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People

Population	9.03 mln
Population growth	3%
Life expectancy	57 years
Net migration	98,831

Economy

GDP	$5.43 bln
- per capita	$601
- growth rate	5%
FDI, net inflows	$0.05 bln

Infrastructure

Cellphone users	21%
Internet users	2%

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Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict

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Child Soldiers International (CSI) submits this report for consideration by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (the Committee) in advance of its examination in January 2012 of Thailand‟s initial report under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (OPAC). On the basis of the information gathered, this report summarizes CSI‟s concerns about Thailand‟s implementation of its obligations under OPAC.

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Sonia Hossain on February 23, 2012

Agrarian change below the radar screen

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In West Africa, domestic investors acquire plots of farm land using their connections, powers and resources. Some policy makers view these investments as a shift towards agribusiness and state that these “new actors” will modernize and professionalize farming and smallholders are asked to make space. Who are those new actors, how did they obtain the land, under what conditions, and how are they investing? Why are customary authorities engaging in these land transactions and what are the more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 25, 2012

Climate change, conflict and migration in the Sahel

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The Sahelian countries (CILSS) are among the poorest countries in the world with the most degraded environments. They are also among the countries that are the most vulnerable to the estimated effects of climate change. The study seeks to: 1) identify how and where climate change exacerbates existing vulnerabilities in the Sahel;2) analyze its potential links to conflict and/or migration; 3) assess current policies that address the climate, conflict and migration nexus, and raise awareness, more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 23, 2012

Putting farmers first

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How agricultural research is funded, organized, controlled and practised can have a huge impact on small-scale producers in the global South. This briefing explains how a series of farmer assessments and citizens’ juries in West Africa has helped farmers assess existing approaches and articulate recommendations for policy and practice to achieve their own vision of agricultural research. In 2012, a high-level policy dialogue between farmers and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 07, 2012

Natural Resources and Non-Cooperative Trade Policy

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When looking at the conditions of trade in natural resources the world appears upside down: tariff protection in natural resources sectors is generally lower than for overall merchandise trade, while export restrictions are twice as likely as in other sectors. On the other hand, tariff escalation is significant in natural resources sectors, where materials in their raw state face, on average, lower duties than in their processed form.In this paper, we discuss how export taxes and tariff more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 10, 2011

Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC): Enhancing Economic Outcomes in an Uncertain Global Economy

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Added by Zunia on October 14, 2011

Organic Pineapples and Edible Insects: All Part of a Three-way South-South Initiative

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Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica have come together under a programme of South-South cooperation, sharing skills and knowledge on agriculture, environmental issues and much more, using funds from the Netherlands.From their Costa Rican counterparts, Beninese farmers have learned how to grow bigger pineapples organically and market them to European consumers; while Costa Ricans are now feeding their cattle edible insects after learning of their value from colleagues in Benin.Bhutan Market Produce“In more...

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D C on April 03, 2011

UNICEF UK Achievements 2010

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For the world’s children and UNICEF UK, 2010 was a year of unprecedented emergencies and extraordinary achievements. It began ominously with the shattering earthquake in Haiti, which killed more than 200,000 people. This review features some of their stories. At the height of the emergency, helped by magnificent support from our UK supporters, UNICEF was delivering clean water to 1.2 million people. UNICEF UK helped children caught in emergencies in 24 countries. Whether it was famine in Niger, more...

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Sonia Hossain on July 28, 2011

Enabling Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment

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The 56th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2012 will consider “The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges” as the priority theme. The objective of this paper is to support the expert group meeting (EGM) through assessing the situation across different sectors and regions, to identify good practices, and to provide policy-makers with concrete ideas for action to support and strengthen the economic more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 29, 2011

'They Respect Their Animals More' Voices of child domestic workers

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This report is the product of group discussions and individual interviews with more than 400 current and former child domestic workers from urban and rural areas in Benin, Costa Rica, India, Nepal, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania and Togo, to inform about the situation and needs of child domestic workers in order to better target programmes and policies on the issue. It also aims to encourage thinking about child domestic workers not simply as subjects of concern, but as social actors able to more...

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Moushumi Biswas on August 17, 2009

The Political Participation of Africa’s Youth

The youth have long represented an important constituency for electoral mobilization in Africa. Today, as the region faces a growing ‘youth bulge’ that is disproportionately burdened by un- and underemployment, capturing the votes of this demographic is becoming more important than ever before. Yet, despite their numerical importance and the historical relevance of generational identities within the region, very little is really known about the political participation of Africa’s youth. In more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 07, 2012

Rights In Action: Good Practices for Inclusive Local Governance in West Africa

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In West Africa, 7 countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo and Benin) have taken part in an initiative called “Rights in Action”, aimed at collecting good practices from multiple stakeholders on how to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). This initiative uses the “Making it Work” methodology.The subject of the project is “Inclusive Local Governance”, linking with Article 29 of the UNCRPD. The recommendations from the report will more...

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Adit Rahman on December 15, 2010

Learning From Successful Experiences

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Social Watch is a worldwide network with members in over 60 Countries around the world, comprising about 400 citizens’ organizations struggling to eradicate poverty and the cause of poverty, to ensure an equitable distribution of wealth and the realization of human rights. The present booklet summarizes the result of a study conceived to produce a better understanding of the main reasons driving the member organizations to join the Social Watch network. The study analyzed four successful cases more...

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Sonia Hossain on October 12, 2010

Benin: Third Review Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement

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Added by Zunia on May 02, 2012

Markets for cotton by-products : global trends and implications for African cotton producers

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This paper analyzes and compares the structure of cotton by-products industries in se-lected countries (Uganda, Tanzania, Benin, and Burkina Faso) in the context of the global vegetable oil market. It reaches several conclusions. First, because the markets for various edible oils are highly integrated with each other, examination of each oil market should be done in conjunction with all other (relevant) edible oil markets. Second, the recent surge in demand for commodities used as feedstocks more...

Added by Zunia on June 01, 2010

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