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Leveraging Oil and Gas Industry for the Development of a Competitive Private Sector in Uganda

May, 2015
Uganda
agriculture
capacity development
extractive industries
land use
sustainable development
waste (abuse)
The study represents a background study
for the proposed Uganda Country Economic Memorandum (CEM),
which seeks to address the issue of efficient use of oil
resources and examine synergies between the oil industry and
the rest of the economy, through growth poles or linkages.
The oil industry can help Uganda to promote robust growth in
the economy. However, it is important to keep in mind that
it will take a number of years until oil revenues start
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Enabling Reforms : A Stakeholder-Based Analysis of the Political Economy of Tanzania’s Charcoal Sector and the Poverty and Social Impacts of Proposed Reforms

March, 2012
Tanzania
Land & Corruption
capacity development
corruption
decentralization
deforestation
forestry
land tenure
land use
land-use planning
property rights
rural areas
sustainable development
transaction costs
urban areas
Although charcoal is the single most
important energy source for millions of urban dwellers in
Tanzania, being used by all tiers of society from laborers
to politicians, it seems to be politically neglected and
even unwanted, given that it is not considered as a possible
mean to achieve long-term sustainable development, for
example as a low-carbon growth option contributing to energy
security, sustainable forest management, and poverty
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Uganda - Agriculture Public Expenditure Review

March, 2012
Uganda
capacity development
decentralization
fisheries
forestry
sustainable development
transaction costs
This Agriculture Public Expenditure
Review (AgPER) comprehensively reviews public expenditures
on agriculture in Uganda and analyzes their efficiency and
effectiveness. Its genesis lies in Agriculture Sector
Working Group (A-SWG) discussions, especially during the
budget process, which raised concerns about the seemingly
low budget allocations to the sector and the failure to
align limited resources with recognized priorities in the
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Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change : Mozambique

March, 2013
Mozambique
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
fisheries
forestry
land management
land use
sustainable development
This report is part of a broader global
study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC),
which has two principal objectives: (a) to develop a global
estimate of adaptation costs for informing international
climate negotiations; and (b) to help decision makers in
developing countries assess the risks posed by climate
change and design national strategies for adapting to it.
The purpose of this study is to assist the Government of
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Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Development Assistance in Mozambique : Institutional Barriers and Opportunities

June, 2012
Mozambique
agriculture
capacity development
climate change
deforestation
desertification
fisheries
food security
land cover
land degradation
land use
natural disasters
rural areas
rural development
sustainable development
water management
Based on a literature review and expert
interviews, this paper analyzes the most important climate
impacts on development goals and explores relevant
institutions in the context of mainstreaming climate
adaptation into development assistance in Mozambique.
Climate variability and change can significantly hinder
progress toward attaining the Millennium Development Goals
and poverty aggravates the country's climate
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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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Ethiopia - Accelerating Equitable Growth : Country Economic Memorandum, Volume 1. Overview

June, 2012
Ethiopia
agriculture
capacity development
decentralization
natural disasters
property rights
rural areas
rural development
sustainable development
water management
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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Ethiopia : Well-Being and Poverty in Ethiopia, The Role of Agriculture and Agency

June, 2012
Ethiopia
capacity development
food security
poverty
rural areas
rural population
sustainable development
urban areas
urban population
A decade and a half of relative peace and political stability, broad economic reforms, and far-reaching political decentralization have brought Ethiopia back from one of its lowest levels of income per capita to one of its highest levels over the past forty years. At the same time, Gross Domestic Product per capita today is still only slightly above the levels reached in the early 1970 underscoring the deep-rooted and complex nature of poverty in Ethiopia.
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The Netherlands and FAO

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Honduras, Malawi, Zambia, Vietnam, Niger, Guatemala, Netherlands, Europe
natural resources management
capacity development
sustainable development
The Netherlands became an FAO member in 1945, and has since been a valuable resource partner on multiple FAO projects and programmes. The Netherlands shares FAO’s continued interest in developing programmes for the financial inclusion of family farmers, especially women, by treating them as entrepreneurs and promoting their access to better credit and resilience. The Netherlands is also one of FAO’s largest donors for locust control issues.
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Implementation of Responsible Land Governance

A Land Information System for Sustainable Development in Turkana County, Kenya

Reports & Research
July, 2017
Kenya
VGGT
land administration
land information systems
sustainable development
communal territory
customary tenure
capacity development
This publication outlines the process undertaken by UN Habitat/GLTN and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Representation in Kenya to support the Ministry of Lands, Physical Planning and Urban Areas Management of the Turkana County Government-Kenya, in establishing a county Land Information Management System based on the Social Tenure Domain Model (STDM). The project was carried out in the context of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) program entitled, Support for Responsible Land and Natural Resource Governance of Communal Lands in Kenya.