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Global Recycling Supply Chains and Waste Picking in Developing Countries
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Martin Medina As world leaders gather in Copenhagen this month for the fifteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) the challenges...

Working Paper
Changes in Climatic Factors and Malaria in Uganda

The study examines the relationship between climatic factors and reported malaria cases using data from 12 districts in Uganda over the period 2000-2011. A panel dataset comprising temperature, temperature standard deviation; minimum humidity...

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Reflecting Change: The Second Edition of ‘From Poverty to Power’
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Duncan Green Updating a book on contemporary events can be unnerving. In the intervening years, events and new thinking combine to expose the...

Book Chapter
The Malign Encounter

Part of Book Who Will Save the Forests?

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Development after Ecology

Part of Book The North, the South, and the Environment

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UNU-WIDER in Ghana – An Interview with Wisdom Akpalu
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23 April 2014 Wisdom Akpalu joined UNU-WIDER as a Research Fellow based in Ghana in the beginning of 2014. Prior to joining the Institute he was an...

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The Management of Coastal Wetlands

Part of Book The Environment and Emerging Development Issues

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Illegal Fishing by Small-Scale Fishers in Ghana: Findings and Policy Suggestions
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27 May 2014 Wisdom Akpalu The number of fishers and fishing vessels in the capture fishery sector, especially the artisanal marine fishery sub-sector...

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From the Editor's Desk (May 2014)
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28 May 2014 Tony Addison One indispensible part of modern life is the mobile phone. The communications revolution continues to surprise almost...

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The Fishery Performance Indicators

Pursuit of the triple bottom line of economic, community and ecological sustainability has increased the complexity of fishery management; fisheries assessments require new types of data and analysis to guide science-based policy in addition to...

Journal Article
Russian Economic Growth

Part of Journal Special Issue Sustainable Development

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Climate Change and Migration

Conference on Climate Change and Development Policy - Parallel 3.1

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