Policy Briefs

Certificates of Clarity or Confusion: The search for a practical, feasible and cost effective system for certifying compliance with PIC and MAT

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Policy Report, April 2008

AUTHORS:

by Jose Carlos Fernandez-Ugalde, Geoff Burton and Brendan Tobin

Biodiversity

Innovation in Responding to Climate Change: Nanotechnology, Ocean Energy and Forestry

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IAS Report, 2008

AUTHORS:

by David Leary, Miguel Esteban, Dexter Thompson-Pomeroy and Christian Webersik

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Climate Change, Energy, Natural Resources, Technology & Innovation

Looking Beyond the International Polar Year

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Policy Report October 2008

AUTHORS:

by David Leary

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Climate Change, Economic Development, Human Rights

Measuring Eco-Innovation

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Policy Brief Number 1, 2008

AUTHORS:

by René Kemp

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Technology & Innovation

Vulnerability in Developing Countries

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Number 2

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by Wim Naudé, Amelia U. Santos-Paulino and Mark McGillivray

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Poverty, Risk & Vulnerabilities

Bioprospecting in the Arctic

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April 2008

AUTHORS:

by David Leary

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Biodiversity, Technology & Innovation

Religious Perspectives on the Use of Force

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Research Brief No. 1, 2007

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by Vesselin Popovski & Nicholas Turner

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Conflict, Culture & Religions

Accountability and the United Nations System

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Policy Brief No. 8, 2007

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by Michael Fowler & Sumihiro Kuyama

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Governance

Building the Rule of Law under UN Transitional Administration

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Policy Brief No. 7, 2007

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by Carolyn Bull

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Conflict, Governance, Peace

Stranger than Fiction? Understanding Institutional Changes and Economic Development

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Policy Brief No. 6, 2007

AUTHORS:

by Ha-Joon Chang

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Economic Development, Governance

The Significance of Transport Costs in Africa

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Policy Brief No. 5, 2007

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by Wim Naudé and Marianne Matthee

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Economic Development

Effective Implementation of NBSAPs: Using a Decentralized Approach

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Policy Report, December 2007

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by Balakrishna Pisupati

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Biodiversity

War in Our Time: Reflections on Iraq, Terrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Policy Brief No. 4, 2007

AUTHORS:

by Ramesh Thakur

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Conflict

Is Human Reproductive Cloning Inevitable: Future Options for UN Governance

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Policy Report, October 2007

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by Brendan Tobin, Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy, Darryl Macer and Mihaela Serbulea

Human Rights, Technology & Innovation

Measuring Human Well-being: Key Findings and Policy Lessons

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Policy Brief No. 3, 2007

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by David Clark and Mark McGillivray

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Economic Development, Human Security, Poverty

Linking Globalization to Poverty

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Policy Brief No. 2, 2007

AUTHORS:

by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

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Economic Development, Poverty

Protracted Refugee Situations and Peacebuilding

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Policy Brief No. 1, 2007

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by Edward Newman, Gary Troeller, Gil Loescher and James Milner

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Multilateralism Under Challenge?

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Research Brief No. 1, 2006

AUTHORS:

by Edward Newman, John Tirman and Ramesh Thakur

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Using Science and Technology Indicators to support knowledge-based economies

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Policy Brief No. 11, 2006

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by Hugo Hollanders and Robert Tijssen

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Foreign Direct Investment: Key Issues for Promotion Agencies

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Policy Brief No. 10, 2006

AUTHORS:

by Mariana Zanatta, Ionara Costa and Sergey Filippov

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