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Crisis and Development. The Lake Chad Region and Boko Haram

region of Lake Chad, one of the great cross-border areas of Sahelian Africa, at the crossroads of Africa savannahs and desert, of West Africa and Central Africa. This study is the first to address the Boko Haram crisis from a perspective transcending the political and linguistic boundaries between

Published in July 2018

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Socio-physical Vulnerability to Flooding in Senegal

Each year thousands of people and millions of dollars in assets are affected by flooding in Senegal; over the next decade, the frequency of such extreme events is expected to increase. However, no publicly available digital flood maps, except for a few aerial photos or post - disaster assessments

Published in February 2017

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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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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