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Evolving men: initial results from the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES)
International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010Men’s attitudes and practices related to gender equality are changing for the better. This report contains the initial results of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), part of the Men and Gender Equality Policy Project, which is coordinated by Instituto Promundo and the International Center for Research on Women.DocumentThe Norwegian Government's strategy for cooperation between Brazil and Norway. New perspectives on a long-standing relationship
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, 2011Norway and Brazil enjoy a good, mutually enriching and long-lasting relationship. The Norwegian Government’s vision in its cooperation with Brazil is as follows:DocumentREDD sticks and carrots in the Brazilian Amazon: assessing costs and livelihood implications
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011Numerous initiatives to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) are emerging worldwide, particularly in countries prone to deforestation. Despite its recent reductions, Brazil remains among the top deforesting countries in the world where REDD initiatives could potentially have the most tangible returns for climate-change mitigation.DocumentGlobal biofuel expansion and the demand for Brazilian land: intensification versus expansion
AgEcon Search, 2011The rapid increase in global biofuel production and consumption, particularly of ethanol, has an associated derived demand for crops to produce the necessary feedstock. This working paper assess the implications of global biofuel expansion on Brazilian land usage at the regional level.DocumentZero hunger:transforming evidence-based success into effective change
Action Against Hunger, 2011This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not.DocumentHIV prevalence among female sex workers, drug users and men who have sex with men in Brazil: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BioMed Central, 2010This paper notes that whereas the Brazilian response towards the AIDS epidemic is well known, the absence of a systematic review of vulnerable populations ─ men who have sex with men (MSM), female sex workers (FSW), and drug users (DU) remains a main gap in the available literature.DocumentHuman resources for health and decentralization policy in the Brazilian health system
BioMed Central, 2011The Brazilian health reform process, following the establishment of the Unified Health System (SUS), has had a strong emphasis on decentralisation, with a special focus on financing, management and inter-managerial agreements.DocumentPoverty transitions among older households in Brazil and South Africa
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2011The knowledge gap relating to the dynamics of wellbeing and poverty among older householdsDocumentThe nutrition transition: a gender perspective with reference to Brazil
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010'Nutritional Transition' is a term used to describe the growing trend of obesity alongside under-nutrition amongst low-income populations in 'middle income' developing countries. This article draws on research undertaken in the state of Pernambuco, north-east Brazil in 2006-07.DocumentGlobal aging preparedness index
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, 2011The Global Aging Preparedness Index (or GAP Index) aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of the progress that countries are making in preparing for global ageing, and particularly the “old-age dependency” dimension of the challenge.Pages