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Time to face the facts

Biofuels have been put forward as a way to reduce carbon emissions and tackle climate change. ActionAid believes they will not serve as the solution to either of these challenges. 

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False Solutions for Real Problems

Rich countries are showing little political will to agree to second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol at the upcoming Durban meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

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Inequality; why it matters and what can be don.

ActionAid commissioned this report on to draw together existing ActionAid cross country research on different inequalities and the potential of redistributive policies. The aim is to provide a basis

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Climate Resilient Sustainable Agriculture: Experiences from ActionAid and its partners

This document summarises ActionAid's main approaches to and key pillars of climate resilient sustainable agriculture, with case studies from six countries. 

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The Case of the Exogenous Shocks Facility and the Extended Credit Facility to Malawi and their effects on the Poor in Malawi

This report is a critical analysis of how the International Monetary Fund’s new wave of loans to Malawi, the Exogenous Shock Facility (ESF) and the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) fall short as long

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Food Policy Update from Rome - Issue 10, Dec 2011

Food Policy Updates from Rome aims to provide an up-to-date information on the global food governance system and strategic activities of ActionAid and IFSN.

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Don’t COP Out! Compensate for Climate Chaos

Success at the upcoming 17th Conference of Parties (COP 17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban, South Africa, in large part depends on the willingness of

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Don't COP Out!

Don't COP Out!This report highlights the devestating impacts climate change is having on developing countries and outlines the crucial decisions which need to be made by developed countires during the

Women and the city

This report uses participatory methods to measure safety developed by a range of organisations in the “safe cities movement” to document the lives of women whose knowledge and views of their urban

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Country Successes in Reducing Hunger: How they did it, and why other donors and governments should change policy

 This background paper was commissioned by the Right to Food Theme at ActionAid International. It is published in order to share widely the research findings as they relate to national government and