Reports and Documents

This paper studies the effects of public infrastructure investment in an unbalanced growing economy that is undergoing fundamental changes in the structure of production and employment.

This study re-examines the effects of remittances on the growth of GDP per capita using annual panel data for 24 Asia/Pacific countries. The results generally confirm that remittance flows have been beneficial to economic growth.

The European Commission is finalizing a new proposal for amendments to Europe’s Fuel Quality and renewable Energy Directives that will address indirect land use change (ILUC) and limit support for food-based biofuels.

There is growing recognition that finding appropriate responses to climate change requires a broad understanding and approach beyond the scientific, and that policy reform must be part of a process of social and institutional change. This paper examines one dynamic which underpins this process of change: gender.

Sri Lanka’s Country Vision is to become a global hub between the East and the West and to transition to an upper middle-income country by 2016.

Climate change governance is an increasingly important issue as more organizations are becoming mature in their climate change strategies. While best practices in some areas have emerged, there is little consensus on the most effective way to govern climate change within an organization.

The climate induced forced migration is on the rise, with alarming proportion, though human migration is not new. Coupled with a number of hydrological, geological and socio-economic factors the impacts of climate change have resulted in increased poverty, death, loss of property and more importantly forced migration in Bangladesh.

This IAEA report summarizes nuclear power’s potential role in mitigating global climate change. Also highlights its contribution in addressing development and environment challenges, as well as its current status, including the issues of cost, safety, waste management and nonproliferation.

This report published by Bread for the World shows the progress being made in many countries towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed upon in 2000. It calls for increased focus on ending hunger and extreme poverty as the 2015 MDG deadline approaches, as well as in the post-2015 development framework and goals.

This study draws evidence of loss and damage from five case studies conducted in Bangladesh, Bhutan, The Gambia, Kenya and Micronesia.