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emerging markets could threaten the region’s growth
prospects. To navigate uncertainty, regional economies
should reduce short-term vulnerabilities and enhance
buffers, redouble their commitment to an open, rules-
based international trade and investment framework,
including through deeper regional economic integration,
and deepen structural reforms. The intensification of risks
underscores the need to continue to enhance economic ...
Gender Disparities in Africa’s Labor Market
Arbache, Jorge Saba; Kolev, Alexandre; Filipiak, Ewa
(2010)
The main aim of this book is to help fill the gap in current
knowledge about the nature, the extent, and some of
the root causes of gender disparities in Africa, showing
what can be revealed about the application of standard
and less standard tools and methods to existing survey
and national account data. The analysis herein is novel in
providing in-depth assessments of some of the sources of
gender disparities in different labor market outcomes. A
part of the book provides results on the basis that data are
as comparable as possible for 18 countries. These results
were extracted from multi-topic, integrated household
surveys conducted in Africa around 2000 and thus may
not represent the latest trends, but they have the merit to
be comparable. The cross-national perspective provides
a benchmark against which other results for individual
countries and more recent data presented here may be ...
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This study summarizes the main
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Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam-and proposes the
main steps these countries need to take to redress the
status quo. The report is divided into four chapters. The
first chapter provides an overview of the current level and
quality of access to urban sanitation in the region. The
second chapter examines the causes leading to the current
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people, technology, institutions and finance. The third
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trigger a different way of doing business in the sector and
that may ultimately lead to transformational changes. The
final chapter proposes recommendations
Women as change-makers in the governance of
shared waters
During the World Water Week in Stockholm earlier this
autumn, Women for
Water Partnership and
IUCN launched a new
publication titled “Women
as change-makers in the
governance of shared
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Good water governance
will be a cornerstone of global water security over the
coming decades. A central dimension of water security
involves the protection, allocation and sharing of
increasingly scarce and polluted water resources among
humans and the environment.
The publication draws attention to the issue of gender
equality in transboundary water governance and
demonstrate that positive change is happening on the
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Strengthening environmental reviews in urban
development: Urban Legal Case Studies: Volume 6
Publisher: UN-Habitat
HS Number: HS/076/18E
No of Pages: 180
ISBN Series Number: 978-92-1-
133365-7
ISBN: 978-92-1-132816-5
Environmental reviews, often
in the form of environmental
impact or strategic environmental
assessments, play a fundamental
role in the process of urban
development. They are institutionalized decision-
making arrangements in domestic legislation to address
the environmental impacts and risks associated with a
project. Strengthened environmental and social reviews in
urban development processes and their integration into
broader decision making frameworks will support the
implementation of the New Urban Agenda and several of
the Sustainable Development Goals by approving projects
which are ecologically sensitive, socially-acceptable, and
economically cost-effective.
Six case studies in this book, from Uganda, South Africa,
Fiji, Sri Lanka, Brazil, and the USA, present empirical
evidence on the relationship between environmental and
development decision-making in the urban context. The
cases identify key implementation issues and options to
address them efficiently at country and city levels. Building
upon this, the work also outlines capacity building needs
and coordination approaches that are appropriate to
resource poor contexts.
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