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An Extractive Affair

Malawi, the poorest country in the world, has lost out on US$43 million in revenue over the last six years, from a single company: the Australian mining company Paladin. This money has been lost

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ActionAid Myanmar Annual Report 2014 - Power in Partnerships

2014: A YEAR OF BUILDING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS2014 was a year dedicated to building and consolidating partnerships at all levels in order to deepen and broaden our outreach further. We were particularly

New Alliance, New Risk of Land Grabs

Ten African countries have signed up to the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition – the G8 countries’ main strategy for supporting agriculture in Africa that was launched in 2012. As the New

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Caught in the Net: How “net-zero emissions” will delay real climate action and drive land grabs.

United Nations (UN) climate negotiations must urgently and equitably address climate change, and lead to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases if our planet is to have any hope of stabilising

Act On It!

Over the past 15 years, large investors have acquired tens of millions of hectares of land in developing countries. This report details how governments can use these four steps with a checklist of

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The Role of the EU in ensuring Global Tax Justice

This paper, a part of the "Spotlight on EU Policy Coherence for Development" series, identifies and elaborates key reforms of the international tax system that the EU must push for ahead of the Addis

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Pitfalls and Potentials the Role of Bioenergy in the EU Climate and Energy Policy Post 2020

The new European Commission, led by President Jean-Claude Juncker, has made the fightagainst global warming one of the EU’s key priorities. Two central pillars of European actionon climate change are

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Charting a New Course: Overcoming the stalemate in Gaza

In 2014, after unprecedented destruction and suffering in Gaza, international donors pledged $3.5bn and a change in approach. Six months later, reconstruction and recovery have barely begun, there has

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Policy brief: delivering Women farmers' right

The 2003 Maputo Declaration on Food and Agriculture committed signatory countries across Africa to a 10% allocation of national budgets to agriculture by 2008. To bolster the implementation of this

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Contract farming and out-grower schemes

Out-grower schemes (often referred to as contract farming in academic and other literature) are an important component of many current public-private partnerships (PPPs) in developing countries