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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    June, 2006
    Pakistan, Southern Asia

    This note provides a short overview of urban land and housing market performance in Punjab Province of Pakistan. It describes the characteristics of well-functioning urban land and housing markets and argues that, at present, the Punjab's urban land and housing markets are not performing well. The paper identifies a range of structural and institutional shortcomings that impede urban land market performance, and then concludes by offering recommendations for making land and housing markets functions better.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2010
    Indonesia, Eastern Asia, Oceania

    The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land administration system sustained significant damage because documentation of land ownership was washed away along with people's houses and other possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared.

  3. Library Resource
    The recognition of the customary land rights: lessons from the Province of Bié in Angola cover image
    Conference Papers & Reports
    July, 2017
    Angola

    Effective recognition of customary land rights is still a challenge in Angola, as in many other African countries. Despite customary land rights of the traditional rural communities are expressly recognized in the 2004 National Land Law, very few communities in Angola have been able to register their land. In the Province of Bié, in Angola central highlands, only five customary collective land titles (called Dominio Util Consuetudinario) had been issued within the period 2004-2015.

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Dominican Republic

    Since its recovery of macroeconomic
    stability in 1991, the Dominican Republic has experienced a
    period of notable economic growth. Poverty has declined in
    the 1990s. Nevertheless, a segment of the population-mainly
    in rural areas-does not seem to have benefited from this
    growth. Poverty in this country in 1998 is less than that of
    other countries if one adjusts for the level of economic
    development. The principal poverty characteristics are the

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Latin America and the Caribbean, Central America

    The present study describes, and
    quantifies the provision of basic urban services to the
    poor, in three Central American cities in El Salvador,
    Honduras, and, Panama. It also identifies priority areas for
    government intervention, using specialized household surveys
    to quantify current deficits, and to rank households from
    poor to rich, using aggregate consumption as the measure of
    welfare. The urban poverty profile is examined in each city,

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Central America

    The present study describes, and
    quantifies the provision of basic urban services to the
    poor, in three Central American cities in El Salvador,
    Honduras, and, Panama. It also identifies priority areas for
    government intervention, using specialized household surveys
    to quantify current deficits, and to rank households from
    poor to rich, using aggregate consumption as the measure of
    welfare. The urban poverty profile is examined in each city,

  7. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Ecuador

    The note looks at poverty in Ecuador,
    assessing macroeconomic developments through its policies to
    maintain stability with fiscal discipline, and increase
    economic productivity and competitiveness, in particular,
    the 1998/99 crisis, the 2000 dollarization and their effect
    on poverty. From 1990 to 2001, national consumption-based
    poverty rose from 40 to 45 percent, and the number of poor
    people increased from 3.5 to 5.2 million. Poverty increased

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Vietnam

    This paper investigates the role of
    services in the household response to trade reforms in
    Vietnam. The relative response of the households and income
    growth after a major trade liberalization in rice are
    analyzed aiming to answer the following questions: What type
    of households, in which locations, having access to what
    type of services, benefited more from the reforms? It
    focuses on services that have an impact on transaction costs

  9. Library Resource
    July, 2014

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  10. 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

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