2000s Major areas of research Poverty eradication The promotion of democracy and human rights Gender equality Environmental Sustainability The effects of globalization Research agendas Social Development Research at UNRISD, 2005-2009 UNRISD 2000+: A Vision for the Future of the Institute Social Policy and Development (2000 - 2009)From a development perspective, the goal of social policy is to promote universal social protection ... Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and Policy Responses Commercialization, Privatization and Universal Access to Water Community Responses to HIV/AIDS Financing Social Policy Gender and Social Policy Globalization, Inequality and Health Care HIV/AIDS and Development Macroeconomics and Social Policy Neoliberalism and Institutional Reform in East Asia Politics and Political Economy of HIV/AIDS Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes Social Policies in Small States Social Policy and Democratization Social Policy and Migration in Developing Countries Social Policy in a Development Context Social Policy in Late Industrializers: A Comparative Study of Latin America Social Policy in Late Industrializers: Social Policy and Development Outcomes in the Middle East and North Africa Social Policy in Late Industrializers: Sub-Saharan Africa and the Challenge of Social Policy Social Policy in Late Industrializers: The Nordic Experience Social Policy in Late Industrializers: Transforming the Developmental Welfare State in East Asia Social Policy Index (SPI) Governance (2000 - 2009)Research under the Governance programme seeks to understand the conditions under which democratic regimes can improve the well-being of citizens. Democracy currently enjoys the status of a core value in the discourse of the international development community, where a consensus seems to have emerged that democracy improves the quality of public policies. It offers prospects for better citizen participation in the formulation of government policies and opportunities to ensure that office-holders are accountable, greater transparency in policy making, and conflict resolution through constitutional, non-violent, means. Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector Gender Justice, Development and Rights Public Sector Reform and Crisis-Ridden States Social Policy and Democratization Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization Urban Governance Civil Society and Social Movements (2000 - 2009)UNRISD's work for the Civil Society and Social Movements Programme Area focuses on the following ... Civil Society Strategies and Movements for Rural Asset Redistribution and Improved Livelihoods Evolving Agricultural Structures and Civil Society in Transitional Countries: The Case of Central Asia Global Civil Society Movements: Dynamics in International Campaigns and National Implementation Grassroots Movements and Initiatives for Land Reform Social Responses to Inequalities and Policy Changes UN World Summits and Civil Society Engagement Markets, Business and Regulation (2000 - 2009)Business-state relations and the role of the market in social development have undergone profound changes in recent decades as a result of policy and institutional changes related to economic liberalization, privatization, commodification, and new approaches to regulation and governance. The implications of these developments for social well-being, equity and democratic governance are profound and are the focus of research under the UNRISD programme on Markets, Business and Regulation. Business and Poverty Reduction Business Responsibility for Sustainable Development Commercialization of Health Care: Global and Local Dynamics and Policy Responses Commercialization, Privatization and Universal Access to Water Negotiating Alternative Trade Regimes in Latin America Non-State Business Regulation for Social Development Organized Business and Social Policy Social Policy, Regulation and Private Sector Involvement in Water Supply Social Responses to Inequalities and Policy Changes Identities, Conflict and Cohesion (2000 - 2009)Identities affect patterns of exclusion and solidarity, and provide a basis for both social cohesion... Identity, Power and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Racism and Public Policy Gender and Development (2000 - 2009)In the process of designing the research agenda for the 2005–2009 quinquennium, it was decided that research projects on gender, which in the 2000–2005 period appeared under different programme areas, would now be consolidated into this new programme, Gender and Development. Agrarian Change, Gender and Land Rights Gender and Social Policy Gender Justice, Development and Rights Globalization, Export-Oriented Employment for Women and Social Policy Policy Report on Gender and Development: 10 Years after Beijing Political and Social Economy of Care Religion, Politics and Gender Equality Technology and Society (2000 - 2009)The world is caught up in a rapidly accelerating process of scientific and technological change that can benefit the majority of humankind or, on the contrary, only benefit the few. This programme examines the politics and economics of efforts to ensure that new technologies are used in socially responsible ways. Information Technologies and Social Development Special Events (2000 - 2009)UNRISD supplements the work carried out in the six Programme Areas with a number of activities that ... Ageing, Development and Social Protection Geneva 2000: The Next Step in Social Development Improving Research and Knowledge on Social Development in International Organizations People-Centred Sustainable Development Policies and Projects Policy Report on Gender and Development: 10 Years after Beijing Rethinking Development Economics Social and Political Dimensions of the Global Economic Crisis 2009 UNRISD’s Contribution to Istanbul+5: Follow-up to Habitat II UNRISD’s Contribution to Rio+10: The World Summit on Sustainable Development UNRISD Flagship Report: Combating Poverty and Inequality