Search

Reset

Searching in Brazil, United States

Showing 1-10 of 61 results

Pages

  • Document

    Automation, women, and the future of work

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017
    Will women benefit from the rapid automation and digitisation that is set to change the world of work as we know it? How can we ensure that women’s economic interests are brought into focus, and that debates on the future of work are not about the changing relationship between man and machine, but between people and machine?
  • Document

    Health care facility climate change resiliency workshop

    Pan American Health Organization, 2015
    In addition to their primary roles in treating illness and injuries, health care facilities provide a first line of defence in protecting individuals and communities from the impacts of climate change.
  • Document

    Accenture Report, Digital-Government pathway to delivering public services for the future. A comparative study of digital government performance across 10 countries

    Accenture, 2014
    Accenture’s digital government research evaluates the current implementation levels of digital services, the overall service delivery experience and citizens’ satisfaction levels across 10 countries—Brazil, Germany, India, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • Document

    Climate change governance at subnational level: key lessons for Kenya’s county governments

    University of Strathclyde, 2015
    The paper explores why subnational units should be on the forefront to tackle climate change, with examples from the states of California and Sao Paulo.
  • Document

    Impacts of good practice policies on regional and global greenhouse gas emissions

    NewClimate Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability, 2015
    This report looks at the impact of ‘good practice’ emission reduction policies in nine different areas globally and across six countries: China, Brazil, India, the US, Russia and Japan.
  • Document

    Annotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizenship formation: towards increased state capacity and legitimacy?

    Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012
    Policymakers and academics agree that an effective state is the foundation for inclusive development, whilst also recognising the critical role of non-state actors in the delivery of goods and services to poor people.
  • Document

    What drives the global land rush?

    Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011
    Recent increases in the level of agricultural commodity prices and the resulting demand for land has been accompanied by a rising interest in acquiring agricultural land by investors. This paper studies the determinants of foreign land acquisition for large-scale agriculture.
  • Document

    Changing economic power in the world economy

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2008
    Two features stand out in the development of the world economy in the past years: increasing integration and a major hiatus in the growth of the different economies from 1973-74. This paper analyses the implications of the rapid growth of China and India for the structure of the world economy and the distribution of economic power among different countries.
  • Document

    The limited promise of agricultural trade liberalization

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009
    It has become an article of faith in international trade negotiations that farmers in developing countries have much to gain from agricultural trade liberalisation. This paper assesses the evidence for such claims. It concludes that the promise of agricultural trade liberalisation is overstated, while the costs to small-scale farmers in developing countries are often very high.
  • Document

    Financial crisis of 2008 and shifting economic power: is there convergence

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    There is a vigorous debate about shifting economic power in the world system. It is believed that the developed countries and in particular the US are losing their predominance in the world economy and the so-called emerging economies (EEs) are becoming more important.

Pages