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Informal traders in African cities are being used as political pawns by Resnick, Danielle

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Workshop on climate-smart agriculture in Ashanti region, Ghana by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The second covers the official opening session engaging political leaders (Regional Minister, Municipal Chief Executive, etc) The third part deals with technical presentation of technologies and practices in the zone by selected experts. …”
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Haiti and its multiple tragedies: Much more needs to be done by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

“…Haiti has been suffering for many decades a damaging combination of climate and natural disasters and political, economic, social, and health crises. Just in the last months there was the terrible assassination of a sitting president on July 2021; an extremely damaging earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on August 2021; the heart-wrenching images of Haitians at the US-Mexican border in September 2021; the expansion of gang activity with the kidnapping of US missionaries in October 2021; the more recent alarming episode of the shooting at the current interim Prime Minister in January 2022; and another earthquake of 5.3 magnitude in late January, to name only the more recent sequence of very bad events affecting the country.…”
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The 2020 Vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in South Asia: continuing the dialogue by Gunatilleke, Godfrey

“…Pieris, the Sri Lankan minister of justice, constitutional affairs, ethnic affairs, and national integration, inaugurated the workshop. …”
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CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, Berlin, May 16-20, 1988: Main Conclusions Reached and Decisions Taken by CGIAR Secretariat

“…Summary report of the mid term meeting of the CGIAR held in Berlin, May 16-20, 1988, chaired by W. David Hopper. FRG Minister for Economic Cooperation Hans Klein addressed the meeting. …”
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Arkitekturpolitik by Norberg, Rebecca

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Assessing long-term management options for the villages in the Korup National Park: an evaluation of all options by Diaw, C., Tiani, A.M., Jum, C.N., Milol, A., Wandji, D.N.

“…This study assesses the social, economical, ecological, political, legal, and institutional implications of options related to ‘resettlement’, ‘boundary change’, and ‘enclave’ delineation for each of the five park villages.The study finds that attempting to resettle all the villages from the Korup National Park (KNP) may not be realistic or achievable. …”
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Policy implications of fertilizer subsidy reform by Gupta, Surupa

“…Therefore, it is useful to consider various reform options and assess them for their effectiveness in addressing specific policy goals as well as for their political feasibility. Table 7.1 displays a qualitative assessment of the reform options according to effectiveness, and Table 7.2 contains an assessment of these options and their political feasibility.…”
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Making democracy work through the logic of practice by Nasiripour, Negin

“…The Nordic Council of Ministers fills a function as an intergovernmental organisation. …”
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From promises to action: Analyzing global commitments on food security and diets since 2015 by Zorbas, Christina, Resnick, Danielle, Jones, Eleanor, Suri, Shoba, Iruhiriye, Elyse, Headey, Derek D., Martin, Will, Vos, Rob, Arndt, Channing, Menon, Purnima

“…Nevertheless, numerous commitments to achieving SDG 2 have been repeatedly expressed by Heads of State and Ministers at diverse global meetings since the SDGs became a focus in 2015. …”
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State of water quality monitoring and pollution control in Africa: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Tijani, M., Nikiema, Josiane, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…Regulatory mechanisms and wastewater treatment technologies—the most widely deployed pollution control solutions—may benefit from more concerted investment, and the political will and financing to boost their effectiveness.…”
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An overview assessment of the revised draft WTO modalities for agriculture by Gifford, Mike, Montemayor, Raul

“…However, there are still a large number of issues which remain open and which will need to be narrowed down further by senior officials before ministers can be asked to resolve the most politically sensitive. …”
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