This report summarizes the findings of a
long and meticulous journey of data gathering and analysis
to quantify the health losses from road deaths and injuries
worldwide, as part of the path-finding Global Burden of
Disease (GBD) study. It is important, first, to acknowledge
the profound contribution made by the lead authors and
global team of injury prevention professionals to estimate
the disease burden of road trauma, before absorbing their

This study seeks to examine how
National Rural Livelihoods Mission or NRLM may be leveraged
to improve food and nutrition security (FNS) in tribal
areas, preferably in a manner that would enhance the
effectiveness of the program's core livelihoods focus.
More broadly, the objective is to strengthen the capacity of
the Government of India (GoI) to deliver (or support)
effective FNS interventions in tribal and backward areas

This Handbook is intended to be a
practical guide to help companies in the construction
industry develop and implement an environmental and social
management system, which should help to improve overall
operations. In the current economic climate, companies are
under pressure to perform or even just survive. New
initiatives are often met with resistance as people struggle
to keep up with their day-to-day responsibilities. Some

A disproportionately large number of
Roma in Europe today face deep poverty, social exclusion,
and poor living conditions. Improving these is critical to
achieving the targets of the Europe 2020 Strategy, the
European Union s 10-year growth strategy, which aims to
reduce poverty, social exclusion, early school leaving, and
increase school attainment and employment by 2020. The EU
Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies (NRIS) up

This Handbook is intended to be a
practical guide to help companies in the crop production
industry develop and implement an environmental and social
management system, which should help to improve overall
operations. If a company has existing management systems
for quality or health and safety, this Handbook will help to
expand them to include environmental and social performance.
Sections I and II provide background on environmental and

Logistics is the backbone of industry
and commerce. As a discipline, it describes the management
and coordination of activities along supply chains. These
activities include freight transport, storage, inventory
management, materials handling and related information
processing. A large part of logistics activities are often
outsourced to specialized providers that provide
cost-effective services. Research has shown that, at least

Contaminated sites associated with
economic growth and development and increased urbanization
pose a growing public health and environmental problem.
Emissions and discharges, particularly uncontrolled ones,
onto land can pollute the soil and the groundwater beneath,
and can also affect surface water quality and sediments in
nearby rivers and streams. This document is intended to
summarize the rationale and the major policy, regulatory,

This paper aims to inform Armenia's
policy dialogue on environmental and social issues in the
mining sector. The paper is based on the premise that for
the mining sector to have positive, long-term impacts in
Armenia, it is necessary to take into consideration the
short- and long-term environmental and social impacts of the
sector and to promote strategic planning and efficient
management of natural resources. The mining sector in

This paper aims to inform Armenia's
policy dialogue on environmental and social issues in the
mining sector. The paper is based on the premise that for
the mining sector to have positive, long-term impacts in
Armenia, it is necessary to take into consideration the
short- and long-term environmental and social impacts of the
sector and to promote strategic planning and efficient
management of natural resources. The mining sector in

This paper aims to inform
Armenia's policy dialogue on environmental and social
issues in the mining sector. The paper is based on the
premise that for the mining sector to have positive,
long-term impacts in Armenia, it is necessary to take into
consideration the short- and long-term environmental and
social impacts of the sector and to promote strategic
planning and efficient management of natural resources. The

Urban areas tend to have much more
productive labor and higher salaries than rural areas, and
there are vast differences across urban areas. Areas with
high salaries and high productivity tend to have employers
that invest in much more research and development than areas
with low salaries and low productivity. This paper addresses
two questions. First, it discusses the causes of these vast
geographical differences in wages, human capital, and

Urbanization is undoubtedly a key driver
of development - cities provide the national platform for
prosperity, job creation, and poverty reduction. But
urbanization also poses enormous challenges that one is
familiar with: congestion, air pollution, social divisions,
crime, the breakdown of public services and infrastructure,
and the slums that one billion urban resident's call
home. Urbanization is perhaps the single most important