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An overview of Lagoro IDP camp in Kitgum District, northern Uganda, 20 May 2007. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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  1. Synergies between REDD+ and adaptive capacity at the local level - a Ghana case study

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 18 May 2012
    William McFarland
    This case study uses the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework developed by the African Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) to compare how REDD+ strategy options may impact LAC in Ghana. It analyses not only how REDD+ may affect the provision of assets necessary for adapting to climate change, but also the role of REDD+ in building processes and functions that develop the adaptive capacity of people at the local level.
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  2. Strengthening pro-poor targeting of investments by African utilities in urban water and sanitation - the role of the International Development Association of the World Bank

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 29 February 2012
    Peter Newborne, Josephine Tucker and Kate Bayliss
    This report presents findings from research into the impact of selected projects on water supply and sanitation (WSS) services in urban areas of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with particular emphasis on the way in which poor areas and households are included in those investments.
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  9. Youth vulnerabilities and adaptation: Exploring the impact of macro-level shocks on youth: 3F (food, fuel, financial) crisis and climate change in Ghana, Mozambique and Vietnam

    Publication - Research reports and studies - 2 May 2011
    Paola Pereznieto with Christiana Gbedemah, Paula Monjane, Gisa Roesen, Caroline Harper and Nicola Jones
    This report presents a synthesis of the methods and findings of a participatory study in Ghana, Mozambique and Vietnam, which aims to fill the knowledge gap on the social impacts of crises on youth, and to ascertain their perspectives on their vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms, with a particular focus on those resulting from the global triple-F crisis and climate change.
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