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Global Perspectives on Gender Equality: Reversing the Gaze (2008)
Book
Kabeer, N., & Stark, A. (Eds.). (2008). Global Perspectives on Gender Equality: Reversing the Gaze. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203938386

The Nordic countries have long been seen as pioneers in promoting gender equality. The book brings together scholars from the global South and post-socialist economies to reflect on Nordic approaches to gender equality. The contributors to the book s... Read More about Global Perspectives on Gender Equality: Reversing the Gaze.

Entrenchment or Enhancement: Could Climate Change Adaptation Help Reduce Chronic Poverty? (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., & Mitchell, T. Entrenchment or Enhancement: Could Climate Change Adaptation Help Reduce Chronic Poverty?. Brighton

In the context of climate change, the poorest people are commonly seen as having the least capacity to adapt. However, to date, there has been a limited examination of the dynamic and differentiated nature of poverty. Through bringing together both t... Read More about Entrenchment or Enhancement: Could Climate Change Adaptation Help Reduce Chronic Poverty?.

Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Human Security: A Commissioned Report for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
O’Brien, K. L., Sygna, L., Leichenko, R., Adger, W. N., Barnett, J., Mitchell, T., Schipper, E. L. F., Tanner, T., Vogel, C., & Mortreux, C. Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Human Security: A Commissioned Report for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project. Oslo

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore, in an effort to ‘contribute to a sharper focus on the processes and decisions that appear to be necessary to protect the wo... Read More about Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and Human Security: A Commissioned Report for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project.

Screening for climate change adaptation: A process to assess and manage the potential impact of climate change on development projects and programmes in China (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Jun, X., & Holman, I. Screening for climate change adaptation: A process to assess and manage the potential impact of climate change on development projects and programmes in China. Brighton

This report describes the development of a screening framework to assist with assessment of climate change impacts and integration of adaptation into development projects. It comprises a systematic step-by-step process for assessing climate change im... Read More about Screening for climate change adaptation: A process to assess and manage the potential impact of climate change on development projects and programmes in China.

WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France (2008)
Journal Article
Shankar, B., Srinivasan, C. S., & Irz, X. (2008). WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France. Review of agricultural economics, 30(1), 151-175. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00397.x

The member countries of the World Health Organization have endorsed its Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and Health. We assess the potential consumption impacts of these norms in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom using a ma... Read More about WHO Dietary Norms: A Quantitative Evaluation of Potential Consumption Impacts in the US, UK and France.

Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence (2008)
Journal Article
Crost, B., & Shankar, B. (2008). Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence. International Journal of Biotechnology, 10(2/3), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBT.2008.018349

The farm-level success of Bt-cotton in developing countries is well documented. However, the literature has only recently begun to recognise the importance of accounting for the effects of the technology on production risk, in addition to the mean ef... Read More about Bt cotton and production risk: panel data evidence.