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Methods for the Economic Valuation of Urban Heritage: A Sustainability-based Approach

Today, development actors see urban heritage as a resource for their territory, which is why they need to define its economic value. This evaluation is a delicate exercise as such patrimony is generally a complex reality, consisting of four interdependent economic, cultural, social and

Published in October 2012

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The Governance of Climate Change in Developing Countries - A Report on International and Domestic Climate Change Politics in China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Tuvalu

Climate change has become the most important global issue of our time and now occupies a key place on the global governance agenda. Recent attempts to create a concrete framework for mitigation have fallen short. This failure has been explored in a number of studies. These have mostly focused on

Published in October 2012

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Practical Case of Resident Technical Assistance. Lessons Learned from Support to the Education Sector in Mauritania

therefore felt the need to overhaul this notion and come up with a common vision of what issues it involves. And these are major issues because, according to the DAC/OECD definition (2006), capacity development refers to “the process by which people, organisations and society as a whole create, strengthen

Published in June 2012

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Water services and the private sector in developing countries. Comparative perceptions and discussion dynamics

During the past twenty years, participation of the private sector in the field of essential services has been a topic of much discussion, allowing the expression of very different viewpoints and the multiplication of disciplinary approaches around this question. However, little work has been done

Published in April 2012

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How Can We Capitalize on the Demographic Dividend? Demographics at the Heart of Development Pathways

In the coming decades, West African countries could benefit from a “demographic window of opportunity” in order to reduce their poverty. The entry of 160 million young people into the labor market between 2010 and 2030 can accelerate economic growth. However, these countries will only benefit from

Published in March 2012

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Structural Transformation and Rural Change Revisited - Challenges for Late Developing Countries in a Globalizing World

through which agricultural economies diversify, and finally proposes a set of policy orientations that could facilitate the process of rural change. These include a clear need to engage in targeted development strategies at the regional level, to focus on staples and family agriculture, and to pursue a policy of "territorial development" that promotes strong rural- urban linkages at the level of rural localities, towns, and districts.

Published in January 2012

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The Commons : Interview with David Bollier