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42 Cards in this Set
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Over 90% of civil wars in the 2000s occured in countries that had previously had one in the last 30 years |
Wolf 2011 |
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"There is conflict and instability in developing countries because people are not only denied their biological needs but also psychological needs that relate to growth and development" |
Burton 1997 |
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Africa has 54% of the world's platinum, 20% of gold, 40% chromium and 78% of the world's diamond reserves |
African Development Bank 2008 |
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200mill Africans have no access to proper healthcare |
Ikejaku 2009 |
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Conflict causes as many deaths in Africa each year as epidemic diseases and is responsible for more deaths + displacements than famine or flood |
Report for the Commission of Africa 2005 |
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There are 13mill displaced people in Africa, particularly due to conflict, and 3.5mill refugees |
Report for the Commission of Africa 2005 |
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The Naval operation to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa + Indian Ocean costs between $1.3-$2bill a year |
Wolf 2011 |
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In 2010, Shell transferred over £102,000 to a group credibly linked to militia violence in Nigeria |
Smith 2011 |
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Corruption is the abuse of public office for private gain |
World Bank |
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Social movement is a form of political association between persons who are connected to others in common purpose and who come together to effect social change in the name of that purpose |
James et al. 2014 |
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Gender is the socially constructed roles and socially learned behaviours + expectations of men and women in a particular society |
World Bank 2001 |
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Political geography - to some, it is the study of political territorial units, borders and administrative subdivisions...to others [it is] the study of political processes |
Jones et al. 2004 |
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Support given by warlord Charles Taylor to the RUF allowed 150,000 carats of diamond to be exported from Sierra Leone to Belgium annually between 1994-1998 |
Berman 2001 |
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2300 cubic metres of oil is spilled in 300 annual incidents in Nigeria |
NPC |
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42% of young indians have paid a bribe |
Hindustan 2012 |
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The % of oil revenues refunded to the producing regions in Nigeria fell from 50% in 1970 to 20% in 1979 |
UNDP 2006 |
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91mill people don't have access to safe water in India |
Water Aid |
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At present only 32% of the population of Bangladesh is connected to grid electricity |
Rahman 2006 |
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Some development agencies and NGOs in Bangladesh use solar home system projects which can use low-cost solar panels and battery chargers that can be maintained in local conditions |
Wong 2007 |
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Over 85% of primary school-age children are now receiving a basic education although this drops to 62% in West + Central Africa |
UNICEF report |
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Climate finance is known as the transfer of funds from the global north to south to help developing countries deal with the unavoidable impacts of climate change |
Friends of the Earth 2010 |
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Forests are targeted as a mitigation strategy because 17% of global emissions come from deforestation |
IPCC 2007 |
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Community forest projects are often seen as 'pro-woman' because women are primarily users + managers of forest resources |
Mwakaje 2013 |
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Social constraints (tree-planting) because in Uganda, there is belief that if a woman plants a Mutuba tree, her husband will become impotent |
Banana Et al. 2012 |
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Gendered division of labour + social expectation traps women at home and restricts their physical mobility |
Chant 2002 |
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All of the gender + climate finance stuff |
Wong (2014) |
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Women have limited access to loans, credit and services because they arent entitled to land rights |
Bernier et al. 2013 |
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Many adaptation practices build on women's unpaid labour + their involvement only increases their workload without properly addressing their strategic needs |
Nelson et al. 2002 |
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SMS message warnings in Bangladesh are no longer word-based - now have +ve and -ve symbols to indicate flood intensity |
IISD 2011 |
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Gender mainstreaming is assessing the implications for men+women of any planned action including legislation, policies or programmes |
UNDP 2008 |
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Women make up 70% of the world's poor |
MacGregor 2010 |
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More women live in rural areas than men, so they rely on natural resources for survival. Yet, their land rights are often denied |
Oxfam 2011 |
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Single mothers, widows, disabled women, aged women and women in urban/rural areas have different identities and their strategies to adapt to climate change can vary |
UN 2002 |
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"Not all men are powerful and not all women are powerless" |
Cleaver 2003 |
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Middle class women usually have higher access to ICTs than most poor men in rural areas |
World Bank 2011 |
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Men are 'gendered beings' too |
MacGregor 2010 |
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Older men are less tied into social networks than women and that would put them at a disadvantage when they seek help from communities |
IDS 2008 |
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Soft Power is the export of culture as a means for attracting and co-opting other populations, rather an coercing them |
Nye 2004 |
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"Selling American products means selling America" |
Barber 1996 |
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Out of the 100 biggest economies, 51 are corporations and 49 are countries
Wal-Mart has a higher GDP than New Zealand |
Anderson et al. 2000 |
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The introduction of the Entertainments Act
Date + a.k.a + amount of fine |
1990
Acid house bill
£20,000 |
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Guy who stuck hand to Gordon Brown |
Dan Glass |
