Infrastructure investment and climate change: twin development challenges
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Promoting more efficient agriculture: legal form of Slovakian farms
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Towards water-resilient cities in Africa
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Financing conservation: making the business case for protected areas
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Open defecation, anaemia, and the challenges of improving sanitation
Open defecation, which remains common in India, has many costly and terrible consequences for human health. These...
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Promoting better nutrition for adolescent girls in poor countries
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