public policies
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Who is who in CASAS? Kunal Munjal
Kunal Munjal is a Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Bangalore, and a Ph.D. Scholar in Development Studies at IIT Hyderabad. His research focuses on class relations, rural industrialisation, agricultural commercialisation, and the role of the state, particularly the interactions between agrarian, merchant, and industrial classes. He is a research collaborator with…
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We, the Affected: Preliminary diagnoses for the development of reparative public policies
José Sobreiro Filho, CASAS’ member, has published a book in Portuguese with Fernando Luiz Araújo Sobrinho, Maria do Socorro Ferreira da Silva, Aline Albuquerque Jorge, Maria Luiza Araújo Lopes, Pedro Mendonça Carvalho Santos. Abstract: This publication addresses a set of elements that contribute to understanding not only the reality of populations affected by dams in…
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Waste pickers against pollution and public policy
Grettel Navas, CASAS’ member, has published this chapter with Francisco Venes in the book Contested Waste. Abstract: The favela of Cidade Estrutural in Brazil’s Federal District, home to a major landfill, has long relied on waste picking as a critical source of income for its inhabitants. However, the landfill poses severe health risks due to…
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Building public policies for the agroecological transition of food systems: Lessons from the south
Andrea Sosa, CASAS’ member, has published this article with Eric Sabourin, Carolina Milhorance, María Mercedes Patrouilleau, Stéphane Guéneau, Paulo Niederle, Claire Dedieu, Catia Grisa, Jean-François Le Coq and Sara Mercandalli in Revista Brasileira de Agroecologia. Abstract: This article presents the results of the first stage of the TAFS project (Agroecological transitions for sustainable food systems:…