This book discusses the historical context, country experience, and best practices that led to eliminating infectious diseases from the WHO's South-East Asia Region, such as malaria, lymphatic filariasis, yaws, trachoma, and mother-to-child HIV in the mid-twentieth and twenty-first century.
'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne SoederbergFinance, mobile and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty.
From the early 2000s, a new discourse emerged, in Africa and the international donor community, that higher education was important for development in Africa.
Democracy and the Discourse on Relevance Within the Academic Profession at Makerere University is set against the backdrop of the spread of neoliberal ideas and reforms since the 1980s.
Ce document s’appuie sur l’expérience de Practical Action en matière de programmes de microcentrales hydroélectriques et vise à établir un lien entre les débats mondiaux sur le nexus (liens) et les solutions et expériences des communautés isolées hors réseau et des petits exploitants agricoles.
Pour atteindre l’accès universel à l’énergie d’ici 2030, les approches «traditionnelles» devront évoluer en termes de politiques, de financement et de mise en oeuvre.
En el contexto de la actual crisis mundial del desarrollo y de la convivencia humana, la transdisciplinariedad (TD) puede ofrecer un aporte determinante al destino común de la humanidad, abandonando la vía de la destrucción violenta y emprendiendo la de la civilización sostenible de los ciudadanos de la Tierra.
The Energy-Water-Food Nexus at Decentralized Scales uses Practical Action's experiences with micro-hydro schemes to connect global nexus debates to the experiences of and solutions for remote off-grid communities and smallholder farmers.
Durante las últimas décadas del siglo XIX, surgieron los primeros proyectos de urbanización que expandieron el área de Bogotá mucho más allá de sus límites coloniales.
La Colección Miradas hacia la Sustentabilidad surge como una iniciativa del equipo de los posgrados en sustentabilidad del Departamento del Hábitat y Desarrollo urbano (DHDU), la cual tiene como objetivo sistematizar la producción académica y de investigación, así como los trabajos de obtención de grado que surgen, tanto de la Maestría en Proyectos y Educación Sustentables como de la Maestría en Ciudad y Espacio Público Sustentable.
Las empresas de propiedad estatales (EPE) vienen con diferentes nombres y tamaños dependiendo del país en el que están incorporadas o el propósito para el cual se han establecido.
Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance.
Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance.
›Die Erfindung der Überbevölkerung‹ ist eine tiefgründige Analyse, die sich mit einem der drängendsten globalen Probleme unserer Zeit auseinandersetzt.
Der Autor geht von verschiedensten Schlüsselerlebnissen aus, die er als Mittelschullehrer und später als Priester in einem armen Milieu Westafrikas hatte.
Hier könnt Ihr in den Schwerpunkt "Bauwerke" im Bereich "Bauen" hereinschnuppern und herausfinden, was an Gebäuden, Straßen, Brücken, Fountonplatten, Errinerungs-Steine sowie vieles weitere, Interessant sein kann, und wie die Erde mit allen Bauwerken darin, jederzeit zum "Besseren" Umgestaltet werden kann.
Beni-Amer cattle owners in the western part of the Horn of Africa are not only masters in cattle breeding, they are also knowledge sovereign, in terms of owning productive genes of cattle and the cognitive knowledge base crucial to sustainable development.
Faced with a global threat to food security, it is perfectly possible that society will respond, not by a dystopian disintegration, but rather by reasserting co-operative traditions.
In an era when many of us depend on debt to survive but struggle with its consequences, Financing Prosperity by Dealing with Debt draws together current thinking on how to solve debt crises and promote inclusive prosperity.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN in 2015 have influenced the actions of international and intergovernmental organisations and governments around the world, and have dictated priorities for international aid spending.
As the time-scales of natural change accelerate and converge with those of society, Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society takes the reader into largely uncharted territory in its exploration of anthropogenic climate change.
Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.
Guided by the thesis that literature can transform social reality, Tirana Modern draws on ethnographic and historical material to examine the public culture of reading in modern Albania.
The Outcast Majority invites policymakers, practitioners, academics, students, and others to think about three commanding contemporary issues-war, development, and youth-in new ways.
Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2017 For more than three decades, Kathleen Cash has lived and worked with impoverished people, learning about their lives.
