Policy Briefs

Food Safety and Trade Liberalization in an Age of Globalization

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Policy Brief No. 6, 2008

AUTHORS:

Obijiofor Aginam & Christina Hansen

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Food & Nutrition, Trade

Legality and Legitimacy in International Order

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Policy Brief No. 5, 2008

AUTHORS:

Vesselin Popovski & Nicholas Turner

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Conflict, Governance

Poverty Reduction in China: Is High Growth Enough?

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Policy Brief No. 4, 2008

AUTHORS:

Guanghua Wan

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Economic Development, Poverty, Urban Development

The Human Rights Regime in the Americas

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Policy Brief No. 3, 2008

AUTHORS:

Nicholas Turner, Vesselin Popovski, Thomas Karl Wagner and Greg Lowden

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Human Rights

Political Parties in Conflict-Prone Societies: Encouraging Inclusive Politics and Democratic Development

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Policy Brief No. 2, 2008

AUTHORS:

Edward Newman, Benjamin Reilly and Per Nordlund

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Governance

Can We Eradicate Hunger?

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Policy Brief No. 1, 2008

AUTHORS:

Basudeb Guha-Khasnobis

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Food & Nutrition, Health

MDG on Reducing Biodiversity Loss and the CBD’s 2010 Target

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Policy Report, September 2008

AUTHORS:

Balakrishna Pisupati and Renata Rubian

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Biodiversity

Certificates of Clarity or Confusion: The search for a practical, feasible and cost effective system for certifying compliance with PIC and MAT

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Policy Report, April 2008

AUTHORS:

Jose Carlos Fernandez-Ugalde, Geoff Burton and Brendan Tobin

Biodiversity

Innovation in Responding to Climate Change: Nanotechnology, Ocean Energy and Forestry

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IAS Report, 2008

AUTHORS:

David Leary, Miguel Esteban, Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy and Christian Webersik

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Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, Technology & Innovation

Looking Beyond the International Polar Year

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Policy Report October 2008

AUTHORS:

David Leary

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Climate Change, Economic Development, Human Rights

Measuring Eco-Innovation

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Policy Brief Number 1, 2008

AUTHORS:

René Kemp

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Technology & Innovation

Vulnerability in Developing Countries

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Number 2

AUTHORS:

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

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Poverty, Risk & Vulnerabilities

Bioprospecting in the Arctic

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April 2008

AUTHORS:

David Leary

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Biodiversity, Technology & Innovation

Religious Perspectives on the Use of Force

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Research Brief No. 1, 2007

AUTHORS:

Vesselin Popovski & Nicholas Turner

Download: Listen to an audio recording of this policy brief (23.8 MB MP3)

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Conflict, Culture & Religions

Accountability and the United Nations System

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Policy Brief No. 8, 2007

AUTHORS:

Michael Fowler & Sumihiro Kuyama

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Governance

Building the Rule of Law under UN Transitional Administration

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Policy Brief No. 7, 2007

AUTHORS:

Carolyn Bull

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Conflict, Governance, Peace

Stranger than Fiction? Understanding Institutional Changes and Economic Development

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Policy Brief No. 6, 2007

AUTHORS:

Ha-Joon Chang

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Economic Development, Governance

The Significance of Transport Costs in Africa

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Policy Brief No. 5, 2007

AUTHORS:

Wim Naudé and Marianne Matthee

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Economic Development

Effective Implementation of NBSAPs: Using a Decentralized Approach

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Policy Report, December 2007

AUTHORS:

Balakrishna Pisupati

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Biodiversity

War in Our Time: Reflections on Iraq, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Policy Brief No. 4, 2007

AUTHORS:

Ramesh Thakur

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Conflict