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14 November 2011
The substantial progress made in recent decades in human development is in jeopardy of being eroded due to threats brought on by environmental degradation, according to a new UN report. The UN's 2011 Human Development Report - entitled Sustainability and Equity: A Better Future for All - stresses...
4 November 2011
This article summarises a research project undertaken by One World Action (OWA) and the Commonwealth Secretariat which develops a gender-aware economy-wide framework to assess the distributional effects of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs). For each country analysed, the approach involves...
11 October 2011
TNI: At the Aid for Trade Global Review in July, you mentioned the need to work more on results-based management, improved aid effectiveness, and mainstreaming Aid for Trade into countries' development strategies. Can you elaborate on possible next steps for achieving these goals? Aid for Trade...
11 October 2011
The Aid for Trade (AfT) initiative has been hailed as highly successful in raising the profile of trade as a tool for development. Developing countries have increasingly mainstreamed trade in their development strategies, while donors have responded by mobilising additional resources for trade-...
11 October 2011
Пабло Лазо Гранди На протяжении многих лет некоторые страны предпринимали попытки увязать торговлю с трудовыми вопросами. В последнее время взаимосвязь между торговлей и трудовыми отношениями была отражена ряде международных документов, что предоставило возможность для рассмотрения трудовых...
19 July 2011
Through his unilateral pledges for ground-breaking climate change action, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has positioned Indonesia as one of the global leaders on climate change. If Indonesia succeeds in reducing emissions by 26 percent from expected levels by 2020, 750 million tonnes of carbon...
4 July 2011
Тара Лаан Россия входит в число стран, которые предоставляют наибольшие по объему субсидии на ископаемые виды топлива. Такие меры дорого обходятся стране: тормозится переход к устойчивому развитию. Международное энергетическое агентство (МЭА) подсчитало, что российские субсидии на потребление...
14 June 2011
With respect to gender and trade, research has consistently demonstrated the existence of an important relationship between trade openness and the feminization of labour across sectors, as the specific outcomes of trade agreements impact women and men differently depending on their location in...
31 May 2011
Обсуждение концепции «зеленой экономики» (или «зеленого роста») в последнее время занимает центральное место в политических дебатах. Этот вопрос широко обсуждается на многих важных международных форумах (включая ООН, «Большую восьмерку», БРИКС, АТЭС, ОЭСР), однако вопрос о перспективах, выгодах и...
10 February 2011
A number of challenges appear to be limiting the successful mainstreaming of gender considerations into the WTO’s Aid for Trade initiative. Focusing on the case of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) as a mechanism through which Least Developed Countries (LDCs) access Aid for Trade technical...
