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Approaches to supporting local and community development: The view from ZambiaFrom the book: Extractive Industries
community development Corporate social responsibility Environment
Journal Special Issue
UNU-WIDER Special Symposium on Aid, Environment and Climate ChangeThis special section on aid and institutions discusses how they constitute an important element of the global response to interlinked global developmental and environmental challenges...
Foreign aid Climate change EnvironmentJournal Article
Aid, Environment and Climate ChangePart of Journal Special Issue UNU-WIDER Special Symposium on Aid, Environment and Climate Change
Foreign aid Climate change EnvironmentNews
Finn Tarp opens Finnish Model UN conferenceUNU-WIDER Director Finn Tarp opened Finland's only university-level Model UN conference on 5 April 2017 in Helsinki. He spoke to delegates about UNU-WIDER's ongoing work on transformation, inclusion, and sustainability, the Sustainable...
SDG EnvironmentWorking Paper
Approaches to supporting local and community development: The view from ZambiaMining is the largest sector of the Zambian economy but, as has been the case elsewhere, the relationship between mining companies and their host communities has been fractious, without a clear path towards sustainability...
community development Corporate social responsibility EnvironmentWorking Paper
The effects of climate risk on hydropower P3 contract value: Preliminary study of the Inga 3 DamLarge hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks of climate change...
Environment Renewable energy sourcesJournal Article
Optimized reservoir operation model of regional wind and hydro power integration case study: Zambezi basin and South AfricaPart of Journal Special Issue Prospects for Renewable Energy in Africa
Environment Infrastructure (Economics) Mathematical modelsVideo
Greening Cities in Developing CountriesConference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 1.2
Climate change EnvironmentJournal Article
Risks of Coastal Storm Surge and the Effect of Sea Level Rise in the Red River Delta, VietnamPart of Journal Special Issue Economics of climate change impacts on developing countries
Climatic changes Environment Natural disastersBlog
The Future of Development – Aid and Beyond
Just over a year ago, in March 2014, UNU-WIDER published a report entitled: What do we know about aid as we approach 2015?...
Biodiversity conservation Children Climatic changesBook Chapter
Interrelationships among Health, Environmental Quality, and Economic Activity :: What Consequences for Economic Convergence?This chapter examines the link between health indicators, environmental variables, and economic development, and the consequences of this relationship on economic convergence...
Environmental aspects (Economic development) Environment Gross national productBlog
Why Ending Malnutrition is a Quintessential 21st Century Development Goal
In the run up to the announcement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in September every development issue is clamouring for attention...
Climatic changes Environment Equality and inequalityJournal Article
Is the Clean Development Mechanism effective for emission reductions?The UNFCCC COP 17 Durban conference confirmed the need to reach an all-party-inclusive global climate agreement by 2015 as the successor of the Kyoto Protocol...
Climatic changes Econometrics EnvironmentWorking Paper
The Role of Issue Linkage in Managing the MekongThe Mekong River is the major water source in Southeast Asia and shared by six countries...
Environment Game theory International relationsWorking Paper
Optimized Reservoir Operation Model of Regional Wind and Hydro Power Integration: Case Study: Zambezi Basin and South AfricaThe present study develops a reliability assessment method of wind resource using optimum reservoir target power operations that maximizes the firm generation of integrated wind and hydro power...
Mathematical models (Economics) Environment Infrastructure (Economics)