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Addis Ababa Urban and Metropolitan Transport and Land Use Linkages Strategy Review

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
September, 2014
Ethiopia, Africa
land use
Since 2004 Ethiopia has experienced strong and generally broad-based real economic growth averaging 10.7 percent per annum. It is one of the most populous countries in the world, but it is not highly urbanized. Nevertheless, urbanization in Ethiopia is taking place rapidly, and is expected to increase over the coming few decades. Addis Ababa, is its commercial and political center and exemplary of the rapid urban growth of Ethiopia. The rapid urban and metropolitan growth in Addis Ababa is exacerbated by poor planning and land-use, inadequate infrastructure, and chronic housing shortage.
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County Planning, County Budgeting and Social Accountability

Fostering Social Accountability in Public Finance under Devolved Governance

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2014
Africa, Kenya
land governance
The constitution of Kenya 2010 established a devolved system of governance with 47 County governments. The constitution in schedule four also transfers service delivery in health, water and agriculture sector among other functions to county governments.
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Establishing and strengthening irrigation water users associations (IWUAs) in Ethiopia: a manual for trainers

Training Resources & Tools
December, 2014
Ethiopia
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Handbook on County Planning, County Budgeting and Social Accountability

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2014
Africa, Kenya
land governance
Devolution is one form of decentralization. Decentralization is defined as the process of dispersing power from the centre to lower levels of government. The other forms of decentralization include de-concentration, delegation and privatization. De-concentration transfers implementation powers to lower regions or sub- national units that implement decisions made at the centre. The responsibility for service delivery and decision making under delegation is passed to semiindependent territorial or sub-national units.
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Institutionalising Social Accountability in Institute of Economic Affairs Devolved Governance

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2015
Africa, Kenya
land governance
This handbook provides reference material for stakeholders in devolved governance, including policy makers at the county level and citizens, on social accountability and its relevance in devolved governance and the attainment of the objects of Kenya’s devolution as highlighted in Article 174 of the Constitution of Kenya 2010.
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Kenya - Forest area

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2015
Kenya
forest conservation
forest land
open data
In 2015, forest area for Kenya was 44,130 sq. km. Forest area of Kenya increased from 40,238 sq. km in 1996 to 44,130 sq. km in 2015 growing at an average annual rate of 0.51 %.
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LAND AND CORRUPTION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, South Africa, Ghana
Land & Corruption
corruption
food security
gender equity in access to land
land governance
land ownership
land rights
land titling
sustainable development
women
Land is a vital resource that sustains livelihoods across Sub-Saharan Africa, but also one that is heavily prone to corruption. Every second citizen in Africa has been affected by land corruption in recent years, according to a study by Transparency International.
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Review of status of Public Participation, and County Information Dissemination Frameworks

A Case Study of Isiolo Kisumu Makueni and Turkana Counties

Training Resources & Tools
January, 2015
Africa, Kenya
land governance
public participation
Meaningful citizen participation in governance is a key ingredient for public reforms that were instituted by the Constitution of Kenya (CoK) 2010. Article 1 (1) of the Constitution vests all sovereign power to the people of Kenya. This power can be expressed through direct participation or indirectly through elected representatives. In addition, various pieces of legislations anchoring devolution highlight the principles of citizen participation. Together, these constitutional and legislative provisions avail various platforms for citizen participation in devolved governance.
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Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa

Capacity Building for Stakeholders in Smallholder Agricultural Carbon Projects in Eastern Africa

Training Resources & Tools
December, 2014
Eastern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
deforestation
environment
agriculture
land improvement
This manual has been developed to help build the capacities of farmers, farmers groups, extension staff and project managers who are implementing agricultural carbon projects in Eastern Africa. The manual describes the steps for implementing an afforestation/reforestation voluntary carbon project based on the Plan Vivo Standard.
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Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Practices for Climate Change Mitigation: A training guide for smallholder farmers

Training Resources & Tools
December, 2014
Kenya, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
land management
rangelands
The manual was created specifically for use in the Western Kenya Smallholder Agricultural Carbon project, managed by the Swedish NGO Vi Agroforestry, which is the test case for the first Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS) methodology for generating carbon credits by building organic matter in agricultural soils. The project aims to provide support to farmers as they implement the sustainable agricultural and management (SALM) practices which generate the carbon credits within the project.