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Climate Change Education from the Perspective of Social Norms. A Systematic Review

One of the most challenging problems of society today is climate change. Faced with this problem, people must change the way they behave to mitigate the effects of climate change and adapt to them. Su...

Worldwide effects of climate change education on the cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors of schoolchildren an...

Climate change is a pressing global issue, and educating young generations about its causes, consequences, and potential solutions is crucial for fostering sustainable practices; mitigating and adapti...

Vietnam at a crossroads: avoiding the middle-income trap while addressing climate challenges

Following three decades of strong growth (7% on average) which enabled the country to eradicate extreme poverty and reach middle-income status, Vietnam continues to offer highly attractive prospects....

Terrieux

Vigato

A scoping study on coastal vulnerability to relative sealevel rise in the Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea's low-lying soft coastline is highly vulnerable to coastal erosion and relative sea-level rise (rSLR). Large capital cities and core economic activities are concentrated along the c...

The challenges of the demographic dividend for African countries

The implementation of population related public policies in Africa will only have the anticipated effects if a certain number of issues are tackled: harmful traditional practices, the stereotypes rega...

Improving the identification of multiple causes of death in the absence of death certificates

Health developments represent a challenge for healthcare systems and public policy alike. High-income countries developed the multiplecauses-of-death approach, which takes into account all the causes...

Riche

Interventions in Contexts of Armed Conflict

Recent experience shows that development projects must avoid various pitfalls when working to stabilize conflict zones. Mediation, reintegration, and negotiation projects must not neglect political mo...

Savoye

Conflict prediction using Kernel density estimation

Being able to assess conflict risk at local level is crucial for preventing political violence or mitigating its consequences. This paper develops a new approach for predicting the timing and location...

Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Trade: An Empirical Analysis

The paper proposes an empirical analysis of the determinants of the adoption of intellectual property rights (IPR) and their impact on innovation in manufacturing. The analysis is conducted with panel...

Poggi

Youth of Niger: entrepreneurship between struggle and norms renegotiation

Niger’s 10-year focus on youth entre-preneurship has achieved limited results. It needs to be better funded, coordinated and complemented by a more holistic industrial policy and si-gnificant improvem...

Youth of Niger: schooling and training as useful tools for inclusion

Education and training can help drive escapes from poverty, and education policy needs to understand and deal with each barrier to this goal. Govern-ment and donors need to allocate in-creased budgets...

Youth of Niger: migration as a double-edged sword for labour inclusion

Migration is a major livelihood strate-gy for young men in Niger, with the potential to aid household escapes from poverty. However, there are obstacles to achieving sustained poverty escapes that nee...

Social Assistance for Informal workers

This paper exposes the measures extended to informal workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study analyzes two South-American countries which have a high percentage of informality, Colombia and Bra...