Understanding Eco-DRR: Introduction to the Book Anil K. Gupta and Sreeja S. Nair After decades of neglect, the importance of protecting and improving ecosystems for reducing disaster risk started...
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Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio Informe 2012
Resumen Los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) han sido la herramienta más exitosa en la historia para luchar contra la pobreza a nivel mundial. Se han logrado avances significativos y...
Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in Zimbabwe
Executive summary This paper reviews impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Zimbabwe, with the intention of providing a broad overview of the key issues related to climate change...
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Looking Beyond Food Support: Building skills with World Food Programme food-assisted productive safety net programmes
Empowering HIV-positive women In 2002, Françoise from Goma, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was admitted to the UN World Food Programme’s (WFP) HIV and AIDS programme. “Food assistance has...
Annual Report 2011-2012
FOREWORD By UN Women’s first anniversary at the start of 2012, we could look back on a year of accomplishment. It was a year of rapid progress but also challenges, both those inherent in the creation...
Niger + 3 more
Niger : Appel global 2013
RESUME EXECUTIF La bande sahélienne d’Afrique de l’ouest dont fait partie le Niger se trouve confrontée à des crises alimentaires de plus en plus fréquentes et de magnitude croissante. A cela...
Vanuatu + 6 more
Raising awareness and preparing for natural disasters in the Pacific
Australia is assisting Pacific nations better prepare for natural disasters and extreme weather, with a focus on building resilience throughout the region to the impacts of climate change. ...
Haïti en avant, paroles de femmes
Haïti, trois ans plus tard… depuis le séisme dévastateur du 12 janvier 2010, d’énormes d’efforts ont été consentis pour aider le gouvernement à atteindre ses objectifs et améliorer les conditions de...
Mauritania + 1 more
Appel Global pour la Mauritanie 2013
1. RÉSUMÉ EXÉCUTIF Les effets des crises alimentaire et nutritionnelle se ressentent encore par une grande partie de la population en Mauritanie. L’assistance conjointe du Gouvernement et des...
Tajikistan Environmental Performance Reviews - Second Review
Second Environmental Performance Review of Tajikistan highlights lack of access to clean water and sanitation and need for improved waste management Access to clean water and improved sanitation and...
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Where we partner with other bilateral donors
Africa Working with Germany to improve water and sanitation services in Zimbabwe, benefiting 1.65 million people. With the UK, working to reduce extreme poverty, vulnerability and hunger by...
La situación de los refugiados en el mundo - En busca de la solidaridad
ACNUR presenta la edición en español de su publicación “La Situación de los Refugiados en el Mundo” MADRID, España, 14 de diciembre de 2012 (ACNUR) - Coincidiendo con el 62 aniversario de su creación...
Uganda + 13 more
Malaria and Agriculture: A Global Review of the Literature With a Focus on the Application of Integrated Pest and Vector Management in East Africa and Uganda
A global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda Malaria is one of the top five causes of death worldwide, and...
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Les technologies de l'information et des communications sont en train de révolutionner le développement en Afrique
Un nouveau rapport relève des innovations et des solutions endogènes dans huit secteurs clés WASHINGTON, le 10 décembre 2012 --- En Afrique, des innovations dans le domaine des TIC donnent naissance...
On International Anti-Corruption Day, UNODC highlights damage to development and the environment
9 December - Corruption is the single greatest obstacle to economic and social development around the world. Today, on International Anti-Corruption Day, the United Nations is driving home the...
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eTransform Africa: The Transformational Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
Information and Communication Technology is Revolutionizing Development in Africa New Report Highlights Innovations, Home-Grown Solutions in Eight Key Sectors WASHINGTON, December 10, 2012 ---...
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UN regional plan to help with disaster response and protecting women
The United Nations's regional plan on supporting governments of the Pacific will be launched later today. The proposed plan will assist 14 Pacific Nations to tailor their responses to national...
Somalia + 3 more
Somalia Consolidated Appeal 2013-2015
SUMMARY Famine conditions were still present in parts of southern Somalia when the previous humanitarian appeal for Somalia was launched in December 2011. On 3 February, the famine was declared over,...
Humanitarian Implementation Plan (HIP) Small Scale Humanitarian Response to disasters (ECHO/DRF/BUD/2013/92000) - Last update: 24/09/2012 Version 1
The activities proposed hereafter are still subject to the adoption of the financing decision ECHO/WWD/BUD/2013/01000 CONTEXT The human and economic losses caused by natural and man-made disasters...
Linking the Environment and Women’s Health at the World Conservation Congress
By Payal Chandiramani People don’t often think of gender issues when they think of the environment, but in fact sustainable development in many of the world’s most bio-diverse regions has a lot to do...