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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Angola, France, Mauritius, Kenya, Mali, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Congo, Djibouti, Malawi, Niger, Seychelles, Rwanda, Lesotho, Madagascar, Togo, Botswana, Comoros, Gabon, Africa

    Proceedings of the meeting including a summary of the resulting recommendations and the text of papers presented

  2. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Lesotho, Africa

    A very short report where the author makes comments on the data available in Lesotho on National Energy and Woodfuels. It includes some general observations on rural fuelwood use in the country followed by a brief conclusion.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2000
    Bolivia, Africa, Kenya, South Africa

    Longitudinal household data can have considerable advantages over much more widely used cross-sectional data. The collection of longitudinal data, however, may be difficult and expensive. One problem that has concerned many analysts is that sample attrition may make the interpretation of estimates problematic. Such attrition may be particularly severe in areas where there is considerable mobility because of migration between rural and urban areas.

  4. Library Resource
    Document aggregated from Resource Equity Landwise Database
    January, 2001
    Botswana
  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Rwanda, United States of America, Mauritius, South Africa, Gambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Brazil

    Our goal in this article is to address methods of communicating agrometeorological information, which consists of disseminating and evaluating information, and to provide examples of these processes. Given the dynamic nature of ICTs, some of the examples given here may be outdated in a short time, while new applications of ICTs that are currently beyond our imagination will be developed and accepted. We conclude by raising and responding to some critical questions about communicating agrometeorological information in the future.

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    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2000
    Mexico, South Africa, Mozambique, China, India, Sri Lanka

    Because of increasing water scarcity in developing countries, poor people are suffering greatly from ?water deprivation.? One approach to improving water resources management is to develop river basin management institutions. This paper contrasts government-dominated approaches to forming such institutions with attempts to create stakeholder-based institutions. Two cases of the latter, in Mexico and South Africa, are compared to extract lessons for other countries.

  7. Library Resource

    Decree number 1/01: Norms on resettlement of internally displaced persons

    Legislation & Policies
    National Policies
    January, 2001
    Southern Africa

    From the decree: "Considering that the UN document titled “Guiding Principles on Internally Displaced Persons” establishes the general principles governing the treatment of internally displaced persons; Given that Angola is a country with high numbers of internally displaced persons resettling and returning to their areas of origin; Having found it necessary to establish the rules governing the resettlement process under the terms of the provisions of paragraph (f) of Article 112 and Article 113, both of the Constitutional Law, the Government decrees the following"

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