An inter regional water resources planning model
Increasing competition for the Republic of South Africa’s (RSA) scarce and unevenly distributed water resources necessitates a planning strategy to cope with inter regional water scarcity. The RSA Na
Organisation: 1st WARFSA/WaterNet Symposium: Sustainable Use of Water Resources; Maputo
Publish Date: November 2000
Analyzing Urban Poverty: A Summary of Methods and Approaches
In recent years an extensive body of literature has emerged on the definition, measurement and analysis of poverty. Much of this literature focuses on analyzing poverty at the national level, or spat
Organisation: The World Bank
Publish Date: September 2004
Anti-obesity drugs: past, present and future
To succeed in developing drugs that control body weight to the extent seen following surgical intervention, it seems obvious that a new paradigm is needed. In other therapeutic arenas, such as diabet
Organisation: University of Leeds, Munich and Technical University, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool
Publish Date: 2012
Anticipating the Future: A Political Agenda for Global Economic Governance
In the next fifty years, world population will increase by fifty percent from the 6 billion people currently to 9 billion, leveling off after 2050. All the population increase will come from poor cou
Organisation: The Brookings Institution
Publish Date: June 2004
Anticipatory Democracy and Aspirational Futures
Anticipatory democracy is Alvin Toffler's prescription for humanity's response to the challenges of the future in his 1970 bestselling book, Future Shock. A few years after Future Shock was published
Organisation: Institute for Alternative Futures, USA
Publish Date: November 2010
Application of Virtual Reality Methods to Obesity Prevention and Management Research
There is a great need for empirical evidence to inform clinical prevention and management of overweight and obesity. Application of virtual reality (VR) methods to this research agenda could present
Organisation: Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute
Publish Date: 2011
Applying Gender Action Plan Lessons: A Three-Year Road Map for Gender Mainstreaming (2011- 2013)
This transition plan identifies key lessons from the implementation of the World Bank Group action plan, Gender Equality as Smart Economics (GAP), and sets out a proposal to improve the performance o
Organisation: Gender and Development, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network
Publish Date: May 2010
Applying the ecological footprint to ecotourism scenarios
Academic interest in ecotourism has grown rapidly in recent years, fuelled by the increasing popularity of ecotourism holidays. This paper adopts ecological footprint (EF) analysis as a means of esti
Organisation: Department of Geography and Environment, University of Aberdeen
Publish Date: January 2006
ASGISA: is the Bar Set High Enough?
The aim of the paper is to reflect on some of the more important lessons with particular regard to the impact of infrastructure investment for attaining the AsgiSA targets, both for growth as well as
Organisation: TIPS; Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Publish Date: 2010
Assessing Progress in Africa toward the Millennium Development Goals
This report provides the latest update on Africa’s progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) including tracking the progress of eradicating poverty.
Organisation: ECA, AUC, AfDB, UNDPRBA
Publish Date: 2011