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Fragile states index annual report 2017
The Fragile States Index, produced by The Fund for Peace, is a critical tool in highlighting not only the normal pressures that all states experience, but also in identifying when those pressures are pushing
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African economic outlook 2017
<p>The 16th edition of the African Economic Outlook highlights the fact that Africa’s economic performance is reflecting the perils of the global economy. The region’s real GDP growth slowed
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Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017: governance and fiscal management
Although the recent economic expansion of countries in Asia and the Pacific has been steady, it is modest compared with the recent historical trend owing to prolonged weak external demand, rising trade
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Fragile States Index Methodology 2017
<p>The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking of 178 countries based on the different pressures they face that impact their levels of fragility. The Index is based on The Fund for Peace’s
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Sudan and UN Sign the UN Development Assistance Framework for 2018-2021
Khartoum- Government of Sudan and UN signed yesterday the UN Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) for 2018-2021, which is the planning framework for UN development collaboration in Sudan over the
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Through the looking glass: A practical path to improving healthcare through transparency
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/Health_index.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This first global assessment of its kind
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2017 Global Food Policy Report
IFPRI’s flagship report reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017 at the global and regional levels. This year’s report
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World Water Development Report 2017: wastewater- the untapped resource
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/image/20071031/34.jpg" style="width: 340px; height: 189px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />This report shows that improved wastewater management is as much
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Blueprint for an EU cycling strategy
This draft blueprint document for an EU Cycling Strategy is the first time ever that, in a consolidated manner, all EU policies that have a direct or indirect link to cycling, have been collected in one
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Resource efficiency: potential and economic implications
This report analyzes four paths that countries could take over the next three decades, ranging from business as usual to a scenario where countries adopt both ambitious climate policies and improve resource