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Microfinance and Gender Empowerment (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Ngo, T. M., & Wahhaj, Z. Microfinance and Gender Empowerment

In the past 30 years, microfinance has carried many promises of social and economic transformation, with the shift towards targeting women being seen as a major strategic move through which the promise of social development could be most e¤ectively d... Read More about Microfinance and Gender Empowerment.

Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Back, E., Cameron, C., & Tanner, T. Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward. Brighton

This report reviews child-focused and child-led disaster risk reduction approaches and techniques. It documents a number of case studies across a range of interventions, dividing these into three main areas: Knowledge, Voice and Action. It makes some... Read More about Children and Disaster Risk Reduction: Taking stock and moving forward.

Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro? (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Reade, J. J., & Volz, U. Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro?. Oxford

This paper considers the costs and benefits of Sweden joining the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). We pay particular attention to the costs of abandoning the krona in terms of a loss of monetary policy independence. For this purpose, we ap... Read More about Too Much to Lose, or More to Gain? Should Sweden Join the Euro?.

Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth? (2009)
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Davies, M., Guenther, B., Leavy, J., Michell, T., & Tanner, T. Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?. Brighton

Reliance on subsistence agriculture means the impact of stresses and shocks (such as droughts or floods) are felt keenly by rural poor people, who depend directly on food system outcomes for their survival, with profound implications for the security... Read More about Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Social Protection: Complementary Roles in Agriculture and Rural Growth?.

Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Tanner, T., Mitchell, T., Polack, E., & Guenther, B. Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities. Brighton

Rapidly expanding urban settlements in the developing world face severe climatic risks in light of climate change. Urban populations will increasingly be forced to cope with increased incidents of flooding, air and water pollution, heat stress and ve... Read More about Urban Governance for Adaptation: Assessing Climate Change Resilience in Ten Asian Cities.

Private Sector Participation in African Infrastructure: Is it Worth the Risk? (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Bayliss, K. Private Sector Participation in African Infrastructure: Is it Worth the Risk?. Brasilia, Brazil

Policies to promote privatisation in developing-country infrastructure gained momentum in the early 1990s as donors grew increasingly frustrated with efforts to strengthen public sector services that continued to fail. The strategy was intended to br... Read More about Private Sector Participation in African Infrastructure: Is it Worth the Risk?.

Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Mitchell, T., Tanner, T., & Haynes, K. Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine. Brighton

This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the traditional development approaches which perceive children a... Read More about Children as Agents for Disaster Risk Reduction: Lessons from El Salvador and The Philippine.

The Prince of Nusa's Vow: a Balinese Arja-Prèmbon Play (2009)
Preprint / Working Paper
Hobart, M. The Prince of Nusa's Vow: a Balinese Arja-Prèmbon Play

The text and translation of a Balinese Arja-Prèmbon theatre play with detailed commentary by the actors and members of the audience. This is the basic text for a forthcoming monograph to which a critical analysis will be added shortly.