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Positing Scenarios for Post 2008 Elections in Zimbabwe: What Would Power Alternation Mean for Zimbabwe?
In the absence of an electoral outcome, the best we can do is to come up with what should be the post election agenda for Zimbabwe
Organisation: African Human Security Initiative Program
Publish Date: June 2008
Positioning technology development in the South African construction industry: a technology foresight study
Internationally infrastructure is ageing rapidly and there is increased utilisation of infrastructure due to urbanisation and globalisation. Significant amounts are invested globally to address this
Organisation: Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering Volume 53 Number 1
Publish Date: April 2011
Post-2015 Global Agenda: Employment and Perspectives for the Youth
This paper argues that economic growth is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for employment generation. Growth can be defined as “inclusive” when higher earnings are driven by employment oppo
Organisation: German Government
Publish Date: January 2013
Potential effect of climate change on malaria transmission in Africa
Background Climate change is likely to affect transmission of vector-borne diseases such as malaria.We quantitativelyestimated current malaria exposure and assessed thepotential effect of projected c
Organisation: The Lancet, Vol 362: 1792–98
Publish Date: 2003
Potential of biomass energy out to 2100, for four IPCC SRES land-use scenarios
The availability of the resources is an important factor for high shares of biomass to penetrate the electricity, heat or<br />
liquid fuel markets.We have analysed the geographical and technical po
Organisation: Biomass and Bioenergy
Publish Date: 2005
Poverty 2039: Exercises in Pro-Poor Foresight
These scenarios were prepared in response to the Institution for Alternative Futures (IAF) call for pro-poor foresight. Using our access to students at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa who come fro
Organisation: Institution for Alternative Futures (IAF)
Publish Date: 2013
Poverty in Numbers: The Changing State of Global Poverty from 2005 to 2015
Poverty reduction lies at the core of the global development challenge. For the international development community, this objective serves not only as a source of motivation, but as a defining theme
Organisation: Brookings Institute
Publish Date: January 2011
Poverty Mapping and Analysis: An RNRRS Synthesis
There is no agreed international definition of poverty. The World Bank states that poverty is hunger. Poverty is also lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Povert
Organisation: UK Department of International Development (DFID)
Publish Date: Jan 2007
Poverty reduction in Egypt - diagnosis and strategy (Vol. 1 of 2)
Poverty reduction is one of the major foci of Egypt's development strategy. One of the six 'critical objectives' of the fifth Five-Year Plan for Egypt is to "reduce poverty and to improve equity in t
Organisation: The World Bank and The Ministry of Planning, Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Publish Date: June 2002
Poverty reduction in Egypt - diagnosis and strategy (Vol. 2 of 2)
Vol 2 of the report on Poverty reduction in Egypt contains all the annex tables, accompanying vol 1.
Organisation: The World Bank and The Ministry of Planning, Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt June 2002
Publish Date: June 2002