Some 18 million people die annually from poverty-related causes. Many more are suffering grievously from treatable medical conditions. These burdens can be substantially reduced by supplementing the rules governing pharmaceutical innovation. Established by the World Trade Organization's TRIPS...

Collected here in one volume are fifteen cutting-edge essays by leading academics which together clarify and defend the claim that freedom from poverty is a human right with corresponding binding obligations on the more affluent to practice effective poverty avoidance. The nature of human rights...

"Come and Hope with me!" Com essas palavras, o Sul-Africano Mongane Serote chamou a atenção do mundo para a batalha travada por seu povo contra o Apartheid. E com esse mesmo espírito, os leitores são convidados a explorar a edição especial da Política em Foco. Esta edição é dedicada à...

Os projetos de conservação ambiental do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (PNUD) no Brasil apresentam um forte componente de desenvolvimento local e inclusivo e contemplam iniciativas inovadoras de uso sustentável da biodiversidade. Vários são os exemplos de projetos nos...

Mulheres Protagonistas destaca exemplos de mulheres que tomam iniciativas em uma sociedade antagônica. As mulheres protagonistas existem nas barreiras da sociedade, encabeçando uma revolução, já bem estabelecida, de cunho social, cultural e econômico. Essa revolução é voltada,...

The conservation projects managed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Brazil are underpinned by a strong element of inclusive local development, consisting of innovative initiatives regarding the sustainable use of biodiversity. There are many examples of projects in Mangrove,...

Much research to date has tended to view vulnerability (and resilience) by discipline or sector, yet individuals and households experience multiple, interacting and sometimes compound vulnerabilities. Cross-disciplinary thinking is emerging as multi-dimensional vulnerability is likely to come...

The Cadastro Único is the main registry for programmes and policies directed at low-income populations in Brazil. It was formally created in 2001, through the consolidation of a number of different cash transfer programmes. The registry intended to unify, in a single database, the individual...