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A review of practices from joint programmes of the United Nations

The youth employment and migration practices that are documented in this publication are a product of the Knowledge Management Facility on Youth Employment and Migration. The practices that are contained in this publication were presented and ... full view »

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Two Roads, One Goal: Dual Strategy for Gender Equality Programming

This document present the initial findings of the UNDP and UN Women’s analyses of 13 targeted joint programmes that promoted gender equality as a central goal, and a gender-mainstreaming effort within 117 MDG-F joint programmes that ... full view »

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Evaluation of the Platform HD2010

The purpose of the evaluation is to provide a ‘big picture’ perspective on the extent to which the Platform HD programme has strengthened UN-civil society relations and policy dialogue on a range of development outcomes, ... full view »

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Towards a Peoples’ Multilateralism: The United Nations, Development Networks and Civil Society

This paper is an attempt to review and synthesize the main literature, arguments, theories and proposals coming from academia, civil society, politicians and commentators on the “new multilateralism”– a complex, multilayered ... full view »

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Complex Global Schoks and the New Challenges for civil society

Events surrounding the global financial crash of 2008 have crystallised a view that the speed with which economic shocks are transmitted around the world has accelerated and that the shocks are increasingly complex in nature.

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Engaging with the urban poor and their organizations for poverty reduction and urban governance. An issues paper for the United Nations Development Programme

There is a hugely important poverty reduction process in urban areas that is rarely noticed by international agencies and hardly ever documented – the successes of particular urban poor groups in what they do and in how they negotiate ... full view »

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Arab Civil Society Power Transactions Locally and Multilaterally By Hoda Badran (PhD)

The term civil society (CS) has been used in a broad sense to describe a Third Sector existing alongside, and interacting with, the State and the Market. The concept includes a range of formal and informal organizations, namely ... full view »

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Lineamientos para la construcción de políticas públicas interculturales

Assessment of the milling industry for the purpose of wheat flour fortification

Children in Albania face many challenges that affect their chances for a better start in life and
reduce their potential to lead productive lives as adults. In spite of relatively low U5 mortality
rates (22 per 1,000) and good ... full view »

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