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  1. Library Resource
    March, 2016

    Policies that enable rural communities
    to participate in expanding economic opportunities can be
    central to inclusive growth in Myanmar. Rural communities
    are home to the majority of Myanmar’s population, the
    majority of its many ethnic groups, and 70 percent of its
    poor. Development in rural areas is constrained by low
    returns to agriculture, and significantly lower levels of
    public service delivery and human development outcomes

  2. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Africa, Western Africa

    This paper presents early evidence from
    the first large-scale randomized-controlled trial of a land
    formalization program. The study examines the links between
    land demarcation and investment in rural Benin in light of a
    model of agricultural production under insecure tenure. The
    demarcation process involved communities in the mapping and
    attribution of land rights; cornerstones marked parcel
    boundaries and offered lasting landmarks. Consistent with

  3. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Mauritania

    Mauritania is a vast country covering
    over a million square kilometers, where a relatively small
    population of 3.5 million people lives on just one-fifth of
    the country’s total area. With extremely advanced
    desertification, the country is particularly vulnerable to
    the impact of climate change and other external shocks. The
    main sources of income in Mauritania are agriculture, which
    is either irrigated or rain-fed, and livestock. This is

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