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A Multi-Scale Approach to Land Governance in Complex Cultural, Environmental and Institutional Contexts. Development of a Comparative GIS Methodology Linking Land Use, Land Cover and Land Tenure from the Cases of Bolivia and the Lao PDR

How can a geographical information system methodology contribute to address the governance of natural resources in terms of conservation and development?
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Mountlennium: Reaching Millennium Development Goals through Regional Mountain Governance

To what extent can regional governance architectures of mountainous areas contribute to achieving the Millenium Development Goals in terms of integration of sustainable development principles and of reduction of biodiversity loss?
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Socio-ecological Networks and Resilience of Vulnerable Communities to Global Environmental Change: an Arctic-Alpine Comparison of Social Network Governance (ArcAlpNet)

How can social network analysis help in understanding resilience to global environmental changes in the isolated mountain and Arctic island communities?
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Large Scale Land Acquisitions in Southeast Asia: Rural Transformations between Global Agendas and Peoples’ Right to Food

How can potentially negative effects on local populations of large-scale land acquisitions be mitigated and what could institutions do to protect human rights of the affected population?
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Mainstream Migration, Scientific Diasporas and Development – Impact of Return Skilled Migration on Development in India

What are the patterns and impacts on the development of return skilled migration and how can the potential of scientific diasporas best be exploited for development?
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Enhancing the Capabilities of the Most Vulnerable: Pilot Project on Inequalities in Human Development in Bamako and Accra

How can a capability based approach help explain the widening gap in development and what insights can be derived to combat poverty efficiently?
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Rethinking the Millennium Development Goals: Stakeholders’ Perceptions and Strategic Choices

How do developing countries set priorities and define realistically achievable goals within the millennium development goals?
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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry: the Implications of ‘Soft Governance’ for Labor Standards

How do transnational corporate social responsibility standards influence and shape labor conditions in the electronics manufacturing industry in China and Taiwan?
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Development Myths in Practice: the ”Femininisation” of Anti-poverty Policies and International Organisations. The Cases of Brazil, the Philippines and Mozambique

What are the effects of gender-based international development programs in Brazil, the Philippines and Mozambique?
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Transnational Senegalese Migration, Integration and Development: A Comparative Analysis of Migrant Organisations in Four European Receiving Context

What are the roles played by migrant organisations in the context of transnational Senegalese migration, integration and development?
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