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Mozambique, Égypte, Nigéria, Afrique du Sud, Ouganda, Mali, Somalie, Zimbabwe, République-Unie de Tanzanie, Sierra Leone, Asie occidentale, Afrique occidentale, Global, Afrique orientale, Afrique septentrionale, Afrique australe
Trade liberalisation processes impact differently on men and women due to the fact that men and women have different roles in production. Despite the fact that women are actively involved in international trade, WTO agreements are gender blind and as such have adverse impacts on women. The General Agreement in Trade and Service (GATS), for instance, provides for a level playing field in service provision between big foreign owned companies and small locally owned companies.
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Égypte, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale
Does poverty in Egypt have a woman's face? Is female poverty linked to their conditions in the labour market or levels of education? Are women particularly at risk in poor households? This report addresses the gender dimensions of poverty using the recent Household Expenditure, Income and Consumption Survey of 1999/2000 for Egypt. Poverty measures of males and females were found to be significantly different, in both urban and rural areas, where higher levels are observed among females than males.
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République arabe syrienne, Égypte, Viet Nam, Océanie, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie orientale
Articles in this edition develop several areas and introduce specific experiences relating to land reform. The main thread running through the articles is that of change; how we can help to understand what change means and how it can be managed.
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République arabe syrienne, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale
Discusses the widely help conception that arid shrub-lands in Syria and elsewhere in West Asia and North Africa are degraded. A particular characteristic of such areas is a preponderance of unpalatable shrubs or a lack of overall ground cover with a rise in the associated risks of soil erosion.The article finds that:migrating pastoralists have been the scapegoats for this condition of the range.
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Inde, Turquie, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale, Asie méridionale
How can links between disaster mitigation and urban planning be strengthened? Can urban livelihood strategies reduce poor city dwellers’ vulnerability to disaster? Scant attention is currently paid by relief organisations to urban planning and disaster mitigation, according to a recent Care International report.
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Asie méridionale, Asie orientale, Asie central, Europe, Océanie, Afrique, Asie occidentale, Afrique septentrionale, Amérique centrale, Amérique du Sud, Caraïbes
This paper on Water for Rural Development is divided into two parts. The first part outlines the most important issues from IWMI's point of view on water for rural development, with a focus on developing countries. This part identifies, discusses and provides recommendations for key areas for interventions in water resources development and management in the context of rural development. The second part of the document provides analyses of present and future water resources in the World Bank's defined regions.
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Inde, Sri Lanka, Égypte, Turquie
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Sri Lanka, Inde, Égypte, Turquie
Changes in the way water is used in one part of a river basin often affect how water is used somewhere else in that basin. This report introduces the concept of hydronomic ( hydro water + nomus management) zones that were developed to help untangle some of the complexities of basin-wide water resource use.
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Algérie, Égypte, Nigéria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Chine, Australie, Canada, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Nouvelle-Zélande, Jordanie, Maroc, Japon, Turquie, Tunisie, Inde, Fédération de Russie, Roumanie, Brésil
Five years after the World Food Summit, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, The State of Food and Agriculture reflects on some of the main challenges faced in eliminating world hunger and poverty. The task may be daunting, but so are the numbers of hungry and undernourished people whose fate is dependent on decisive and accelerated action. I am convinced that, with a renewed commitment and determined, concerted effort, the goal of the World Food Summit can be met.
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France, États-Unis d'Amérique, Iraq, Mali, Égypte, Sri Lanka, Vanuatu, Iran, Pakistan, Finlande, Thaïlande, Mozambique, Maroc, Philippines, Libye, Viet Nam, Italie, Inde, Soudan, Paraguay, Brésil
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