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Topic Guide: Land
Posted on: 26 March 2014
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This guide provides a summary of the latest thinking around contemporary global land issues in developing countries. It also gives guidance on and evidence for how this thinking can be used in practice; provides signposting to reliable sources that can inform development professionals on issues not covered in the Topic Guide; and highlights where there are gaps in knowledge and evidence.
Can slums be used as laboratories for urban improvement?
Posted on: 19 March 2014
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Slums in the Global South are often used as “laboratories of urbanism,” where initiatives are experimentally “tried out.” The following examples from Cairo, Johannesburg, Mumbai and Cali have reported success with these “laboratory” initiatives, which indicates that this approach can work in certain contexts. While this approach encourages self-invention in slums, it can also be highly controversial to use informal communities as experimental territory. The example from Curitiba suggests that much of the city’s development success comes from integrating the favela into the formal city planning, as opposed to a running separate, isolated projects.
The state of African cities 2014
Posted on: 18 March 2014
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Growth of cities, towns and villages in Africa is continuing unabated, further adding to the continent’s already significant urban challenges, according to a new UN-Habitat report. This report argues for a bold re-imagining of prevailing models in order to steer the ongoing transitions towards greater sustainability based on a thorough review of all available options. That is especially the case since the already daunting urban challenges in Africa are now being exacerbated by the new vulnerabilities and threats associated with climate and environmental change.
Who shapes climate action in India? Insights from the wind and solar energy sectors
Posted on: 12 March 2014
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This report from the Institute of Development Studies take an actor-centred perspective, focusing on players not just within the government but also private sector and civil society, to better understand the influence of such actors in shaping climate change action within India. Through this analysis, the report aims to explore the underlying domestic political economy as well as the international linkages shaping climate action.
Using infrastructure to empower women in developing countries
Posted on: 11 March 2014
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This article looks at how infrastructure projects empower women in developing countries.
Sustainable energy for whom? Governing pro-poor, low carbon pathways to development: Lessons from solar PV in Kenya
Posted on: 7 March 2014
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This paper analyses the evolution of the Kenyan photovoltaics (PV) market. Considered by many to be an exemplar of private sector led development, the Kenyan PV market has witnessed the adoption of more than 300,000 solar home systems and over 100,000 solar portable lights. The notion of an entrepreneurially driven unsubsidised solar market has proved to be a powerful narrative amongst development actors who, paradoxically, have provided millions of dollars of funding to encourage the market’s development. This analysis gives important clues for designing climate and development policies, with implications for the governance of energy access pathways that are inclusive of poor and marginalised groups in low income countries.
EMBARQ
Posted on: 7 March 2014
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EMBARQ’s mission is to catalyse and help implement sustainable transport solutions to improve quality of life in cities. Since 2002, the EMBARQ network has expanded to Mexico, Brazil, China, India, Turkey and the Andean Region, collaborating with local transport authorities to reduce pollution, improve public health, and create safe, accessible and attractive urban public spaces. The network employs more than 120 experts in fields ranging from architecture to air quality management; geography to journalism; and sociology to civil and transport engineering.
OECD Development Pathways – Multi-Dimensional Review of Myanmar
Posted on: 5 March 2014
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For over 50 years the OECD has given independent advice to governments on over-arching economic issues including macroeconomic, structural and institutional policies. OECD Multi-Dimensional Country Reviews are a new tool adapted to the realities of developing economies. It will look at how a country is performing with regards to meeting the multiple objectives of growth, sustainability and equity, looking not just at the absolute levels which a country has achieved but also at how the underlying dynamics of a country’s development process affects these objectives. The primary goal of a Review is to identify the binding constraints to development in a country and suggest a strategy with specific policy recommendations and reform sequencing. This development strategy will be designed to support the multiple objectives of economic and social development and the well-being of citizens. The Reviews provide recommendations for public policy action by a country’s national authorities, although the findings will also be useful to international donors to inform their development co-operation with the country. The first in the series looks at Myanmar.
African Economic Outlook 2013
Posted on: 28 February 2014
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Africa’s agricultural, mining and energy resources could boost the continent’s economic growth and pave the way for a breakthrough in human development, according to the African Economic Outlook 2013. The report is produced annually by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the OECD Development Centre, the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP). It covers economic, social and political development in 53 of the continent’s 54 countries.
Kapuscinski Lectures
Posted on: 26 February 2014
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The lecture series offers students from the European Union member states an unprecedented opportunity to learn and discuss about development issues such as climate change, human rights, aid effectiveness, Europe-Africa relations, Millennium Development Goals among other. The high-level events contribute to the debate and formulation of the European development policy. The lectures are livestreamed at http://www.kapuscinskilectures.eu and their content is shared on this website.
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