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Sexuality and Poverty Synthesis Report

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...
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Burnham’s plans amount to a much-needed infrastructure of nurture. Now he needs to deliver it

Nicholas Nisbett at IDS argues that infrastructure should not just be seen as roads but also as services, such as social care and nurseries.
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From Resource Stability to Livelihood Security: Pathways Toward Sustainable and Equitable Aquaculture in Coastal Northern Vietnam

Coastal communities face multiple challenges: climate-related shocks that undermine aquaculture productivity; arduous working conditions that can cause both short- and long-term health problems; and ...
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Bodies As Sites Of Struggle: Naripokkho And The Movement For Women’s Rights In Bangladesh

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State vs. Algorithm: Digital power, state capture and the quest to reclaim democracy

Join Matías Bianchi for a timely conversation on his new book State vs Algorithm? Explore how digital corporations, concentrated wealth, and algorithmic power are reshaping democracy, weakening the ...
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Lessons for International Tax Reform from the US State Experience under Formulary Apportionment

This work undertakes a comprehensive analysis of the US state experience under formulary apportionment of corporate income. While formulary apportionment eliminates the possibility of shifting income ...
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Emerging Technologies and Opportunities for International Science and Technology Foresight

This background paper focuses on the potential role that international science and technology ‘foresight-type’ activities might play in informing decision-making processes about innovation, ...
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Representation, Community Leadership And Participation: Citizen Involvement In Neighbourhood Renewal and Local Governance

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Opening Up Or Closing Down? Analysis, Participation And Power In The Social Appraisal Of Technology

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Tales of Shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa

Where do you shit? In developing countries, the answer may determine whether you live or die. Around 2.6 billion people defecate in the open. The consequences are dire: shit carries disease and is a ...