The Relevance of Western Research to Developing Countries: Narrowing the North-South Divide in Drug Policy and Practice

2016 ◽  
pp. 543-557
Author(s):  
Isidore Silas Obot
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Drug Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
The North

scholarly journals CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TOWARDS GREENER ENVIRONMENT IN THE WORLD

2017 ◽  
pp. 22-32
Author(s):  
Mayuri Pandya ◽  
Binod Das
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
International Relations ◽  
International System ◽  
Green House ◽  
The North ◽  
Green House Gas ◽  
Developed Nations ◽  
Stockholm Conference ◽  
North And South

Climate change is a multi-dimensional global problem. Its causes and impacts are distributed and felt across the International system, surpassing the traditional boundaries and jurisdictions of the states. The complex politics of climate change results from the global economy's interdependence on green house gas emissions. This paper attempts to explore the politics of climate change between developed and developing countries, International relations practice and environment issues in various International conferences. The historical perspective of climate change issues eliberated since Stockholm conference to the latest Paris conference is analysed. Adaptation, mitigation, finance, technology all these issues are highlighted in the paper. The paper has viewed that the International policy on environment is being shaped by inequality of bargaining power between the North and South. The developing countries under the leadership of India have taken firm position against the developed nations on the issue of green house gas emission, funding and technology, the paper has argued. Towards the end, this paper has focused on possible measures to address the problems of climate change through foreign policy initiatives, trade and investment, adaptation and mitigation.

scholarly journals Gender and Agricultural Practice in Developing Countries: Literature Review

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Bukola Chete
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Gender Issues ◽  
The Body ◽  
Agricultural Practice ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Agricultural Work ◽  
Agricultural Enterprise ◽  
And Gender

Aims: This paper reviews the body of evidence on gender and agriculture and gender and enterprise (including farm enterprise) development in developing countries. Results: The resurgence of interest on the influence of gender and its subsequent mainstreaming into social and economic programmes and in particular, agricultural policy and practice, is largely a development of the 1990s and beyond. The extant body of literature on gender and agriculture is dominated by the liberal feminist construction that women are the disadvantaged group regarding resources such as time, assets (particularly land and credit) and household burden,Agricultural development would be facilitated if both men and women have equal access to resources for use in agricultural work. Conclusion: There is no unique pathway for bringing this about nor are there singular notions of success. Indeed, gender issues should be integrated into the agricultural enterprise from the beginning on the back of broad-based needs assessment schemes. Recommendation: The range of gender issues requiring intervention should include progressive identification and systematic dismantling of socio-cultural, ideological, institutional and legal barriers to equal participation of men and women in agricultural enterprise, orientating and skilling extension workers on gender issues and developing women and men cadre in extension services to cater to the specific needs of each gender and creating equal opportunities in education, employment and politics taking account of the realities of both gender.

Law & Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Böckenförde ◽  
Berihun A. Gebeye
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Comprehensive Investigation ◽  
Law And Development ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Policy Field ◽  
Development Practice

Law and development (L&D) is a dynamic academic and policy field. Since the second half of the twentieth century, anthropologists, lawyers, economists, and political scientists have taken a special interest in L&D. Due to such multidisciplinary engagement and its dynamism, L&D is at once a field or discipline of inquiry, an approach or way of thinking, a phenomenon to be observed, and a funding device to be deployed in development practice. In this chapter, by going beyond the conventional narratives of L&D studies, the authors examine the idea of development and law, along with their interactions in the context of L&D at national and international levels. This comprehensive investigation shows the deeper theoretical, political, ideological, and legal perspectives that underpin and structure the scholarship, policy, and practice of law and development. The chapter then critically reviews the three moments of L&D, which have their distinct common features, and suggest why L&D should contribute more actively to forming concepts of development, rather than building on current understandings. Additionally, while the authors recognize that L&D has had a particular association with the development agenda of ‘developing’ countries, they argue that it may also be applied to the ‘developed’ on a range of issues, such as reducing inequality and ensuring sustainable development.

Conclusion

2021 ◽  
pp. 144-158
Author(s):  
Rumela Sen
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Democratic Consolidation ◽  
The State ◽  
Peace Studies ◽  
The North ◽  
Rebel Groups

This chapter examines the scope, conditions, and applicability of the theory of rebel retirement through informal exit networks beyond India. It considers the scholarly implications of this book on areas of conflict and peace studies, as well as for democratic consolidation in developing countries. It also examines how the North-South variation in India can suggest some actionable policy instruments to bring militant disengagement, particularly in cases where a ceasefire between the state and rebels has not produced complete demobilization of rebel groups. Policymakers concerned with weaning rebels away from extremism might therefore find these conclusions useful.

Uneasy Dialogue

2019 ◽  
pp. 254-300
Author(s):  
Giuliano Garavini
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
International Negotiations ◽  
The North ◽  
International Economic Cooperation ◽  
Oil Shock ◽  
The Revolution

Chapter 6 describes the failure of international negotiations between petrostates, key oil consumers, and developing countries during the Conference for International Economic Cooperation (also known as the North–South dialogue) held in Paris from 1975 to 1977. The chapter concludes with the “second oil shock” of 1979–80 that coincided with the revolution in Iran and the beginning of war between Iraq and Iran, and ends describing the failure of OPEC’s Long Term Strategy sealed at the OPEC Conference in Bali in December 1980.

The Role of Evidence in the US Response to the Opioid Crisis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M Sharfstein ◽  
Yngvild Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Drug Policy ◽  
National Institutes Of Health ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
The Us ◽  
Vested Interests ◽  
New Research

Abstract The National Institutes of Health is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into new research on opioids. As these studies yield insights and results, their results will have to change policy and practice before they can bend the curve of the epidemic. However, the US does not have a strong track record of translating evidence on drug policy into action. Three reasons for the translation gap are the historical legacy of drugs in the US, vested interests, and politics. Researchers can become engaged in policy and political processes to strengthen the US response.

WTO Rules and Agricultural Development Cooperation between Developed and Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Won-Mog Choi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Development Cooperation ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
The North ◽  
Actionable Subsidies

For many developed countries with confined land resources and high costs of labour, agricultural farming in foreign territories provides attractive business opportunities. Such investment projects will also be welcomed by many hosting developing countries given the substantial effect of economic development and employment. In this sense, agricultural development cooperation at an international level could contribute to the solution of the North-South problem. Notwithstanding this necessity and potential contribution, it is doubtful whether the current WTO legal system can fully support this type of cooperation. Various governmental supports involving the cooperation projects could be determined as prohibited or actionable subsidies as well as discriminatory measures. WTO provisions regarding the special and differential treatment for the developing economies are of no help. This paper identifies legal problems involving agricultural development cooperation between developed and developing countries and explores ways to interpret relevant WTO rules and to amend them in order to solve the problems.

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