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Women, Business and the Law 2010
Measures legal gender parity for entrepreneurs and workers in 128 economies across 6 topics.
Only 20 of 128 economies have equal legal rights for men and women in several important areas for entrepreneurs and workers, according to a new World Bank Group report, Women, Business and the Law 2010. Inequality occurs [...]

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Working with individuals, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health
The purpose of this document is to establish a common vision and approach, as well as to identify the role of the WHO Making Pregnancy Safer initiative, for working with women, men, families and communities to improve maternal and newborn health. Part 1 of [...]

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Trade and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region: Case Studies and Lessons from Low-income Communities
This book explores the complex relationship between international trade and poverty reduction through a combination of research papers and contemporary case studies.
Written mainly by developing-country authors in consultation with local businesses and communities, the case studies contribute to our understanding of [...]

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Sustainable Production of Second-Generation Biofuels
This study aims to identify opportunities and constraints related to the potential future production of second-generation biofuels in major economies and developing countries, and to examine under which conditions the new fuels could be produced sustainably in these countries. The paper identifies global drivers for second-generation biofuel development, discusses projections on [...]

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Trends in international arms transfers, 2009
The SIPRI Arms Transfers Database now contains information on all international transfers of major conventional weapons from 1950 to the end of 2009. It is the only publicly available resource providing consistent data on international arms transfers for this length of time. This Fact Sheet describes the trends that are [...]

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Development aid is frequently considered as an important engine for economic growth. Recently, it has been acknowledged that long-term growth should also be based on domestic tax-raising. Therefore, attention is given to the relationship between aid and taxation. Two opposing hypothesis are outlined, where aid either reduces incentives for internal tax-raising (crowding out) [...]

Overseas Development Institute
Turning crisis into opportunity for children affected by HIV and AIDS: responding to the financial, fuel and food crises
Development, security and transitions in fragile states: A meeting series report
European Centre for Development Policy Management
The revision of Article 13 on Migration of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement. What’s at stake for the ACP?
New Challenges, New [...]

African Development Bank
Oil and Gas in Africa
Center for Global Development
Less Smoke, More Mirrors: Where India Really Stands on Solar Power and Other Renewables
UNPFII
MDG Reports, CCAs, UNDAFs and Indigenous Peoples: A Desk Review 2010
Inter-American Development Bank
Productive Development Policies in Jamaica
Department for International Development
Learning for all: DFID’s education strategy 2010-2015
Somalia newsletter – March 2010
ILO
Women in [...]

Learning for all: DFID’s education strategy 2010-2015
Somalia newsletter – March 2010
UKaid in Burma – factsheet
UK-China Sustainable Development Dialogue update
Evaluation of DFID country programmes: Yemen (ev706)
Africa Conflict Prevention Programme annual report 2008/09
Ghana newsletter: February 2010

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UNEP Year Book 2010
The UNEP Yearbook 2010 is essential, informative and authoritative reading and within six chapters the Year Book addresses the following: In 2009, efforts to advance international environmental governance focussed on defining key objectives and functions for an improved UN architecture to address global environmental change. Ecosystems are being pushed beyond thresholds. Drivers [...]

ISPI
The EU’s Relations with China, Japan and North Korea. Implications for the EU’s Role and Engagement in Asian Security
 
Oxfam
Women Paying the Price; The impact of the global financial crisis on women in Southeast Asia
The WASH Factor; Oxfam’s experiences with humanitarian coordination for water, sanitation and health
Reaching Tipping Point? Climate change and poverty in Tajikistan
The Impact [...]

Colombia: The struggle for survival and dignity: Human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Colombia
Guinea: “They ripped off my clothes with their knives and left me completely naked”: Voices of women and girl victims of sexual violence

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“ALS HET ZO MAKKELIJK ZOU ZIJN, DAN WAS HET ALLANG OPGELOST”
een kwalitatief onderzoek onder Nederlanders over internationale samenwerking
De ideale wereld bestaat niet, maar meer gelijkheid is wel bereikbaar en moeten we nastreven. Vanuit deze gedachte staan Nederlandse burgers positief tegenover ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Tegelijkertijd heeft men negatieve gevoelens over de praktijk van ontwikkelingswerk en is er veel [...]

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From the Tiger to the Crocodile; Abuse of Migrant Workers in Thailand

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Leidt klimaatverandering tot oorlogen?
De Duitse socioloog Harald Welzer verkondigt geen vrolijke boodschap. De wereld heeft volgens hem nog steeds niet begrepen hoe ernstig en ingrijpend de gevolgen van klimaatverandering voor ons zijn. De conflicten van de 21ste eeuw gaan niet meer over ideologieën of politieke systemen, maar voor alles over de toegang tot natuurlijke hulpbronnen [...]

