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    Arab Human Development Report 2009: challenges to human security in Arab countries

    Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2009
    This report examines human development in the Arab world through a human security lens, calling on policymakers and other stakeholders to move away from a state-centric conception of security to one which also concentrates on the security of individuals, their protection and their empowerment.
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    Global challenges for humanity

    The Millennium Project, 2008
    The Millennium Projects' 15 Global Challenges for 2008 aim to provide a framework to assess the global and local prospects for humanity. Their description, with a range of views and actions to address each challenge, include regional views and progress assessments.
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    The status of rural poverty in the Near East and North Africa

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2007
    Poverty in the Near East and North Africa region (NENA) is mainly a rural phenomenon. Almost half (48%) the area’s population lives in rural areas. This report focuses on key rural poverty issues in 13 diverse countries in the region, without attempting to propose policy or programme actions at national or local levels.
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    Engendering development

    Gendernet, World Bank, 2000
    Draft Policy Research Report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes and demonstrates the value of applying a gender perspective to the design of development policies.The evidence presented shows that societies that discriminate by gender pay a high price in terms of their ability to develop and to reduce poverty.