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  1. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    North Macedonia

    The present study examines the
    challenges facing municipal governments in FYR Macedonia.
    The introductory chapter provides some further context for
    these developments, in terms of the challenges they pose
    for urban areas and their governments. Chapter Two examines
    issues for financial management of municipalities under the
    decentralized regime, and the attendant need for improving
    local government capacity. The third chapter highlights

  2. Library Resource
    May, 2014
    Global

    In this report, in addition to aggregate
    results, six brief case studies are used to highlight the
    impact of Bank supported mining sector reform on various
    indicators at different links of the value chain. These
    include: the impacts on investment; production and
    employment in Argentina; institutional capacity building in
    Papua New Guinea; production and fiscal revenues in
    Tanzania; community and regional development in Madagascar;

  3. Library Resource
    May, 2014

    This document proposes a set of
    generally applicable recommendations and good practices for
    creating a Mineral Rights Cadastre (MRC), an administrative
    body responsible for overseeing the process of granting and
    managing mineral licenses throughout a country. The document
    reviews lessons learned from World Bank-funded projects
    aimed at reforming mineral rights management and assesses
    the impacts and benefits of the implemented changes. The

  4. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Global

    The economic recession, the end of
    stimulus funding and central government cutbacks, rising
    social costs and aging, and the need for infrastructure
    upgrading for urbanization are putting enormous fiscal
    stress on cities. The financing capacity of municipalities
    is greatly affected because of the decline in the tax base,
    expenditure pressures, and growing and more expensive debt.
    Today's urban fiscal crisis is similar to that

  5. Library Resource
    Conflicts over land
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Asia

    This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Northern America

    Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1


    Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis


    The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.


  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    "For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.

  8. Library Resource

    We No Longer Share the Land - Oxfam Briefing Paper

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Central African Republic

    Most analyses of violence in Darfur ignore the local dimension of the crisis, focusing instead on the region’s economic and political marginalization and climatic variability. However, agricultural change and other changes relating to the land-rights and land-use systems have led to competition and exclusion, and have played a major role in the collective violence that has raged throughout the region. Understanding these questions is essential for the successful resolution of political and policy debates in Darfur.

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