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  1. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    October, 2014
    Algeria, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mauritania, Chad, Mali, Cameroon, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Senegal, Ethiopia, Niger, Eritrea

    Climatic stress and anthropogenic disturbances have caused significant environmental changes in the Sahel. In this context, the importance of soil is often underrepresented. Thus, we analyze and discuss the interdependency of soil and vegetation by classifying soil types and its woody cover for a region in the Senegalese Ferlo. Clustering of 28 soil parameters led to four soil types which correspond with local Wolof denotations: Dek, Bowel, Dior and Bardial.

  2. Library Resource
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    Issues and opportunities for building better adaptive capacity in Longido, Monduli and Ngorongoro Districts, northern Tanzania

    Reports & Research
    September, 2014
    Tanzania

    Planning for climate resilience growth is increasingly important for the natural resource dependent economy of Tanzania. Central government does not have the knowledge, reach, skills or resources needed to plan for the range of livelihoods within Tanzania; but local governments, if granted the authority and resources, could plan with communities in the flexible, timely and appropriate manner that climate variability demands.

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    China, Gabon

    Rapid economic growth in China has
    boosted its demand for commodities. At the same time, many
    commodity sectors have experienced declining demand from
    high-income northern economies. This paper examines two
    hypotheses of the consequences of this shift in final
    markets for the organization of global value chains in
    general, and for the role played in them by southern
    producers in particular. The first is that there will be a

  4. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan
    Africa will require massive expansion of access to
    electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of
    households. This paper explores how essential economic
    development might be reconciled with the need to keep carbon
    emissions in check. The authors develop a geographically
    explicit framework and use spatial modeling and cost
    estimates from recent engineering studies to determine where

  5. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Africa, Northern Africa, Western Asia, Global

    The report focuses on the two decades
    of the World Bank - Global Environment Facility (GEF)
    partnership with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
    countries. This partnership has had a global environmental
    impact by working both at the local and national level and
    engaging all relevant partners and stakeholders. In
    addition, many GEF financed operations stand as examples of
    what a more holistic approach can achieve in terms of

  6. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger

    A development response to forced
    displacement in the Sahel requires a regional approach. Such
    an approach would have the benefits of being able to: (i)
    overcome challenges relating to cross--- border movements,
    (ii) obtain commitments by host governments to support the
    prospects of displaced from neighboring countries and (iii)
    facilitate common approaches, shared conceptualization and
    learning. A regional approach will be appropriate in the

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