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Regional developments: Latin America and the Caribbean [in 2025 GFPR] by Piñeiro, Valeria, McNamara, Brian, Segura, Joaquín Arias, Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio

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Justice in development?: an analysis of water interventions in the rural south by Venot, Jean-Philippe, Clement, Floriane

“…Specifically, we document the planning and implementation of two types of water interventions in two contrasting regions: watershed development programmes in northeast India and small reservoirs in sub-Saharan West Africa.We find that there is a contradiction between the inherently political nature of water interventions and the fact that such projects remain grounded in apolitical, technical and managerial narratives. …”
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Implications of the Doha market access proposals for developing countries by Laborde Debucquet, David, Martin, Will, van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique

“…We find that the tiered formula for agriculture would halve tariffs in industrial countries and lower them more modestly in developing countries. In non-agricultural market access (NAMA), the formulas would reduce the tariff peaks facing developing countries and cut average industrial country tariffs by more than a third. …”
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The extent and distribution of joint conservation-development funding in the tropics by Reed, J., Oldekop, J., Barlow, J., Carmenta, R., Geldmann, J., Ickowitz, A., Narulita, S., Rahman, S.A., Vianen, J. van, Yanou, M., Sunderland, T.C.H.

“…Countries with low biodiversity receive more funding than highly biodiverse countries and there was no statistical association between a country's development status and funds received. Rather than environment-development need, funding appears to be driven by governance and political-economic factors. …”
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Reshaping agrifood systems to achieve multiple development goals by Fan, Shenggen, Otsuka, Keijiro

“…At the same time, agrifood systems are expected to contribute to a wide range of development goals, reaching beyond agricultural productivity growth and food security. …”
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Balancing national economic policy outcomes for sustainable development by Basheer, Mohammed, Nechifor, Victor, Calzadilla, Alvaro, Ringler, Claudia, Hulme, David, Harou, Julien J.

“…The results show that integrated policy strategies can help achieve sustainable development while balancing adverse economic, social, and political impacts of reforms.…”
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Agriculture, natural resource management, and “development” beyond the biophysical by German, L., Verma, R., Ramisch, Joshua J.

“…This chapter – like the volume it introduces – offers insights into the socio-cultural, political-economic, and environmental effects of development (and their very real implications for women and men in the global South), highlighting the challenges and “mis-adventures” associated with past and current development approaches and practices. …”
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Is the WTO dispute settlement procedure fair to developing countries? by Bouët, Antoine, Metivier, Jeanne

“…Furthermore, country i's legal capacity and both countries' political regimes also affect this probability. However, we do not find that bilateral relationships between i and j, such as participants' capacity to retaliate against each others have an impact on dispute initiation.…”
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Livestock, ethics, quality of life and development in Latin America by Li Pun, H.H., León Velarde, C.U., Mares, V.M.

“…The region can be broken down into several sub-regions according to geographic and ethnic characteristics, relative level of human Development and/or political organization. These differences must be recognized if efforts to solve common problems are to be targeted effectively. …”
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Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world by Otsuka, Keijiro, Fan, Shenggen

“…In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development. Using new lenses to examine today’s biggest challenges, contributors address topics such as nutrition and health, gender and household decision-making, agrifood value chains, natural resource management, and political economy. …”
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Is the WTO dispute settlement procedure fair to developing countries? by Bouët, Antoine, Metivier, Jeanne, Parent, Marie

“…One approach to investigate potential bias looks at the final outcomes of disputes, asking: do developed countries tend to ignore the Dispute Settlement body’s recommendations when facing complaints from developing countries? …”
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Development of a new Front of Package Nutrition Label by Bottari, Federico

“…The aim of the thesis is to identify the themes of the debate regarding the development of a single Front of-package nutrition label in the European Union. …”
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Modern agricultural biotechnology and developing country food security by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Cohen, Marc J.

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The Bali Agreement: An assessment from the perspective of developing countries by Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio, Laborde Debucquet, David

“…Notwithstanding potential criticisms about the limitations of the Bali agreements, developing countries should consider the strengthening of the multilateral system as a positive development: to the extent that individually many of them remain small players in the global arena, they should have a strong interest in a transparent, rule-based multilateral trading system that limits old-style power politics in global trade.…”
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Impacts on trust and social capital of a youth employment program in Yemen: Evaluation of the rural and urban advocates working for development intervention for the Social Fund for... by Bertelli, Olivia, Kurdi, Sikandra, Mahmoud, Mai, Al-Maweri, Mohamad, Al Bass, Tareq

“…This paper evaluates the impacts on the participants of the Yemen Social Fund for Development’s youth employment and training program called Rural and Urban Advocates Working for Development (RUAWFD). …”
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Colombo Development Dialogues 2: water security and climate variability by Allan, J. A., Amarnath, Giriraj, Balasubramanya, Soumya, Dharmasena, P.B., Gaasbeek, T.

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Decentralised water governance in Zimbabwe: disorder within order by Mapedza, Everisto D., Manzungu, Emmanuel, Rosen, T., Ncube, P., van Koppen, Barbara

“…The economic crisis, the contested land reform process that ensued, resulted in disorder which benefited those who are politically connected. This paper contributes to the scholarship on the need to have a better political economy approach to development interventions such as water reform as they have to play out in political, social and economic contexts which will impact on human livelihoods.…”
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Handing over the sunset: external factors influencing the establishment of water user associations in Uzbekistan: evidence from Khorezm province by Wegerich, Kai

“…These factors are addressed and analyzed separately through eight case study chapters that address questions on basin water management, the organizational capacities, and the socio-political dependencies of the district water management departments, the potential for multi-stakeholder platforms (MSPs), the politics of social network structures, and the process of land reforms. …”
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Addressing failed water infrastructure delivery through increased accountability and end-user agency: the case of the Sekhukhune District, South Africa by Hofstetter, Moritz, Bolding, A., van Koppen, Barbara

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Opportunities in the international economy for meeting the food requirements of the developing countries by Mellor, John W.

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