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A policy paper by Peter Burnell on climate change and democratisation, used by the Boell Foundation as the beginning of an informed debate on this very complex relationship. [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110808171111-d444f5092be34b6dbe0603eb1f2381ee docname=peter_burnell username=stevefromthechurch loadinginfotext=Climate%20change%20and%20democratization showhtmllink=true tag=climate%20change width=420 height=297 unit=px]

CSGR Working Paper 257/09, Peter Burnell, January 2009 [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110808170508-bcb384c7dd854049a8388968c6fbf623 docname=25709 username=stevefromthechurch loadinginfotext=Is%20democratization%20bad%20for%20global%20warming%3F showhtmllink=true tag=climate%20change width=420 height=297 unit=px]

By setting out a range of focused governance and policy recommendations, this paper proposes steps for reforging a rules-based politics, from the nation state to the global level. To coherently combine democracy, markets and universal standards, global governance systems need to develop into inclusive and representative institutions with the legitimacy […]

How will the ongoing conflict in Syria affect its bilateral relations with both the EU and Turkey? Will the ongoing conflict in Syria bring Turkey closer to the EU or eventually push them further apart? [issuu layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml showflipbtn=true documentid=110706102902-47bb051b7daa405b8838bda9b61cdff7 docname=islam_politics_of_dilemma username=FutureChallenges loadinginfotext=Politics%20of%20Dilemma%3A%20Turkish%20and%20EU%20Approaches%20toward%20Syria showhtmllink=true tag=eu width=420 height=272 unit=px]

Remittances are becoming an important source of external financing for developing countries. For some developing countries it forms almost 40-50% of their GDP. This study undertakes impact analysis of remittances on poverty in developing countries at two levels. Firstly, it estimates the impact of remittances on poverty in 77 developing […]