<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><channel><title>United Nations University</title><atom:link href="http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><link>http://unu.edu</link><description>United Nations University</description><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:45:18 +0000</lastBuildDate><language>en-US</language><sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod><sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency><item><title>Indicators of Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes (SEPLs)</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/indicators-of-resilience-in-socio-ecological-production-landscapes-sepls.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/indicators-of-resilience-in-socio-ecological-production-landscapes-sepls.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:27:20 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=34912</guid><description><![CDATA[The following policy report constitutes an important supplement to a set of 20 indicators for resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes (SEPLs) that was developed over the course of joint collaboration between Bioversity International and the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS). The indicators were disseminated widely in pamphlet form for the first time [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/indicators-of-resilience-in-socio-ecological-production-landscapes-sepls.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Business and the Barrel of a Gun: Understanding Entrepreneurship and Violent Conflict in Developing Countries</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/business-and-the-barrel-of-a-gun-understanding-entrepreneurship-and-violent-conflict-in-developing-countries.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/business-and-the-barrel-of-a-gun-understanding-entrepreneurship-and-violent-conflict-in-developing-countries.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:51:03 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=34718</guid><description><![CDATA[Although the impacts of violent conflict on investment, production, incomes and inequality have been widely studied on an aggregate level, comparatively less is known about the more diverse impacts of such conflict at the micro (particularly firm) level. Understanding such impacts can improve policies to mitigate the human and financial costs of violent conflict in [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/business-and-the-barrel-of-a-gun-understanding-entrepreneurship-and-violent-conflict-in-developing-countries.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Water Security &amp; the Global Water Agenda</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/water-security-the-global-water-agenda.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/water-security-the-global-water-agenda.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:41:00 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=34287</guid><description><![CDATA[A UN-Water Analytical Brief This Analytical Brief serves as a starting point for dialogue on water security in the United Nations system. This Brief offers a working definition of water security developed from contributions made by the broad range of organizations, agencies, programmes and institutions that form UN-Water. Through this Brief, UN-Water aims to capture [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/water-security-the-global-water-agenda.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Bytes beyond Borders: Strengthening Transboundary Information Sharing on Wildlife Crime through the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS) Initiative</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/bytes-beyond-borders-strengthening-transboundary-information-sharing-on-wildlife-crime-through-the-wildlife-enforcement-monitoring-system-wems-initiative.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/bytes-beyond-borders-strengthening-transboundary-information-sharing-on-wildlife-crime-through-the-wildlife-enforcement-monitoring-system-wems-initiative.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:55:11 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=33702</guid><description><![CDATA[Over the last decade, UNU has been developing the Wildlife Enforcement Monitoring System (WEMS), a transboundary information sharing platform that collects and compiles data at the regional level with emphasis on grass root level capacity development. Through a combination of information sharing, capacity development and research, UNU-IAS, together with partner organizations and institutes, is further [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/bytes-beyond-borders-strengthening-transboundary-information-sharing-on-wildlife-crime-through-the-wildlife-enforcement-monitoring-system-wems-initiative.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Achieving Development Success: Strategies and Lessons from the Developing World</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/achieving-development-success-strategies-and-lessons-from-the-developing-world.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/achieving-development-success-strategies-and-lessons-from-the-developing-world.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2013 06:40:18 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=33410</guid><description><![CDATA[What can the less well-off developing countries learn from the ’successes’ of other developing countries? This Policy Brief highlights successful development strategies and lessons from in-depth case studies of select countries from the developing world. The coverage includes East Asia and the Pacific, the emerging Asian giants, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/achieving-development-success-strategies-and-lessons-from-the-developing-world.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Industrial Policy for Development</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/industrial-policy-for-development.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/industrial-policy-for-development.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 06:26:32 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=33404</guid><description><![CDATA[New challenges and emerging paradigms have turned industrialization and industrial policy into one of the most hotly debated and interesting issues of the early twenty-first century. Both the role of manufacturing in economic development and the contributions of industrial policy are contested. In this Policy Brief we argue that the economic development of emerging economies [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/industrial-policy-for-development.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Development Success: Historical Accounts from More Advanced Countries</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/development-success-historical-accounts-from-more-advanced-countries.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/development-success-historical-accounts-from-more-advanced-countries.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2013 06:19:06 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=33397</guid><description><![CDATA[What, if anything, can today’s developing countries learn from the past strategies of more advanced countries? The answer is “a great deal”, despite the obvious fact that the development environment has changed significantly. Based on 11 themes, this Policy Brief highlights the synthesis of historical accounts on the development success of a number of more [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/development-success-historical-accounts-from-more-advanced-countries.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Evidence from the Frontlines of Climate Change: Loss and Damage to Communities Despite Coping and Adaptation</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/evidence-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-change-loss-and-damage-to-communities-despite-coping-and-adaptation.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/evidence-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-change-loss-and-damage-to-communities-despite-coping-and-adaptation.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:20:56 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=31467</guid><description><![CDATA[New thinking and practical approaches are needed to address the threats to human security that climate change combined with social vulnerability pose for current and future patterns of loss and damage. Loss and damage is already a significant – and in some places growing – consequence of inadequate ability to adapt to changes in climate [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/evidence-from-the-frontlines-of-climate-change-loss-and-damage-to-communities-despite-coping-and-adaptation.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Where the Rain Falls: Climate Change, Food and Livelihood Security, and Migration</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/where-the-rain-falls-climate-change-food-and-livelihood-security-and-migration.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/where-the-rain-falls-climate-change-food-and-livelihood-security-and-migration.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:55:12 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=31459</guid><description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Where the Rain Falls&#8221; research explores the interrelationships among rainfall variability, food and livelihood security1, and human mobility in a diverse set of research sites in eight countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. While climate change affects nearly all aspects of food security – from production and availability, to the stability of food [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/where-the-rain-falls-climate-change-food-and-livelihood-security-and-migration.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item><item><title>Enhancing Protection Capacity: Policy Guide to the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts</title><link>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/enhancing-protection-capacity-policy-guide-to-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflicts.html</link><comments>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/enhancing-protection-capacity-policy-guide-to-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflicts.html#comments</comments><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 00:37:34 +0000</pubDate><dc:creator>stephan</dc:creator><guid isPermaLink="false">http://unu.edu/publications//?post_type=publication&#038;p=31142</guid><description><![CDATA[This Policy Guide seeks to enhance the ability of policy makers and practitioners – in governments, regional and international organizations, and civil society – in strengthening their efforts to protect civilians from conflict-related grave harm and mass atrocity crimes. The Guide clarifies and compares the twin of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the Protection [...]]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://unu.edu/publications/policy-briefs/enhancing-protection-capacity-policy-guide-to-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflicts.html/feed</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments>0</slash:comments></item></channel></rss><!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/Database Caching 1/38 queries in 0.032 seconds using memcachedObject Caching 515/606 objects using memcachedServed from: unu.edu @ 2013-05-24 12:00:44 by W3 Total Cache -->