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March 13, 2008
File icon International Trade in Biofuels: Good for Development and Environment? Dufey, Briefing IIED 2007

Biofuels are heating up debates and energising activities on many policy fronts. On the surface, they offer significant opportunities to pursue environment and development goals both globally and domestically. There are both synergies and trade-offs be ...

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March 13, 2008
File icon Promises and Challenges of Biofuels, Keynote Address, Joachim von Braun, IFPRI 2007

A comprehensive policy framework will be fundamental to developing biofuels in such a way that they contribute towards energy security and environmental sustainability, and are pro-poor.

Such a framework requires three pillars:

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March 12, 2008
File icon Biofuels - Opportunity or Threat to the Poor? Issue Paper, SDC July 2007

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Rising demand for energy in emerging countries, dependence on oil from politically unstable regions and expected fossil fuel shortages have made energy security an increasingly critical issue. In addition, the projected impacts of clim ...

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March 11, 2008
File icon Biofuels: The Promise and the Risks, Policy Brief from World Development Report 2008, World Bank 2007

AGRICULTURE FOR DEVELOPMENT POLICY BRIEF

Biofuels offer a potential source of renewable energy and could lead to large new markets for agricultural producers. However, few current biofuel programs are economically viable, and most have social ...

Original Resource Location (Source): http://go.worldbank.org/5AI2GS29Q0
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March 10, 2008
File icon BMZ Discussion paper on agrofuels, March 2008

Development policy stance on agrofuels- Discussion paper -

Over the past few years, agrofuels have increasingly been used in the transport sector as an alternative to fossil fuels, in the hope that this will help achieve climate protection goal ...

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February 26, 2008
File icon M. Ravallion, World Bank; Lessons for Africa from China, Feb-2008
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February 26, 2008
File icon Prof Li, China Agricultural University: Chinas aid in Africa: an overview,Feb-2008
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February 26, 2008
File icon Guoliang, China State Council: rural poverty reuction in China, Feb-2008
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February 26, 2008
File icon Huang Chengwai, International POverty Reduction centre: Pro-poor development policies in China,Feb-2008
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February 7, 2008
File icon Ottawa ARD group proposal 2008

The article deals with the meeting of a multi-stakeholder caucus in Ottawa on February 5th which –based on the outcomes of the case study session 4 on sector approaches, roles and voices of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs)- came to the co ...

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