This paper is the

This report is the outcome of a research project by the Centre for Social Development (CSD) for the Department of Land Resources (DoLR). The National Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) policy, issued in 2007, recognizes the need to carry out Social Impact Assessment (SIA) as part of the resettlement planning and implementation processes.

This paper specifically describes the urbanization experience of
Brazil, by far the largest country in Latin America, and which has
attained levels of urbanization that surpass those of most European
countries.

This new global study by Carbon Disclosure Project based on survey of 291 largest transport companies which include road, rail, sea and air transport reveals that majority of transport firms are not adapting to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

In the current context of economic instability, young men and women today face increasing uncertainty in their hopes of making a satisfactory labour market transition. Clearly, the global economic crisis has further exposed the fragility of youth in the labour market.

This report on the recent national level round-table on metro rail systems in Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Mumbai and Pune organised by Parisar presents the experiences by experts on metro rail systems in these cities and also their concerns & ways of moving forward.

This 2010 edition of Key World Energy Statistics by IEA consists of global data up to 2008 and when available up to 2009, for energy production, trade, transformation and consumption, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and energy prices.

This review of World Bank’s water strategy, calls for better information and an integrated approach to water management. It calls for renewed emphasis on integration of new technologies, hydro power; climate change adaptation, agriculture and sanitation. It also describes implementation of the strategy on the ground within seven countries and provides regional cases.

Microcredit/microfinance as a poverty alleviation strategy: implications for right to food and livelihoods (Note for Fourth National Convention of Right to Food and Work Campaign, August 2010).