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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
… identified issues. The working group chair has emphasised that governments can raise additional concerns throughout the negotiations. … about the fees paid to lawyers and arbitrators, but also the costs governments incur in terms of reduced regulatory space and reputational … raise concerns for the public purse, particularly in lower-income countries struggling to finance their basic development needs . They …
Insight, 07 December 2018
Women work in a knitwear factory
The future of work, technological change and global inequality
… from accelerating technological change on a global scale. In richer countries evidence suggests that increasing automation is not leading to … for most people and growing disempowerment in the workplace. For developing countries impacts arise from changing disparities of wealth … economy. This will be one of the key challenges for workers and governments if rising inequality is to be avoided. Many policies that …
Insight, 02 November 2018
Fishermen hauling in a net
Accounting for small-scale fisheries and the ocean
… (zero hunger) and SDG8 (decent work). Improved statistics systems need to help fill in some of these gaps:  1. What is happening to fish stocks? In some countries, small scale fisheries (SSF) are responsible for 50% to 70% of … information on capture, species and seasons reduces the potential for developing effective marine plans for sustainable stock management.  2. …
Project, 05 August 2019
Local community-based funds can help farmers in climate-sensitive areas to diversify. Mercyline Atieno got a loan for her poultry business in Kenya (Photo: T.Muchaba/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Now is the time to ensure GCF finance reaches the local level
Insight, 03 April 2017
Drylands landscape with cattle in the background
CBA15: Can adaptation be a superhero in the 'super year' for climate and nature?
Insight, 17 February 2021
Izabella Teixeira, Minister of Environment of Brazil, taken during the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2011.
Influencing the outcomes at Rio+20
… G8 and EU leaders are utterly distracted due to the Euro crisis. Governments concerned with generating growth are stuck with credit rating agencies on one side able to kick countries down the stairs, and private companies on the other who are … we did not want rather than building the low carbon economy we need. The enormous shift in geo-political weight associated with China’s …
Insight, 24 May 2012
Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… economic growth is critical to cities in low- and middle-income countries, providing jobs, income and innovation. Growth also often … and their employees use. And it usually increases revenue for city governments.  The concept of the common good and its importance for "our … and modern energy services.  The new goals also highlight the need for access for all to healthcare coverage as well as adequate, safe …
Insight, 12 October 2015
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
Insight, 22 April 2020
women distributing counting eggs
New narratives for a 'new normal'
… Commission has supported hundreds of grassroots leaders from many countries – including Honduras, Jamaica, Turkey, India, Uganda, Zambia, … up through peer exchanges and government engagements – persuading governments to listen, learn and partner with grassroots organisations. … be accomplished through three-year projects. Resilience investments need to be long term. They have to produce a diversity of solutions to …
Insight, 22 July 2020
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Taxes and transition: formalising small-scale farmers in Peru?
… Like many developing countries, Peru needs to increase tax collection to provide public goods …
Publication, 01 March 2015