Policy Briefs

Linking Globalization to Poverty in Asia, Latin America and Africa

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Policy Brief No. 3, 2010

AUTHORS:

Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

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Poverty

The Responsibility to Protect Minorities and the Problem of the Kin-State

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Policy Brief No. 2, 2010

AUTHORS:

Nicholas Turner and Nanako Otsuki

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Human Security, Peace

The Global Financial Crisis and Africa’s “Immiserizing Wealth”

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Research Brief No. 1, 2010

AUTHORS:

Alexis Habiyaremye and Luc Soete

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Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Prolific Small Arms

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Policy Brief No. 1, 2010

AUTHORS:

Vanessa Farr, Henri Myrttinen and Albrecht Schnabel

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Conflict, Gender

Comparing the Effectiveness of Accountability Mechanisms in Eastern Europe and Latin America

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Policy Brief No. 5, 2009

AUTHORS:

Vesselin Popovski, Johanna Stratton and Kalle Huebner

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Conflict, Human Rights

Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development

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Policy Brief No. 4, 2009

AUTHORS:

Luc Soete, Paul A. David, Can Huang and Adriaan van Zon

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Climate Change, Technology & Innovation

Policy Responses to the Global Economic Crisis in Africa

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Policy Brief No. 3, 2009

AUTHORS:

Wim Naudé and Augustin Kwasi Fosu

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Economic Development, Health, Poverty

The Global Economic Crisis after One Year: Is a New Paradigm for Recovery in Developing Countries Emerging?

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Policy Brief No. 2, 2009

AUTHORS:

Wim Naudé

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Economic Development

The Internationalization of Chinese and Indian Firms: Trends, Motivations and Policy Implications

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Policy Brief No. 1, 2009

AUTHORS:

Suma Athreye and Sandeep Kapur

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Economic Development, Technology & Innovation

The Way Forward: Researching the Environment and Migration Nexus

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Research Brief No. 2, 2009

AUTHORS:

Koko Warner and Marc Stal

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Climate Change, Migration

Vulnerable Countries and People

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Policy Brief No. 2, 2009

AUTHORS:

Michael Zissener, Armin Haas, Koko Warner, Thomas Loster, Soenke Kreft, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Christoph Bals, Peter Hoeppe, Eugene Gurenko and Ian Burton

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Climate Change, Risk & Vulnerabilities

Toward a Global Science and Technology Policy Agenda for Sustainable Development

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Policy Brief Number 4, 2009

AUTHORS:

Luc Soete, Paul A. David, Can Huang and Adriaan van Zon

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Climate Change, Technology & Innovation

The Internationalization of Chinese and Indian Firms: Trends, Motivations and Policy Implications

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Policy Brief Number 1, 2009

AUTHORS:

Suma Athreye and Sandeep Kapur

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Economic Development

Benefit Sharing in ABS: Options and Elaborations

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IAS Report 2009

AUTHORS:

Balakrishna Pisupati and Suneetha M. Subramanian

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Biodiversity

Partnerships for Women’s Health: Striving for Best Practice within the UN Global Compact

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Research Brief, Number 1, 2009

AUTHORS:

Martina Timmermann and Monika Kruesmann

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Gender, Health

The Megacity Resilience Framework

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Policy Brief No. 1, 2009

AUTHORS:

Carsten Butsch, Benjamin Etzold and Patrick Sakdapolrak

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Risk & Vulnerabilities, Urban Development

Confronting Environmental Migration

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Research Brief No. 1, 2009

AUTHORS:

David Wrathall and Benjamin Morris

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Climate Change, Migration, Risk & Vulnerabilities

Fragile States

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Research Brief No. 3, 2008

AUTHORS:

Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray

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Conflict, Human Security, Poverty

Post-Conflict Countries and Foreign Investment

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Policy Brief No. 8, 2008

AUTHORS:

Nicholas Turner, Vesselin Popovski and Obijiofor Aginam

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Conflict, Economic Development

Governance through Civil Society Engagement in Asia

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Policy Brief No. 7, 2008

AUTHORS:

Vesselin Popovski, G Shabbir Cheema, Cameron Lowry and Mark Notaras

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Governance