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Workshop Shares Results of 2013 Leadership Training Programme in Africa
On 19 June 2014, UNU-IAS held a reporting session on the Global Leadership Training Programme in Africa.
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Women's work - routes to economic and social empowerment
This project aims to shed light on how and why women’s work differs from men’s work in specific contexts, in order to help narrow the gender gap.
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Stranded Assets and Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable Development in Africa
This project aims to evaluates the risks African countries face due to fossil fuel asset stranding, to manage risks and maximise opportunities.
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Economic Transformation Database (ETD)
This project aims to provide sectoral data on employment and productivity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, to facilitate structural change.
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Managing a Just Transition to Electric Mobility – A Resource Nexus Approach to End-of-Life Vehicles in the Global South
The project formulates policy recommendations for international trade regarding used battery-electric vehicles
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Multifunctional Use of Agricultural Landscapes Under Climate Change Conditions
The project aims to develop strategies for a multifunctional rural landscape by considering the characteristics of a pilot area of Tanzania
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Phase II of the Southern Africa – Towards inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme
This project aims to support policy-making for inclusive growth and economic transformation, and bridge the gap between research and policy-making.
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Accelerating the digital transformation of the public sector of Qatar
Support MCIT inputs regarding the leading global and regional trends regarding the digital transformation of the public sector.
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Resource Nexus Finance (RNF): Linking Resource Nexus and Sustainable Finance
The project works on the interface between Resource Nexus and sustainable finance.
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Investors Preferences for Eco-Transformation in Industrial Parks Using Discrete Choice Experiments
This study examines green transformation in SMEs, identifying barriers, preferences, and effective policies for sustainable economies in South Asia.
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Resource Nexus perspectives of land cover patterns in Southern Africa: Drivers and Implications for regional nature-positive sustainable development
This project aims to analyze land cover changes in Southern Africa,employing a resource nexus perspective to design sustainable development strategies
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Innovation Labs and Sustainable Development Whitepaper
Project explores innovation labs' role in sustainable development, with insights to guide policy, prototypes, and public sector innovation in Egypt.