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1. Addressing the risk of maladaptation in Social Protection: The case of World Food Programme
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : The need to adapt to climate change has been widely acknowledged as a challenge expanding beyond the discrete realm of adaptation initiatives. Accordingly, social protection has received growing attention due to its potential to promote adaptive capacity, whilst partly addressing both direct and indirect drivers of vulnerability to climate change. READ MORE
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2. Analyzing the impact of changes in tobacco trade barriers and cigarette taxes on developing countries : a global simulation model approach
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : While tobacco production and exports prove to be one of the major activities by most developing countries, making tobacco a strategic crop in enhancing their economies, there has been mounting pressure worldwide through international bodies such as the World Health Organization and World Bank to reduce consumption of this crop as it is considered to have drastic health implications. Increased, integrated and harmonized action to reduce the tobacco burden is therefore key priority to improving public health and alleviating poverty. READ MORE
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3. Demand of External Finance by Manufacturing SMEs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Poverty can be reduced if more good jobs are created. Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are good job creators, but there are few such firms in the countries that would need them most. READ MORE
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4. Energy Provision and Informality in South African Informal Urban Settlements : A Multi-Criteria Sustainability Assessment of Energy Access Alternatives
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : Due to urbanization and governmental incapacity to cope with the consequent increase in demand for housing in cities, more than 10 % of the South African population is living in informal settlements. This group is also growing at high rates, causing settlements in cities to be established in ever less suitable conditions (Gaunt et al. READ MORE
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5. Food security in Brazil : a study of trade liberalisation in relation to the food security situation in Brazil
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : The analysis of the experiences of Brazil's rural poor over the period of trade liberalisation reveals a complex picture. The impacts of trade liberalisation on the poor seem not to come only from the reduced tariff barriers, but rather from other policies that have accompanied trade liberalisation. READ MORE
