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    Promoting social participation for healthy ageing: a counterfactual analysis from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

    Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé / Institute for Research and Information In Health Economics, 2008
    Promoting social participation of the older population (e.g. membership in voluntary associations) isoften seen as a promising strategy for ‘healthy ageing’ in Europe. Although a growing body of academicliterature challenges the idea that the link between social participation and health is well established, some
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    World Population Policies 2007

    United Nations Population Division, 2008
    This report provides a global perspective on the evolution of aspects of population policies between 1976 and 2007 with respect to major population variables.  It looks at the views and policies of governments on the changing age distribution of populations, fertility and family planning and adolescent fertility.In particular, it considers:
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    The coming acceleration of global population ageing

    Nature [journal], 2008
    Population ageing is not only about there being more old people (by today’s definition of what is old), it is also about people living longer lives.
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    Global economic outlook 2008

    Deloitte, 2008
    Global imbalances have contributed to the build up of a speculative bubble in the US housing market. Their unwinding after the recent bursting of this bubble might mark the return of broad scale inflation for several reasons:
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    Do trees grow on money?: the implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2007
    Global and national policy arenas focused on climate change have identified deforestation and forest degradation as important sources of greenhouse gas emissions.
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    From being property of men to becoming equal owners?: early impacts of land registration and certification on women in southern Ethiopia

    Centre for Property Rights and Development, Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, 2008
    Land certification has been implemented in Ethiopia since 1998 and over 5 million certificates have been delivered. This is the largest delivery of non-freehold rights in such a short time period in Sub Saharan Africa.
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    Norwegian aid works: but not well enough

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007
    This report is Norad’s first attempt to compile and present results of all Norwegian development assistance, which amounts to more than NOK 20 billion per year (approximately USD 3.5 billion).
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    Authority, responsibility and justice in environmental politics

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2007
    This working paper contains seven papers presented at the 8.Nordic Environmental Social Science Research conference held in Oslo in June 2007. The conference looked into how the international community, nations and local communities meet common challenges on the environmental area, particularly focussing on issues of authority, responsibility and justice in environmental politics.
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    Review of Bistandsnemda's (Norwegian Missions in Development) work with indigenous peoples

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007
    Bistandsnemnda – The Norwegian Missions in Development (BN) – receives the largest amount of funds for indigenous peoples projects. It is an umbrella organisation, consisting of 18 mission organisations. This report represents a review of BN’s work with indigenous peoples.
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    Informal international consultation on farmers´ rights, 18 - 20 September 2007, Lusaka, Zambia

    Information from the Norwegian Government and the Ministries, 2007
    The report reflects the outcomes, discussion and recommendations that resulted from the Informal International Consultation on Farmers´ Rights from 18 - 20 September 2007 in Lusaka, Zambia. All relevant issues and topics covered at the conference have been grouped into five main sections:

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