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Wat met de Cubaanse revolutie na Fidel Castro?
Al vijftig jaar lang wordt het einde van de eigenzinnige Cubaanse revolutie voorspeld. En met de nakende dood van Fidel Castro, die al enkele jaren ziek is, zal deze voorspelling volgens Cubakenners ook uitkomen.
Marc Vandepitte, auteur van heel wat artikelen en boeken over Cuba, is er zeker van [...]

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Primates in Peril; The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates 2008–2010
Ontbossing en stroperij
Bijna de helft van alle 634 primatensoorten wordt met uitsterven bedreigd door ontbossing, stroperij of de illegale handel in dierlijke producten. Dat blijkt uit een rapport dat 85 natuurbeschermers uit vele delen van de wereld, verenigd in de onder IUCN-vlag opererende Primate Specialist Group, [...]

ILO
Global Employment Trends, January 2010
Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market
GDN
Role of copper in the Chilean & Zambian economies: main economic and policy issues
The Triple Crisis and the Global Aid Architecture; What are the three global crises?
Economic freedom and economic performance: evidence from ECOWAS countries using panel data [...]

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THE STATE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2009

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The Shrinking Costs of War; Part II of the Human Security Report 2009

 
 
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Geldstromen ontwikkelingssamenwerking (rapport)
Vernieuwende stap in bijdrage aan transparantere ontwikkelingssamenwerking
De Algemene Rekenkamer gaat in de komende jaren een actieve bijdrage leveren aan het verbeteren van de transparantie van ontwikkelingssamenwerking. Op 17 februari 2010 zet zij een eerste stap op weg naar transparantie met de publicatie van ‘Geldstromen ontwikkelingssamenwerking’. In deze verkenning gebruikt de Algemene Rekenkamer een [...]

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Why the EU is not yet a mature development partner
Next steps in European development cooperation
Iraq in 2010: The dangers of European complacency
The EU-Central Asia Education Initiative
Darfur review XI
DIIS
The Georgian-Russian conflict: a turning point?
ECDPM
New Challenges, New Beginnings – Next Steps in European Development Cooperation
ISS
Child Labor, Agricultural Shocks and Labor Sharing in Rural Ethiopia
Evaluating India’s National Rural [...]

UNEP
Rwanda State of Environment and Outlook
Support for Environmental Management of The Iraqi Marshlands 2004-2009
Clingendael
Economische diplomaten en diplomatieke economen
Hantering van het begrip economische diplomatie
IUCN
Towards a better governance of the Mediterranean
Risks from maritime traffic to biodiversity in the Mediterranean Sea
Center for Global Development
Financial Integration and Foreign Banks in Latin America: Do They Amplify External Financial Shocks?
The International [...]

Gekleurde edelstenensector kampt met slechte arbeidsomstandigheden
Kleurige edelstenen als saffier, robijn en smaragd sieren veel juwelen. Maar de wereld achter deze edelstenen ziet er een stuk minder fraai uit. Dat blijkt uit het SOMO onderzoeksrapport ‘Rough Cut. Sustainability Issues in the Coloured Gemstone Industry’, over de toeleveringsketen van gekleurde edelstenen. SOMO verrichtte onderzoek naar het MVO-beleid [...]

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Taking Stock of Tuna
Tonijn is ’s werelds meest gewilde vis. Je vindt het in dure sushi-restaurants in Tokyo, maar ook in westerse voordeelsupermarkten of op het bord van inwoners van eilandengroepen in de Grote Oceaan. De wereldvraag naar tonijn is nu groter dan de hoeveelheid tonijn in onze oceanen. Geen wonder dus dat tonijnpopulaties wereldwijd [...]

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The Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis on the Pacific Region

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Torture Redux
The Revival of Physical Coercion during Interrogations in Bahrain

UNIFEM
Together We Must! End Violence against Women and Girls and HIV & AIDS
OCHA
OCHA in 2010: Annual Plan and Budget
 
 
 
 

  
 
 
UNAIDS
* Operational Plan for the Action Framework for Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV
* UNAIDS Outlook 2010
 
Unesco
EFA – Global Monitoring Report 2010: Reaching the marginalized

* Contents, 2009 edition (PDF format 224 Kb.)
* Introduction 2009 edition (PDF format, 73 Kb.)
* 1. Social statistics (PDF format, 328 Kb.)
* 2. Economic statistics (PDF format, 563 Kb.)
* 3. Statistics on natural resources and the environment (PDF format, 262 Kb.)
* Technical notes, 2009 edition (PDF format, 458 Kb.)
* Sources, 2009 edition (PDF format, [...]

UNU-MERIT 2008 Annual Report (Maastricht University)
StEP Initiative (Solving the E-Waste Problem): 2008 Annual Report
 
 
 
 
UNU-CRIS Annual Report 2008
Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Prolific Small Arms
Strategic Plan 2009–2012
outlines a vision to make UNU a more effective research and capacity development organization through sustainable solutions for global problems.
 
