Публикации

International actors seeking to consolidate peace and democracy in disrupted states have increasingly recognised the critical importance of establishing the rule of law. Yet r[...]

Algorithmic bias has become a significant issue in the fast- growing field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Even when it is unintentional, algorithmic bia[...]

This policy brief is an outcome of the sixth annual EU–UNU Tokyo Global Forum, "Doing More, Better and Faster: A Global Partnership for Eradicating Poverty", held at United Na[...]

The term accountability has come to be used increasingly these days at the United Nations as a key word in the Secretary- General reports, General Assembly resolutions, etc. H[...]

Resurgent Asia provides an analytical narrative of Asia's incredible economic development, situated in the wider context of historical, political, and social factors. It also [...]

Many of the world's poorest countries can be described as "fragile states" wherein governments cannot or will not provide an environment for households to reduce, mitigate or [...]

Growth, poverty reduction, and social peace are all undermined when public expenditure management and taxation are weak and when the fiscal deficit and public debt are not man[...]

Policy coherence implies that donors in pursuing domestic policy objectives should avoid adversely affecting the development prospects of poor countries. To achieve policy coh[...]

World hunger is prevalent yet receives relatively less attention compared to poverty. The MDGs have taken a step to address this with the resolution of halving the number of s[...]

Although the impacts of violent conflict on investment, production, incomes and inequality have been widely studied on an aggregate level, comparatively less is known about th[...]

What can the less well-off developing countries learn from the "successes" of other developing countries? This Policy Brief highlights successful development strategies and le[...]

This policy brief examines the context, development and future of the human rights regime in the Americas —a region where people in many states have suffered brutal repression[...]

Cambodian academic institutions' insufficient research capacity has been stalling the advancement of the nation's much-needed environmental planning and management. Drawing on[...]

The increasingly destructive weapons and indistinct nature of modern conflicts are further complicating the moral issues of resort to war, and legitimate methods and targets i[...]

Every minute, at least one woman dies from pregnancy and childbirth complications; a further 20 suffer injury, infection or disease. Despite medical advances, and years of pol[...]

Since the 2000s, African cities have witnessed a series of interventions to improve water and sanitation. This brief outlines key lessons learned from the intervention experie[...]

Global challenges have made the world more diffi cult to govern today, compared to 20 years ago. In this context, states can no longer govern alone; they need assistance. The [...]

While globalization brings opportunities for economic growth, international trade creates opportunities for the globaliza- tion of unsafe food. As trade liberaliza- tion opens[...]

Countries under transition from war to peace or from an authoritarian to a democratic regime face fundamental political and social transformations and difficulties in emerging[...]

Education on disasters has tended to focus on disaster response and recovery, as opposed to proactive actions to reduce disaster risk and increase preparedness. Furthermore, d[...]

Water has been a cause of conflict in many Asian countries since ancient times, primarily due to the tensions between increasing demand and decreasing availability and, lately[...]

Transformative change in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) builds on local innovations fostered through adaptive co-management to enable social-ecol[...]

Policymakers face a variety of challenges in implementing the 2030 Agenda. These include translating the SDGs and targets into national priorities, building on synergies and a[...]

A co-benefits approach is a way to achieve several positive outcomes along multiple dimensions through a single policy. It is used in the climate change literature to refer to[...]

This policy brief synthesises strategies for policy coherence, drawing from experiences and lessons in managing socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) wh[...]

Every year the World Risk Report (WRR) features an update of the World Risk Index (WRI), which calculates the vulnerability and exposure to natural hazards of over 170 countri[...]

The 2014 World Risk Report (WRR 2014) systematically considers a country's vulnerability, and its exposure to natural hazards to determine a ranking of countries around the wo[...]