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Jobs Australia's Facebook Wall 2015-06-16 01:27:38
16 de Junho de 2015, 5:27 - sem comentários ainda
There's no legal queue. And three other facts Australians get wrong about asylum seekers |...
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Despite extensive coverage of asylum seeker issues, Australians remain remarkably uninformed about the facts
Personal Reflections on My Time at UNRISD
16 de Junho de 2015, 0:00 - sem comentários aindaSarah Cook looks back at her time as Director of UNRISD and reflects on almost six remarkable and challenging years. "Knowledge generation is not only about producing evidence of good practices, but may also challenge, critique, provide alternatives an...
Bridging the Gap: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Financing for Development
16 de Junho de 2015, 0:00 - sem comentários aindaSovereign wealth funds (SWFs), government-owned investment vehicles, have become substantial players in the global financial architecture. As such, they are considered a potential source of financing for sustainable development. For the time being, however, sustainable development is not a theme that is represented prominently, if at all, in SWFs’ investment policies. That can only change if the sustainable development agenda’s cause is framed in the policy context in which SWFs operate. Three possible options come to mind: The asset owners of SWFs, that is governments, benefit from including sustainable development as an investment theme in SWFs’ investment mandates. Sustainable development could be positioned as an instrument to reduce risks to investments in less-developed jurisdictions. Sustainable development-informed investments could be tailored to meet SWFs’ financial performance objectives.
