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1. “World Disasters Report 2007″
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This year’s annual World Disasters Report examines the issue of discrimination in disasters. It looks at which groups are discriminated against, and why, how discrimination manifests itself and how it increases vulnerability. Among the groups…
Contributed by John Daly on 13 Dec , 2007
2. Emergency Assistance for Resettlement of Returnees and Internally Displaced People in Somali Cities
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This report made by UN Habitat gives background information on the shelter projects implemented in Somalia by UN-HABITAT and funded by the Government of Japan.
Contributed by Giulia D’Amico on 13 Dec , 2007
3. Climate Change Increases Food Security Concerns
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The developing world’s struggle for food security will increase unless new crop varieties are deployed to help poor farmers adapt to climate change, agricultural experts and climate scientists warned Monday. Speaking at the annual meeting of the…
Contributed by Emmanuel Habumuremyi on 17 Dec , 2007
4. Climate Change Conference in Bali Officially Kicks Off New Round of Negotiations
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Discussions over the aims and timing of a new global climate change treaty have wrapped up in Bali after two weeks of often turbulent bargaining. The next step will be two years of negotiations over the new treaty itself, which will become a…
Contributed by Emmanuel Habumuremyi on 17 Dec , 2007
5. Agri sector attracting investment
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It was indicated that the programme is designed to alleviate poverty among farmers with small landholdings through collaborative research and development and extension systems to deliver practical research formulae to farmers involved in agri…
Contributed by DR.PRABIR Dutta on 17 Dec , 2007
6. Partager la connaissance et ouvrir le dialogue : le changement climatique
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La question du changement climatique s’est installée durablement au premier plan de l’actualité et des préoccupations des opinions publiques. Longtemps confinée aux milieux scientifiques et aux groupes écologiques, elle a émergé depuis quelques…
Contributed by Emmanuel Habumuremyi on 17 Dec , 2007
7. Integrating Environment into Key Economic Sectors in Europe and Central Asia
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A. Kiss, R. Cestti, J. Ebinger, A. Eftimie, A. Mirzagalyamova, A. Delarue, E. Montanari Stephens, D. Kapanadze - World Bank ECA- This paper examines the trade-offs involved in environmental mainstreaming, drawing upon experience from World Bank…
Contributed by Giulia D’Amico on 18 Dec , 2007
8. Mapping Where the Poor Live
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This report by Todd Benson, Michael Epprecht, and Nicholas Minot is included in a series of 39 policy briefs has been commissioned on key issues concerning Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People. Together, these briefs address who the…
Contributed by Djhoanna Cruz on 19 Dec , 2007
9. The Poorest and Hungry: Looking Below the Line
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This report by Akhter Ahmed, Ruth Vargas Hill, and Doris Weismann is included in a series of 39 policy briefs has been commissioned on key issues concerning Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People. Together, these briefs address who the…
Contributed by Djhoanna Cruz on 19 Dec , 2007
10. Characteristics and Causes of Severe Poverty and Hunger
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This report by Akhter Ahmed et al is included in a series of 39 policy briefs has been commissioned on key issues concerning Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People. Together, these briefs address who the poorest and hungry are, what the…
Contributed by Djhoanna Cruz on 19 Dec , 2007
11. The Changing Profile of Poverty in the World
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This report by Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion is included in a series of 39 policy briefs that has been commissioned on key issues concerning Taking Action for the World’s Poor and Hungry People. Together, these briefs address who the poorest and…
Contributed by Djhoanna Cruz on 19 Dec , 2007
12. The World’s Most Deprived: Characteristics and Causes of Extreme Poverty and Hunger
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Despite much progress reducing poverty worldwide, a substantial number of the world’s poorest people are being left behind. New IFPRI research by Akhter Ahmed et al finds that 162 million of the world’s poorest people — the “ultra poor” — survive…
Contributed by Djhoanna Cruz on 19 Dec , 2007
