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REDD+: a win-win deal is possible!
… reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, sustainable forest management, conservation and enhancement of carbon … emissions while contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals , such as reducing hunger and poverty. The private … frameworks, such as FPIC, could guide investment in agriculture, mining, industrial forest plantations, infrastructure and others. …
Insight, 17 November 2011
Chinese timber business in Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa trade and investment: benefiting Africa's rural informal economy?
… for poverty reduction, the informal economy is one of the biggest development challenges facing Africa today. The missing angle   In … area for them to flourish and persist. Ultimately, to promote China's sustainable and pro-poor engagement in the region, we need to understand …
Insight, 31 March 2015
Care workers in Guinea put on protective clothing (Photo: EC/ECHO)
Ebola – what must we learn?
… town to city, from forest zone to the Sahel, from fields to gold-mining sites. Late October means it is the end of the harvest, so many … and prosperity so all can benefit. The world is mapping out the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that we hope will offer us a universal set of …
Insight, 30 October 2014
South Africa President Jacob Zuma speaks to China counterpart Xi Jinping at the FOCAC summit in Sandton, Johannesburg in 2015. China is increasingly influential in Africa (Photo: GCIS/GovernmentZA, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
CSR practices of Chinese businesses in the global South
… and poor communities? This has become a hot topic in international development, given the sheer scale of the Chinese engagement in the … the same way? Among 30-plus Chinese policies regarding overseas sustainable investment, only one clearly states the ways of punishment – … companies were more familiar with some sector specific guidelines in mining and contracting. But our research  indicates that a proliferation …
Insight, 31 March 2016
Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… . But the liberalization process also attracted investments in mining and export agriculture in the 90s – under very good conditions … improve trading relations with their suppliers and contribute to the development of society. They are generally finding that a win-win … as a tool for cultural and economic integration (fusion) and sustainable development. With others, he has created an association to …
Insight, 16 October 2011
A village in Burkina Faso. Land investment in Africa is growing driven by rises in global food prices, companies who see market opportunities in biofuels, and overseas countries anxious to secure their food supplies through direct investment. Photo: Tex
‘Land grabbing’ in Africa: Biofuels are not off the hook
… may compound pressures from other sources, such as conservation or mining. Even a smaller aggregate scale of land acquisition can increase … Agriculture Organization and the International Fund for Agricultural Development e also found that biofuels were a major driver. Like the … communities have filed a formal complaint with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), alleging violations of RSPO standards and …
Insight, 16 October 2013