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Gender & Sexuality | Southern Africa

“I see myself really as a public health activist”: A critical analysis of young people’s voices in the National Health Insurance policy submissions

This paper is an inquiry on the reflections and feelings of young people who were participating in the elaboration of a new healthcare policy (the NHI) in South Africa.

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Environmental Sustainability | Asia

The ASEAN Climate and Energy Paradox

This article deals with the unique paradox of ASEAN countries: On the one hand, they are extremely vulnerable to climate change, probably more than anyone else in terms of regions, but on the other hand, their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change have been very limited.

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Conflict & Security | South Asia

Using Satellite Data and Machine Learning to Study Conflict-Induced Environmental and Socioeconomic Destruction in Data-Poor Conflict Areas: The Case of the Rakhine Conflict

The idea behind this article was to apply new, digital technologies in order to study some of the least accessible places in the world, namely neighbouring regions of Bangladesh and Myanmar. We studied changes over time in environmental, social and economic domains, and explored the causes of these changes (2012-2019).

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Health & Social Welfare | Southeast Asia

Sharing public health data and information across borders: lessons from Southeast Asia

This paper examines technical and policy challenges to the sharing of public health data and information across borders, presenting findings from interviews with stakeholders in Cambodia and Vietnam.

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Crime & Corruption | Asia

Corruption and Good Governance: An Analysis of ASEAN’s E-Governance Experience

The relationship of corruption and governance (traditional and e-governance) from an ASEAN context is assesse. There is a greater focus on e-governance which can improve the potential for good governance, socio economic agents could take advantage.

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Environmental Sustainability

Fisheries decline, local livelihoods and conflicted governance: An Indonesian case

This research tracks the impacts over time of poor regulation of commercial fisheries on fishers’ livelihoods in both the intersecting commercial and small-scale artesanal sectors in a marine resource dependent coastal community in Indonesia.

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Conflict & Security | Asia

“Business for Peace” (B4P): can this new global governance paradigm of the United Nations Global Compact bring some peace and stability to the Korean peninsula?

Is there a way to bring some peace and stability to the Korean peninsula with the power of business? I argue it is possible, and the article outlines the way forward.

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Food Security & Agriculture | Southeast Asia

Forest plantation development, poverty and inequality in Laos: A dynamic CGE microsimulation analysis

This article tries to develop a novel approach, a new economic model, in order to assess Lao government policy regarding forestry management.

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Economic Development

Business (not) for peace: Incentives and disincentives for corporate engagement on good governance and peaceful development in the African context

This research is a review piece that examines assumptions about the private sector and its peace and development impact, and also questions those assumptions that are underlying major policy instruments, particularly in Europe.

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Human Rights | Southern Africa

The study of public participation in Cato Minor during and between elections, 2018-2019

The study was made to look at how the people of Cato Minor viewed public participation, if they were aware of it and if they knew what it was about.

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Media Freedom | Southern Africa

Frames and Marginalisation of Counter-hegemonic Voices: Media Representation of the Land Debate in South Africa

Because of its location in the capitalist power structures, the South African commercial press is unable to play a democratizing role for the marginalised and voiceless in society. Instead, it reinforces the interests of the powerful societal forces.

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Food Security & Agriculture | Sub-Saharan Africa

Building the resilience of food production systems of small scale farmers in the context of climate change in rural Zambia: the case of Kafwambila village in Sinazongwe district, Southern Zambia

I went to a drought prone area to find out if people were aware of the concept of climate change at the local level and its impacts on them, in terms of the crops they grow, the livestock they raise, how they’re coping and what interventions can be made to help them cope better with the impacts of climate change.

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Economic Development | Southern Africa

How the Private sector can Address the Issue of Gender-based Violence

There is a need for a multidisciplinary approach involving anthropologists, philosophers, political scientists, sociologists, basically all types of social scientists. The problem of gender-based violence also needs to be framed properly, and it needs to be narrowed down to its roots components.

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Gender & Sexuality | Southern Africa

Role of economic development cooperatives in improving the livelihoods of women in Gauteng, South Africa

The limitations of neoliberal politics and economic globalisation have contributed to feminisation of poverty in Global South countries. The implementation of cooperatives has played a visible role in localising the economy and addressing poverty amongst women, and this paper attempts to advance empirical evidence in the field of social development and feminisation of poverty.

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Economic Development | Sub-Saharan Africa

Shared Value Africa Initiative Report

This is a report carried out to understand how businesses in South Africa and Kenya perceive shared value as a management strategy.

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Economic Development | Southern Africa

The Role of Local Economic Development and Environmental Health in the Emerging Funeral Home Sector in Mpumalanga, South Africa

The efforts of the different parts of the chain from undertaker, to environmentalist to local government are too disaggregated. There needs to be better coordination, because access to undertakers is very important for families when their close ones die.

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