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Land-use modelling to support strategic urban planning - the case of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
At the beginning of the 21st century humanity entered the ‘century of cities’ (Kofi Annan) with the majority of the global population living in urban areas. Global urbanisation is one of the most fun
Organisation: Alexandra Hill, Christian Lindner
Publish Date: 2010
Landscape Analysis of mHealth in the Global South - Mobile Technology
This report looks at the issues that mHealth solutions providers and supporting organizations will need to address in order to make mHealth that powerful weapon against disease and illness.
Organisation: Vodaphone Group Foundation & United Nations Foundation
Publish Date: 2008
Language Death versus Language Survival: A Global Perspective
Attempts to approach the topic of language development, its rise or demise, from more general viewpoints. Drawing on the research results of such interdisciplinary fields of study as, for instance, s
Organisation: University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Publish Date: 2010
Law Scenarios to 2030
The Law Scenarios to 2030 are designed to make your justice challenges more specific, more explicit and place them in a more systemic context. They can be used to help to come to coherent justice str
Organisation: Law of the Future Joint Action Programme
Publish Date: 2012
Leadership Dialogue Series Vol 3, No 2: Building Higher Education Scenarios 2025: A Strategic Agenda for Development in SADC
This publication is an outcome of a strategic conversation about the future of higher education in the region that took place at a Leadership Dialogue hosted by The Southern African Regional Universi
Organisation: SARUA
Publish Date: 2012
Libya – Building the Future with Youth: Challenges for Education and Employability
Libya is one of a number of Arab countries – from the Gulf to North Africa – that needs to invest massively in educational reforms. Essentially this will involve changing curricular content, as there
Organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Publish Date: 2013
Life after Oil: Economic Alternatives for the Arab Gulf States
Looks at the Arab Gulf States' reliance on oil as a source for income and discusses the problem of economic alternatives for the country if all their oil resources have been depleted. States that no
Organisation: Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Publish Date: 2009
Limpopo Employment Growth and Development Plan 2009 – 2014
Given the country’s success in macro stabilization, the current Provincial Employment Growth and Development Plan confront the problem areas of growth, descent jobs and poverty reduction within a bro
Organisation: Limpopo Provincial Government
Publish Date: March 2010
Linking Futures across Scales: a Dialog on Multiscale Scenarios
Scenario analysis is a useful tool for exploring key uncertainties that may shape the future of social-ecological systems. This paper explores the methods, costs, and benefits of developing and linki
Organisation: Ecology and Society
Publish Date: 2007
Linking Present and Future Choices: Sustainability and the measurement of human development
States that the human development approach as discussed in this presentation can help us advancing on measurement by offering a framework for understanding sustainability, which connects inter- and i
Organisation: Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme
Publish Date: December 2012