World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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Displacement and dispossession through land grabbing in Mozambique: the limits of international and national legal instruments
A debate exists regarding the limits of international law to influence state behaviour. Some attribute these limits to the inability of law to compel states to incorporate norms into domestic legal frameworks.
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The millennium development goals report 2014
Fourteen years ago, the Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of many and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and
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Question raised in Rajya Sabha on National Rural Livelihood Mission, 07/07/2014
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on National Rural Livelihood Mission, 07/07/2014.
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Preventing malnutrition in post-conflict, Food insecure settings: A case study from South Sudan
<p>Decades of civil conflict compound the challenges of food insecurity in South Sudan and contribute to persistent, high levels of child malnutrition. As efforts to prevent child malnutrition continue,
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Roadmap for strengthening forest and farm producer organizations
The aim of this policy brief is to spread the word about forest and farm producer organizations and their increasing role in helping smallholders improve their economic and social well-being while managing
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Risk of cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women with prior pregnancy loss: The Women’s Health Initiative
Metabolic, hormonal, and hemostatic changes associated with pregnancy loss (stillbirth and miscarriage) may contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adulthood. This study evaluated
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Inequality is bad for growth of the poor
The paper assesses the impact of overall inequality, as well as inequality among the poor and among the rich, on the growth rates along various percentiles of the income distribution. The analysis uses
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CpG sites associated with cigarette smoking: Analysis of epigenome-wide data from the Sister Study
Smoking increases the risk of many diseases, and it is also linked to blood DNA methylation changes that may be important in disease etiology. The objective of the study was to identify novel CpG sites
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Rural prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross sectional study
Recent studies in India indicate rising trends of diabetes even in rural areas. Continuous monitoring of the diabetes situation is required by repeated cross sectional studies in different parts of the
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Global strategic trends - Out to 2045
This fifth edition of Global Strategic Trends (GST 5) aims to describe possible futures to provide a strategic context for policy- and decision-makers across Government. Thirteen broad thematic areas have