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  1. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    El Salvador

    This study assesses the alignment of
    land use, land tenure, and land market outcomes in El
    Salvador with public policy aspirations in recent decades
    for efficient, inclusive, and environmentally sustainable
    development in both urban and rural spaces. In doing so the
    study indirectly gauges the effectiveness of land sector
    institutions in facilitating such developmental outcomes in
    agricultural production, urbanization, and forest

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2015
    Brazil

    This report on the assessment of land
    governance in Brazil summarizes and discusses the results of
    a series of standardized self-assessments of the land
    governance situation in Brazil, conducted entirely by
    Brazilian speakers. Therefore, these findings represent the
    perception of local experts based on their experience of
    news and data available. The main aim of this report are
    federal and state authorities directly involved in land

  3. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Yemen

    The report, Land Tenure for Social and
    Economic Inclusion in Yemen: Issues and Opportunities was
    completed in December 2009. The report addresses the
    problems of land ownership in Yemen and the various social
    and economic problems associated with the system of land
    ownership. Property rights under Yemeni Law are expressed
    both in custom and statute, but both are informed by shari a
    (Islamic law), which provides the basic property categories

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Global

    Interest in farmland is rising. And,
    given commodity price volatility, growing human and
    environmental pressures, and worries about food security,
    this interest will increase, especially in the developing
    world. One of the highest development priorities in the
    world must be to improve smallholder agricultural
    productivity, especially in Africa. Smallholder productivity
    is essential for reducing poverty and hunger, and more and

  5. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Uganda

    A Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)
    is a World Bank analytical tool used to integrate
    environmental issues into development assistance strategies,
    programs, and projects. To that end, the CEA synthesizes
    environmental issues, highlights the environmental and
    economic implications of development policies, and evaluates
    the country's environmental management capacity. It is
    composed of three analytical building blocks: the

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2014

    Cities and the people who live in them
    account for more than 80 percent of the world's total
    greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more than 80 percent
    of the overall annual global costs of adaptation to climate
    change are estimated to be borne by urban areas. This issues
    brief looks at potential financing opportunities and costs
    of mitigation and adaptation in the urban context.
    Wide-ranging potential sources for finance for climate

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Azerbaijan

    The Country Environmental Analysis,
    presents a review of environmental priorities, public
    environmental expenditures and the supporting institutional
    framework and makes recommendations to improve the
    efficiency and effectiveness of public environmental
    expenditure in Azerbaijan. The focus is to identify areas
    for improvement and changes to ensure that the process of
    establishing environment-related priorities is sufficiently

  8. Library Resource
    May, 2013

    The carbon market is the most visible result of early regulatory efforts to mitigate climate change. Regulation constraining carbon emissions has spawned an emerging carbon market that was valued at US$64 billion (Euro 47 billion) in 2007. Its biggest success so far has been to send market signals for the price of mitigating carbon emissions. This, in turn, has stimulated innovation and carbon abatement worldwide, as motivated individuals, communities, companies and governments have cooperated to reduce emissions.

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012

    Beyond the City evaluates the
    contribution of rural development and policies to growth,
    poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation in the
    rest of the economy, as well as in the rural space. This
    title brings together new theoretical and empirical
    treatments of the links between rural and national
    development. New findings and are combined with existing
    literature to enhance our understanding of the how rural

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2013

    The book clarifies many policy, and
    technical issues that confront resettlement policymakers,
    and practitioners. It provides guidance on resettlement
    design, implementation, and monitoring, and, it discusses
    resettlement issues particular to development projects in
    different sectors, such as urban development, natural
    resource management, and the building of dams. Construction
    of infrastructure, a prerequisite for sustained

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