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  1. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Tanzania

    Although charcoal is the single most
    important energy source for millions of urban dwellers in
    Tanzania, being used by all tiers of society from laborers
    to politicians, it seems to be politically neglected and
    even unwanted, given that it is not considered as a possible
    mean to achieve long-term sustainable development, for
    example as a low-carbon growth option contributing to energy
    security, sustainable forest management, and poverty

  2. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This paper addresses two vital concerns
    in the debate on adaptation to climate change. First, how
    can countries prepare to manage the impact of climate-change
    induced natural disasters? Second, how can countries ensure
    that they have the governmental institutions required to
    manage the phenomenal challenge of adaptation to climate
    change? A range of economic and institutional measures are
    tested for their potential effects on natural disaster

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Niger

    This report has the following
    objectives: (i) identify the underlying constraints to
    strong and sustained growth, in particular, the dynamic
    circles that lock Niger in a low-growth/high poverty
    equilibrium; (ii) understand the key determinants of growth
    and poverty traps and the role increased foreign aid could
    play to promote growth and help achieve the
    MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs); and (iii) help

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Indonesia

    The objective of the report is to point
    at the need for a new poverty strategy, and the areas of
    action it should cover, where each area should be
    specifically discussed, addressing the lives of
    Indonesia's poor, and the tradeoffs policymakers will
    need to consider, based on the belief that this poverty
    strategy should emerge from a broad dialogue among
    stakeholders. First, in broadening poverty, the report looks

  5. Library Resource
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    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2011
    South America, Brazil
    In this beginning of century, Brazil has, on one hand, a high economic growth, strong institutions in various areas and improvement of social situation, but, on the other hand, the rural and urban land situation is still very precarious, with elementary issues that are not resolved and that most developed countries solved them still in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

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