislation encompass?
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  Low carbon development and poverty: exploring poverty alleviating mitigation action in developing countries

  Energy Research Centre, 2012

  Climate change and poverty mostly fall into the adaptation category in the current research literature and relevant policy making due to the assumption that poor countries produce only low carbon emissions.
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  Climate finance readiness: lessons learned in developing countries

  The Nature Conservancy, 2012

  This report explores how strategies to reduce carbon emissions relate to a country’s financial structures and institutions. It details lessons learned in Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico and Peru on how best to design in-country financial architecture for receiving and utilising international funding for climate action.
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  Social norms marketing aimed at gender based violence: a literature review

  International Rescue Committee, 2010

  This review focuses on programmes that use social norms marketing as a way of reducing gender based violence, particularly in conflict affected areas. It looks at the ways such programmes have been designed, implemented and evaluated, and makes recommendations for future programmes with similar goals and methods.
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  Social norms marketing aimed at gender based violence: a literature review

  International Rescue Committee, 2010

  This review focuses on programmes that use social norms marketing as a way of reducing gender based violence, particularly in conflict affected areas. It looks at the ways such programmes have been designed, implemented and evaluated, and makes recommendations for future programmes with similar goals and methods.
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  The Government of Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative

  Ministry of the Environment, Norway, 2012

  Through its international Climate and Forest Initiative, the Norwegian government aims at supporting efforts to slow, halt and eventually reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+).
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  Brazil’s Role in Environmental Governance: Analysis of Possibilities for Increased Brazil-Norway Cooperation

  Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2011

  This report examines the role played by Brazil in connection with certain international negotiations, such as the climate negotiations and the CBD. It identifies the driving factors that have influenced environmental politics and standards in Brazil, and take note of conflicts that must be discussed when Norway is seeking expanded cooperation with Brazil.
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  Access to safe abortion: building choices for women living with HIV and AIDS

  Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2011

  In many areas of the world where HIV prevalence is high, rates of unintended pregnancy and unsafe abortion have also been shown to be high. Despite this, little research has focused on decisions about and experiences of women living with HIV with regard to terminating a pregnancy.

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