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Green Economy and Beyond – Case Studies in Guangzhou, China
China's rapid economic growth has led to a gap between urban and rural development, environmental pollution and the marginalization of traditional farming. Two cases in Guangzhou in Guangdong province, southern China—a government programme and a non-governmental initiative—show how the local government and the public are trying to connect the green economy agenda with other sustainable development objectives, including poverty reduction, food security and social protection. ... more

Film on "Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social" Now Online
Green Economy and Sustainable Development: Bringing Back the Social is the first of six films in the series "Bringing the Social to Rio+20". ... more

UNRISD Tribute to Khoo Khay Jin (1948 - 2011)
The community of social science scholars in Malaysia and around the world is saddened at the news of the death of Khoo Khay Jin, an outstanding social scientist, a leading public intellectual and an out-of-the-box thinker.... more

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  29 Nov 2011, UNRISD Room D-19, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
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  24 - 25 Oct 2011, EHPAD P.S.A. de Grenelle, Rue Violet 57, 75015 Paris
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