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    The future of pastoralism in a changing climate

    Arid Lands Information Network, 2011
    Pastoralism is a free-range livestock production system. It is practised in all of Africa’s dryland regions, and in some communities it is the main source of food security and income. But will pastoralism survive in the changing climate? This issue of Joto Afrika provides research findings, lessons learnt and success stories from across Africa.
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    Weathering the storm: adolescent girls and climate change

    Plan International, 2011
    Analysing how and why climate change disproportionately affects adolescent girls, this report seeks to inform decision-makers and policy analysts in countries facing the pressures of climate change about the way forward.
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    Banking for the future: savings, security and seeds: a short study of community seed banks in Bangladesh, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, Nepal, Thailand, Zambia and Zimbabwe

    Development Fund, Norway, 2011
    The aim of seed banks is to increase food security and contribute to the continued utilisation of locally important genetic diversity. This paper is sought to document the experiences of community seed banks (CSBs) in a number of developing countries. The paper concludes that: 
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    Gender and Microfinance Services: Outlining Some Outstanding Issues

    2009
    There is growing evidence that gender inequalities in developing societies inhibit economic growth and development. There are different models of reaching poor women through microfinance services. With a focus on Ethiopia, this paper highlights two of the major approaches, namely the Grameen type of approach and self-help groups.
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    Making the Strongest Links: A Practical Guide to Mainstreaming Gender Analysis in Value Chain Development

    International Labour Organization, 2009
    Most current value chain development has failed to integrate gender analysis despite the gender mainstreaming policies of the donor agencies and the gender commitments of the governments involved. This guide is based on the experience of a project which focused on improving market access for women in the informal economy, specifically in the Ethiopian weaving industry.
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    Food price hikes, food security, and gender equality: assessing the roles and vulnerability of women in households of Bangladesh and Ethiopia

    Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
    This article, based on research into the effects of the sudden rise in food prices from 2007 – 2008, shows how women responded to food insecurity in farming households in areas of Bangladesh and Ethiopia. In 2008 these two countries were listed by the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) as two of the 37 considered in crisis owing to food price hikes.
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    A holistic approach to gender equality and social justice

    Gender at Work, 2011
    The authors of this paper describe the key elements of Gender at Work’s Organisation Strengthening Program: the Integral Framework, Action Learning and Capacitar practices.
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    Achieving food security: id21 insights, issue 61

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
    Halving hunger and extreme poverty by 2015 is the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). However, persistent hunger is still prevalent worldwide, slowing progress towards all other MDGs, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.
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    Breaking barriers; id21 insights, issue 55

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    According to the United Nations Development Programme four to six percent of the world’s population is disabled. The prevalence of disability in many developing countries is worsened by poor nutrition, disease, conflict and accidents due to poor regulation. Many disabled people also face numerous physical
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    Make childhood poverty history: id21 insights, issue 56

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005
    About 600 million children worldwide are growing up in absolute poverty. Over ten million children under five years of age die every year. Nearly one billion children will be growing up with impaired mental development by 2020. The articles in this issue of id21 insights argue that policy needs to be more sensitive to the ways in which it may lead to or perpetuate childhood poverty.

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