Search Results - "protests"

Waves of disease, waves of poverty: New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 and political instability in Myanmar by Headey, Derek D., Cho, Ame, Mahrt, Kristi, Diao, Xinshen, Lambrecht, Isabel B.

“…Then, just as the economy was showing signs of recovery in early 2021, the military took control of the government on February 1, 2021, sparking wide-scale protests and strikes, withdrawal of major foreign investments, crippling financial instability, and a collapse of economic confidence. …”
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2008 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger by von Grebmer, Klaus, Fritschel, Heidi, Nestorova, Bella, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Yohannes, Yisehac

“…Higher food prices have also caused violent and nonviolent protests in dozens of countries. In this context of higher food prices, prospects for improving food and nutrition security do not appear favorable, given that at least 800 million people were food insecure even before the food price crisis hit. …”
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Att göra stad. Om demokrati och deltagande i det offentliga rummet by Krook, Anna

“…Individual markings or joint actions from groups of individuals need instead to be seen as manifestations of a desired right to the city; as protests or attempts to create change. To increase democratic participation and equality (both material and political), we need to create better opportunities to interact with and in the city. …”
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Människans attityder till landskapsförändring : vindkraftsplanering utifrån Nimby och socialt dilemma by Sundqvist, Janita

Planeringsprocessen by Erséus, Lisa, Unnersjö, Sofi

“…Nya bostadskomplex ledde till stora protester och resulterade i att planeringen började om, i ett omtalat projekt: Making space in Dalston. …”
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Intersections of climate, peace and security in Honduras by Higuera-Florez, Julian, Madurga-Lopez, Ignacio, Medina, Leonardo, Carneiro, Bia

“…However, in fragile and violence affected contexts, some individuals resort to illegal activities such as illicit crop cultivation, illegal logging, child labor, or direct confrontation in public demonstrations and protests, increasing exposure to violence and insecurity. …”
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Mind the gap : the possibilities of the public space in the contemporary city by Görlin, Karin, Simonsson, Emma

“…At the same time, an increased privatization of the urban space is taking place: adverts and commercial events are allowed to utilize the City space in a way that excludes some of its inhabitants – streets and squares are no longer equally accessible to all inhabitants. Protests that claim the right to the City and demand that streets are reclaimed indicate that there may be something wrong with "the public space". …”

Multiple territories in dispute : water policies, participation and Mapuce indigenous rights in Patagonia, Argentina by Moreyra , Alejandra Esther

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Secteur du coton by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…Certains pays africains protestent contre les subventions des...…”
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Back to the brink? Madagascar’s polarizing presidential elections by Resnick, Danielle

“…A massive military and police presence hovers along Independence Avenue in front of the mayor’s office to deter demonstrators from protesting the upcoming November 16 presidential elections. …”
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FAKT the Association for Appropriate Technology by Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…FAKT is a non-profit consuitanay which was founded in 1986 by organizations of the Protestant Church in Germany to make technical expertise available to overseas partners. it also works on behalf of governmental organizations such as the German...…”
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Sensitise farmers about the new laws by Kumar, Anjani, Bathla, Seema, Sonkar, Vinay Kumar

“…The enactment of three marketing farm laws 2020 has provoked serious discussion, criticism and even protest especially in Punjab and Haryana to the extent that the Supreme Court had to intervene and put them on hold for some time.…”
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Valuing the environment in developing countries: Modeling the impact of distrust in public authorities' ability to deliver public services on the citizens' willingness to pay for i... by Birol, Ekin, Das, Sukanya

“…When asked their reasons for not preferring the improved scenarios, 92 percent of them stated that they do not trust the authorities to efficiently and effectively manage the funds generated through additional taxes. The protest responses were controlled for with the use of the nested logit model (NLM). …”
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Safeguarding Rangelands: Collaborative Efforts of Maasai Women in Kiteto District, Tanzania to Preserve Community Grazing Lands by Olesikilal, Birikaa, Spinelli, Madison

“…Their collective mission: to peacefully protest the encroachment by farmers on community-owned grazing land, despite being demarcated and gazetted by the Tanzanian government.…”
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Fälten där livet utspelar sig by Björksell, Amanda

“…Som ett svar på ockupationen fyller jordbruket likaså en roll som ett verktyg och en symbol för protest. På så sätt används det traditionella jordbruket i en aktuell kamp, det mest traditionella blir medel för det moderna och nutida. …”
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Bärare av lokal utveckling : civilsamhällets roll på landsbygden by Sjöman, Elin

“…För civilsamhällets del handlar snarare själva handlingen, att föra landsbygdens talan, om en protest mot ett annars illegitimt offentligt samtal där landsbygdens röst saknas.…”

How does climate exacerbate root causes of conflict in Zimbabwe? An econometric analysis by Victor, Villa, Belli, Anna, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…At the district level, results show a positive correlation between level of food insecurity, climate and intensity of conflict, more specifically protest and riots. This publication is part of a factsheet series reporting on the findings of the CGIAR FOCUS Climate Security Observatory work in Africa (Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Uganda, Zimbabwe). …”
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Willingness to pay for renewable energy among Indian small and medium-sized enterprises : a contingent valuation experiment by Wakuma, Samuel Tafesse

“…As a robustness check, the Heckman model was used to control for selection bias and protest responses. Additionally, the single-bounded probit model was employed to assess statistical efficiency gains from the second equation in the bivariate probit model. …”

The politics of land use planning: gold mining in Cajamarca, Peru by Jeronimo, R.P., Rap, Edwin, Vos, J.

“…During the last decade, rural communities and urban populations have continuously protested against the opening of new open pit mines, as they fear this will affect their water supply. …”
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Review of Food security and sociopolitical stability by Christopher B. Barrett by Alderman, Harold

“…Papers discuss food or consequences—food security and its implications for global sociopolitical stability; the future of the global food economy—scenarios for supply, demand, and prices; what we know about the climate of the next decade; the global land rush; global freshwater and food security in the face of potential adversity; managing marine resources for food and human security; crop technologies for the coming decade; livestock futures to 2020—how they will shape food, environmental, health, and global security; labor migration and food security in a changing climate; trade policies and global food security; food security and political stability—a humanitarian perspective; moral economics of food security and protest in Latin America; food security and sociopolitical stability in Sub-Saharan Africa; lessons from the Arab Spring—food security and stability in the Middle East and North Africa; food security and sociopolitical stability in Eastern Europe and Central Asia; food security and sociopolitical stability in South Asia; when China runs out of farmers; and food security and sociopolitical stability in East and Southeast Asia. …”
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