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Revising the Land Law to Enable Sustainable Development in Vietnam

Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies

Training Resources & Tools
Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2012
Vietnam, Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Urban Tenure
Land & Investments
Forest Tenure
agriculture
climate change
common property
decentralization
farmland
forest land
forestry
land administration
land allocation
land area
land degradation
land distribution
land law
land management
land markets
land ownership
land reform
land registration
land rights
land speculation
land tenure
land titling
land transfers
land use
land-use planning
land valuation
natural resources management
sustainable development
sustainable land use
urban areas
urban planning
urbanization
Vietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land.
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India : Environmental Sustainability in the 1990s, A Country Assistance Evaluation

September, 2014
India
decentralization
deforestation
forestry
land degradation
land tenure
protected areas
sustainable development
urban population
waste (abuse)
India's environmental problems
are deep-rooted and severe. Estimates of annual
environmental damage range from 4.5 percent to 8 percent of
gross domestic product (GDP), in line with annual economic
growth. Since 1990 the World Bank has lent India 1.94
billion dollars for 19 projects to mitigate environmental
damage and another 97 million dollars was granted under
global environmental facility (GEF) and Montreal protocol
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Lesotho : Financial Sector Review

Policy Papers & Briefs
July, 2013
Lesotho
agriculture
capacity development
decentralization
forestry
land degradation
land management
property rights
sustainable development
This report is a review of the Lesotho's financial system covering: i) the macro-financial environment; ii) safety and soundness of the banking system; iii) non-bank financial institutions; and iv) microfinance and finance for small and medium enterprises. The report was based on data and other information collected during the March 2003 mission.
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The World Bank and China's Environment 1993-2003

September, 2014
China, Global
Urban Tenure
decentralization
desertification
forestry
land degradation
land use
sustainable development
urbanization
China's environmental
degradation has developed over centuries, but record recent
rates of economic growth have now widened environmental
impacts and accelerated many adverse trends. China's
urbanization and industrialization have produced rising
material standards of living but have ever more costly
environmental consequences. The period 1992-2001 coincided
with a renewed Bank commitment to the environment,
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The Role of Local Benefits in Global Environmental Programs

June, 2012
Global
capacity development
climate change
decentralization
fisheries
Indigenous Peoples
land degradation
natural disasters
sustainable development
This study analyzes the
interrelationship between local benefits and global
environment benefits in the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) strategies and projects in order to: Enhance GEF
policies, strategies, and project design and implementation
so these can effectively promote the potential for local
gains in those global environmental programs where actors
need to be mobilized for long-term support of sound
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Ethiopia - Accelerating Equitable Growth : Country Economic Memorandum, Part 2. Thematic Chapters

June, 2012
Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
capacity development
decentralization
farmers
food security
land degradation
land management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
urban areas
urbanization
This report presents an update on the
economic challenges facing Ethiopia with a focus on the
shared goal of accelerating equitable growth. The starting
point is the Government's own Plan for Accelerated and
Sustained Development to End Poverty (PASDEP), which is in
the process of finalization, and is designed to cover the
period 2005-2010. This report proposes that the growth
strategy should more explicitly adopt a
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Lao People's Democratic Republic : Policy, Market and Agriculture Transition in the Northern Uplands

June, 2012
Laos
contract farming
decentralization
deforestation
farmers
farming systems
fisheries
food security
forest land
forestry
grazing
land access
land allocation
land degradation
land tenure
land use
sustainable development
This report presents policy, market, and
agriculture transition in the Northern Uplands of Lao
People's Democratic Republic aims to contribute to such
a dialogue by providing: (a) a policy-relevant typology of
the structural characteristics and transition patterns of
the principal small-holder agriculture systems in the
Northern Uplands; and (b) recommendations to strengthen
Government's facilitation of a more sustainable and
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Berlin Workshop Series 2008 : Agriculture and Development

May, 2012
Urban Tenure
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
decentralization
development agencies
farmers
food security
land degradation
land distribution
land management
land rights
property rights
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
transaction costs
urban areas
urbanization
The workshop brings diverse perspectives
from outside the World Bank, providing a forum in which to
exchange ideas and debate in the course of developing the
World Development Report (WDR). Participants at the 2006
Berlin Workshop gathered to discuss challenges and successes
pertaining to agriculture and development. Agriculture is
the major sector contributing to economic development in
many poor countries. Three out of every four poor people in
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Strengthening Policy Dialogue on Environment : Learning from Five Years of Country Environmental Analysis

May, 2014
capacity development
climate change
decentralization
deforestation
fisheries
food security
forestry
land degradation
land use
natural disasters
sustainable development
urban areas
The objective of this paper is to review
experience with completed country environmental analysis
(CEAs) to improve the effectiveness of CEAs as a strategic
analytical tool. Through in-depth analysis of the process,
methodologies, costs, and results of completed CEA pilots,
the paper assesses how effective CEAs have been in informing
and providing strategic guidance to the Bank and client
countries on environment-development issues and the extent
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Implementing the Agenda of the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism : A Rapid Country Environmental Analysis with a Public Expenditure Review for Aligning Policy, Institutional and Financing Priorities

June, 2012
capacity development
climate change
common lands
community forestry
decentralization
deforestation
encroachment
fisheries
food security
forestry
land degradation
land tenure
land use
land-use planning
nature reserves
sustainable development
This report is organized around three
thematic chapters. Chapter one looks at the contribution of
the environment and tourism sector to the Namibian economy
as well as at some key achievements and challenges. Chapter
two describes the policy and legislative framework, and the
institutional analysis of the environment and tourism
sector. Chapter three examines the financing of the sector
and some key budget management issues. And finally in