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    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Fiji, Bangladesh, United States of America, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Australia, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Japan, Maldives, Malaysia, Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Bhutan, Georgia, Asia

    This publication presents the outcome of the twenty-fifth session of the Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) held in Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic from 18 to 21 February 2014. Attended by 87 participants, including 64 delegates from 19 APCAS member countries, the session assessed both the current status of food and agriculture statistics in member countries and progress made in implementation of the both the Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics in the region and the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010.

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    Experience from Tanzania

    Conference Papers & Reports
    March, 2014
    Tanzania

    To ensure that there is sustainability at the community level in its land rights and governance training programme, Land Rights Research and Resources Institute (HAKIARDHI), a Tanzanian national level organization that spearheads land rights of small-scale producers, uses land rights monitors (LRMs) in its program areas. In each of the selected villages of the program districts, two LRMs (a man and a woman) who have received land rights training from HAKIARDHI are democratically elected by villagers.

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    September, 2014
    Mauritania

    This report analyzes the experience
    of Mauritania with the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS)
    process. The focus of the report is on evaluating the
    performance of the World Bank in supporting the PRSP
    initiative, not on appraising the authorities policies. The
    report covers the formulation and implementation of the PRSP
    and encompasses the two PRSP progress reports which have
    been completed since the initiative was launched in

  4. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Costa Rica

    This paper discusses the social impacts
    of Costa Rica's Payments for Environmental Services
    (PSA) program and their effect on rural poverty. Although
    the analysis is hampered by significant information gaps, we
    believe that the PSA Program has probably managed to have an
    impact on the poor. This impact is almost certainly positive
    on the poor who were able to participate, but is difficult
    to quantify. However, except for very few cases, it seems

  5. 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

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Liberia

    This Policy Memorandum provides policy
    advice to the government of Liberia (GOL) in an effort to
    mainstream gender issues in policies, programs, and projects
    supporting agricultural production and value-chain
    development. It is organized as follows. Section I reviews
    women's roles in Liberian agriculture and agricultural
    value chains, drawing on a variety of data sources,
    including the 2007 Core Welfare Indicator Questionnaire

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    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

  8. Library Resource
    January, 2014

    To ensure sustainable and optimal use of
    its common property natural resources, Mexico will need to
    strengthen its focus on enhancing stewardship in three key
    sectors-forests, water, and energy resources. The key
    objectives include the following: 1) identifying options
    that would contribute to Mexico's climate agenda and
    build social resilience through forest management; 2)
    ensuring economically efficient and environmentally and

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    June, 2014

    Following the transition to democracy in
    2008, two very important political developments took place.
    These were the announcement of the 7th National Finance
    Commission Award, which was agreed upon in December 2009 in
    Lahore, Pakistan, and the unanimous ratification by
    Parliament of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution in
    April 2010. Both developments have the potential of
    fundamentally restructuring the way Pakistan is governed in

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    December, 2014

    Following the findings and policy
    messages of the World Development Report (WDR) on gender
    equality and development 2012, the World Bankapos;s gender
    and development group are seeking to deepen the evidence
    base on promoting womenapos;s agency as a basis for enhanced
    action on gender equality. A component of this work is a
    review of evidence on the relationship between collective
    action and womenapos;s agency: whether and how different

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