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    The quest for energy security in Argentina

    Trade Knowledge Network, 2010
    Electricity consumption in Argentina has grown at a rate well above the net GDP in the last years, whereas capacity increase has been slower than consumption increase. This report deals with the problem of energy security in Argentina, which implies many challenges for the country.
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    Energy security in South America: the role of Brazil

    Trade Knowledge Network, 2010
    South America has vast energy resources, but countries in the region are unable to guarantee adequate energy security levels for their consumers. This paper argues that the potential economic benefits from the process of South America’s regional energy integration are high, though national regulations impose strong barriers to such a process.
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    Pensions for life?: id21 insights, issue 42

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    The 1990s could well qualify as the decade of global pension reform. A number of countries in Latin America and some transition economies radically transformed their pension provision and moved swiftly towards privately provided individual retirement plans.
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    Using TRIPS flexibilities to improve access to HIV treatment

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2011
    This policy brief describes how the flexibilities contained in the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement and reaffirmed by the Doha Declaration provide important opportunities for World Trade Organization (WTO) Members to reduce prices and expand access to HIV medicines.
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    Advocacy, communication and social mobilization for TB control: collection of country-level good practices

    World Health Organization, 2010
    This document - born out of the need for practical examples of the fifth component of the Stop TB Strategy: “Empower people with TB, and communities through partnership” - contains good practice examples of country-level Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilisation (ACSM).
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    Developing a social assistance strategy for the SADC region based on the success of Brazil’s Bolsa Familia programme

    Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007
    Given the recent interest in South Africa for developing a basic income grant, it is useful to study successful examples of social grant implementation to ascertain the challenges and opportunities associated with such a system.
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    Dynamics in trade streams in international food supply networks: the case of fresh produce, meat, and cereals

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    In terms of trade, the identification of the most relevant agri-food trade streams serves as the foundation. This study focuses is on the size of trade streams regarding agri-food products in selected countries on a yearly basis and shows the potential for the introduction of e-commerce.
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    Recognising Rights, Promoting Progress: The global impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2010
    This report sets out some examples of the impact CEDAW has had around the world, focusing on case studies where CEDAW’s ratification and implementation has led to concrete changes in the opportunities afforded to women and girls. The case studies are grouped into four main areas: • Ending violence and trafficking in women and girls
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    Looking behind the window: measuring instrumental and normative reasoning in support for democracy

    Afrobarometer, 2008
    Standard arguments of rationality applied to individual political decisions do not take into account the plurality of forms of political reasoning in the process of preference formation. Scholars tend to rely on an economic model of preferences formation, and tend to characterize the underlying psychological basis of preferences formation as utilitarian.
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    Feminists on the Frontline: Case Studies of Resisting and Challenging Fundamentalisms

    Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2008
    This is a collection of case studies about women and men around the world who have stood up to reject religious fundamentalism. In 2008 AWID launched a call for proposals to document the strategies of women's rights activists in this area. The case studies presented here are drawn from a wide range of religious and geographical contexts.

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