 
Innovative centre on education support for Africa
This project, lead by [...]

Togo: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2009-11)
Fiscal Policy in Oil Producing Countries During the Recent Oil Price Cycle
Haiti: Sixth Review Under the Extended Credit Facility, Request for Waiver of Performance Criterion, and Augmentation of Access – Staff Report; Staff Statements; Press Release on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Haiti.

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Humanitarian Action Report 2010: samenwerking in humanitaire hulp steeds belangrijker
Op het moment dat de aandacht zich wereldwijd richt op de levensreddende hulpverlening in Haïti, presenteert UNICEF haar Humanitarian Action Report 2010. Dit jaarlijkse rapport geeft een overzicht van de meest ernstige crises die op dit moment van invloed [...]

Paramilitaries’ Heirs
The New Face of Violence in Colombia
 
 
 
 
 
 
Legal Limbo
The Uncertain Fate of Detained LTTE Suspects in Sri Lanka
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stateless Again
Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality

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Integrating environment and development in Viet Nam: Achievements, challenges and next steps

Door: Sara Kinsbergen en Lau Schulpen
Resultaten van onderzoeken uit de afgelopen vijf jaar naar PI’s en van het meest recente onderzoek van CIDIN (Centre for International Development Issues Nijmegen). Dit alles geeft een uitgebreid beeld van deze ontwikkelingsactor. Wie zijn de mensen achter de initiatieven en wat beweegt hen? Waar en hoe ontplooien ze hun [...]

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Effect of Human Rotavirus Vaccine on Severe Diarrhea in African Infants
Nieuwe vaccinatieprogramma’s tegen het rotavirus beginnen vruchten af te werpen. Met de vaccinaties kan op langere termijn de dood van honderdduizenden kinderen voorkomen worden, staat in een nieuw rapport. ‘Het is niet algemeen bekend dat longontsteking en diarree wereldwijd de twee belangrijkste doodsoorzaken van kinderen [...]

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UNESCO World Report: Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue

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WHO monographs on selected medicinal plants – Volume 4

Sending Money Home to Africa: Remittance markets, enabling environment and prospects
Lightening the load: Labour saving technologies for rural women

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The Least Developed Countries Report, 2009

African Statistical Yearbook // Annuaire Statistique pour l’Afrique
African Charter on Statistics

 
 
 Mozambique country plan 2010
Ghana newsletter: February 2010

Het World Competitiveness Report 2009-2010 kent op een totaal van 133 landen de 49ste plaats op de ranglijst van meest competitieve landen toe aan India. India blijft internationaal gezien achter op het gebied van bijvoorbeeld gezondheidszorg en basisonderwijs, arbeidsmarkt, technologische penetratiegraad en macro-economische stabiliteit.
Het land scoort goed voor wat betreft het financieel systeem, marktomvang en [...]

A State of Isolation
Access to Abortion for Women in Ireland
This 57-page report details how women struggle to overcome the financial, logistical, physical, and emotional burdens imposed by restrictive laws and policies that force them to seek care abroad, without support from the state. Every year thousands of women and girls travel from Ireland to other [...]

FRIDE
* Post-Orange Ukraine: The lesser evil?
* The rise of budget support in European development cooperation: a false panacea
* Darfur Review X
* Explaining Spain’s unfulfilled potential
Development and Peace Foundation
* Civil-Military Cooperation in Post-Conflict Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (Recommendations for Practical Action)
* Afghanistan: Policy Adjustments or Withdrawal? Political Implications of the Escalation of Violence
USAID
* Afghanistan Energy Supply Has [...]

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“Skin on the Cable”
The Illegal Arrest, Arbitrary Detention and Torture of People Who Use Drugs in Cambodia
In this 93-page report Human Rights Watch documents detainees being beaten, raped, forced to donate blood, and subjected to painful physical punishments such as “rolling like a barrel” and being chained while standing in the sun. Human Rights Watch [...]

Mooi in de analyse, Minder in de aanbevelingen.
Een bespreking van: Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid, Minder pretentie, meer ambitie. Ontwikkelingshulp die Verschil maakt
Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010. 345 blz.
door Paul Hoebink

International Trade Statistics 2009
World Tariff Profiles 2009
Trade Profiles 2009

 
 
 
NAVO op weg naar een nieuwe strategie: Rusland, Afghanistan, of toch iets, Hugo Klijn
Tien jaar Europees Veiligheids- en Defensiebeleid: problemen en potentie, Margriet Drent
Turken van de Adriatische zee tot aan de Chinese muur, Klaas van der Tempel
Nederlands buitenlands beleid in de spiegel van de toekomst, Jan Rood
Change in Consular Assistance and the Emergence of [...]

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