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Afghanistan: The Role of the Diaspora in Knowledge Transfer and Capacity...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: AfghanistanThree decades of conflict and displacement have led to the emergence of the Afghan diaspora. It is widely recognized that diasporas have the capacity to...

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World: Weathering Uncertainty – Traditional knowledge for climate change...

Source: UN University, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationCountry: WorldWhen considering climate change, indigenous peoples and marginalized populations warrant particular attention....

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World: The Global Water Crisis: Addressing an Urgent Security Issue

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldIntroductionIn March 2011, high-level experts from around the world were invited to Toronto, Canada, to meet with members of the InterAction Council about the status...

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World: World Risk Report 2012: Environmental degradation increases disaster...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldBrussels, 11 October 2012. Environmental degradation is a significant factor that reduces the adaptive capacity of societies to deal with disaster risk in many...

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World: Enhancing Protection Capacity: Policy Guide to the Responsibility to...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldThis Policy Guide seeks to enhance the ability of policy makers and practitioners – in governments, regional and international organizations, and civil society – in...

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World: Evidence from the Frontlines of Climate Change: Loss and Damage to...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Gambia (the), Kenya, Micronesia (Federated States of), WorldDoha, 27 November 2012 ─ For the world’s most vulnerable communities, loss and damage...

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World: Le changement climatique, la prochaine urgence humanitaire

Source: UN University, CARECountry: Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Thailand, United Republic of Tanzania (the), Viet Nam, WorldL’ONG CARE et l’Université des Nations Unies ont présenté...

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World: Where the rain falls : climate change, food and livelihood security,...

Source: UN University, CARECountry: Bangladesh, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Peru, Thailand, United Republic of Tanzania (the), Viet Nam, WorldWhere the Rain Falls: Innovative study unravels relationship...

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World: Policy Brief No. 7: Addressing loss and damage in the context of...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldPress release: Addressing loss and damage in the context of social vulnerability and resilienceDoha, 4 December 2012. Loss and damage is a reality today for most...

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World: Water Security & the Global Water Agenda - A UN-Water Analytical...

Source: UN University, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, UN WaterCountry: WorldForewordIt is fitting that the topic of water security, through the launch of this Analytical...

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World: Conférence de presse de l’Université des Nations Unies et ONU-Eau sur...

Source: UN University, UN Department of Public Information, UN WaterCountry: WorldÀ l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de l’eau, trois spécialistes de cette ressource fondamentale ont proposé...

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Mozambique: Evidence from a Group-Based Aid Project in Mozambique

Source: UN UniversityCountry: MozambiqueThis paper evaluates the impact of an integrated rural development programme on farming techniques and food security in the Gaza area of rural Mozambique. We...

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World: Financing sustainable agriculture under climate change with a specific...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldAgricultural development is facing great challenges in meeting global food security and is expected to face even greater difficulties under climate change. The...

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Nigeria: The impacts of the food, fuel and financial crises on households in...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: NigeriaThis paper examines the impacts of the financial, food and fuel crises on the livelihoods of low-income households Nigeria. It uses primary household level data...

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World: Shaping Today’s Food Policy to Ensure Tomorrow’s Food Security

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldIn the above video, filmed after the discussion reported on below, Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute, joins UNU...

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World: Policy process and food price crisis: A framework for analysis and...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldWIDER Working Paper No. 2013/070Suresh Chandra BabuJuly 2013AbstractDuring the recent food crisis, developing countries responded with a wide variety of policy...

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World: The hard challenge of aid co-ordination

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldWIDER Working Paper No. 2013/073Aid co-ordination is a constant theme of discussion among national and international aid agencies in their search for more...

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World: Non-traditional aid and gender equity: Evidence from million dollar...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Russian Federation,...

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World: Alert and warning frameworks in the context of early warning systems

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldThe 12th UNU-EHS InterSections, by Juan Carlos Villagrán de León, Ines Pruessner and Harold Breedlove, presents a comparative review of early warning systems...

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World: From Social Vulnerability to Resilience: Measuring Progress toward...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldThe 13th UNU-EHS InterSections by Melanie Gall draws on discussions and presentations given at the 2012 Summer Academy‘From Social Vulnerability to Resilience:...

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World: Policy Brief No.8: Changing climates, moving people: Framing...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldDifferent policies are required for different types of human mobility related to climatic changes. The purpose of Policy Brief No. 8 is to help distinguish between...

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World: UNU-EHS and Partners Hold Training on Disaster Risk Reduction in West...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Togo, WorldAUGUST 26, 2013 LOMEIn a training module in Lomé, Togo, organized by the UNU Institute for Envirornment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) from 10 to 21 June 2013, 10...

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World: Climate Change, Water Conflicts and Human Security: Regional...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Niger, Spain, Sudan, Turkey, WorldSummaryClimate change has and will continue to have far-reaching impacts on...

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Yemen: Delivering good aid in hard places: The Yemen social fund for...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: YemenLamis Al-Iryani, Alain de Janvry, and Elisabeth SadouletSeptember 2013AbstractThe Yemen Social Fund for Development (SFD) was established in 1997 with the support of...

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Ethiopia: Aid, accountability, and institution-building in Ethiopia: A...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: EthiopiaAbstractForty billion dollars of official development assistance during 1991-2012 reduced Ethiopian absolute poverty while underwriting more efficient but...

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World: What do we know about non-clinical interventions for preventable and...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: WorldMaureen Seguin and Miguel Niño-ZarazúaSeptember 2013AbstractPreventable and treatable childhood diseases, notably acute respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases...

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Timor-Leste: The World Bank’s health projects in Timor-Leste - The political...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Timor-LesteAbstractThe World Bank’s health sector projects in Timor-Leste—the Health Sector Rehabilitation and Development Project and the Second Health Sector...

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World: Pushed to the limit: Evidence of climate change-related loss and...

Source: UN UniversityCountry: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Micronesia (Federated States of), Mozambique, Nepal, WorldExecutive summaryAt the climate negotiations in...

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Kenya: Disaster-Related Displacement from the Horn of Africa

Source: UN University, Norwegian Refugee CouncilCountry: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, YemenExtreme weather drives displacement from the Horn of AfricaUN University and Norwegian Refugee Council:...

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World: Health Impacts of Planetary Change, Swelling Cities: New Assignment...

Source: Government of Malaysia, UN UniversityCountry: WorldEndowed by Malaysia, KL institute will help meet pressing need for integrative thinking about health of people and planetary systemsFocus...

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