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Campaign report

The Food Transformation: Harnessing consumer power to create a fair food future

18/07/2012

4 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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The food system is a complex web of people, businesses, organizations and governments involved in the production, distribution, sale and consumption of food. Irrespective of who we are or where we are on the planet, the food we eat is made available by this global food system. But at the beginning of the twenty-first century, […]

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Issue briefing

Risky Business: Intermediary lending and development finance

18/04/2012

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This issue briefing highlights the increasing use by development finance institutions of financial intermediaries to channel their funding. It identifies features of this lending and the implications for affected communities’ access to land and resources. It also provides recommendations for addressing concerns related to these investments.

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Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

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Book

Climate Change Liability: Transnational law and practice

03/12/2011

8 documents

710 pages long

Languages: English

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As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate change liability implicates a growing range of actors, including governments, industry, businesses, non-governmental organisations, […]

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Journal article

Leaders, not clients: grassroots women’s groups transforming social protection

01/07/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Leaders, not clients: grassroots women’s groups transforming social protection

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Grassroots women in poor communities are creating their own innovative social protection mechanisms, and often moving beyond this to foster economic growth and prosperity. In this article, we propose an expansion of common understandings of social protection to include these activities initiated by citizens themselves. In this article, we describe strategies being led by grassroots […]

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Briefing note

Preparing for Thin Cows: Why the G20 should keep buffer stocks on the agenda

21/06/2011

4 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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The issue of food price volatility is back on the political agenda of the G20 and the Committee on World Food Security. The time has come to reassess the potential of food reserves in the context of more integrated but also more volatile agricultural markets. On the basis of good practices, it is recommended to […]

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Case study

Fighting Hunger in Brazil: Much achieved, more to do

09/06/2011

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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This case study introduces the policies adopted by the Brazilian government in order to prioritize poverty reduction and food security. It explores the reasons for the success of these policies, and concludes that key factors include government support at the highest level, an integrated approach that goes across departments and sectors, and an influential civil […]

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Research report

Quality Educators: An International Study of Teacher Competences and Standards

01/05/2011

3 documents

167 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This study interviews teachers and many other stakeholders in eight countries about the development and implementation of quality standards for primary school teachers as well as reviewing the literature about competence-based teacher education. The report provides a conceptual framework and an evidence base about the use of competence profiles to enable quality educators and serves […]

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Research report

Making Growth Inclusive: Some lessons from countries and the literature

26/04/2011

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Growth is back on the development agenda, promoted by bilateral and multilateral donors, and the G20, as the most effective way to lift people out of poverty. Economic growth has reduced poverty in developing countries in the past, but by ignoring the issue of equality, donors and poor country governments have failed to maximise the […]

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Journal article

The nutrition transition: a gender perspective with reference to Brazil

05/11/2010

13 pages long

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The nutrition transition: a gender perspective with reference to Brazil

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The concept of the ‘nutrition transition’ is widely used to explain the recent, rapid rise in overweight and obesity, and the co-existence of under- and over-nutrition, in low-income populations in ‘middle-income’ developing countries. This article provides an overview of the changes occurring in diets, physical activity, and nutritional status among children and adults in nutrition […]

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