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Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights of Persons With Disabilities
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-07-19)The World Health Organization estimates that 15 per cent of the world’s population have a disability and that a higher prevalence of disability occurs among people in lower-income countries. Persons with disabilities can ... -
Situation of persons with disabilities in Lebanon
(Institute of Development Studies, 2018-07-15)This Helpdesk report provides a situational analysis of people with disabilities in Lebanon. The report is organised as follows; section 2 summarises the state of knowledge and highlights key gaps; section 3 presents data ... -
Innovation For Sustainability In A Changing China: Exploring Narratives And Pathways
(ESRC STEPS Centre, 2015-10-13)Given the environmental impacts of China’s current development trajectory and the country’s increasing economic and strategic focus on innovation, China’s progress on sustainable and low-carbon innovation is of crucial ... -
Adapting To Climate Uncertainty In African Agriculture. Narratives And Knowledge Politic
(Routledge, 2016-01-13)Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in ... -
Technology For Autonomy And Resistance: The Appropriate Technology Movement In South America
(ESRC STEPS Centre, 2015-10-20)Between the 1970s and 1980s appropriate technology (AT) become a worldwide grassroots innovation movement that sought to redefine technology as a tool for development. In South America, AT emerged in a context of political ...
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