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  1. Library Resource
    Manuals & Guidelines
    January, 2012
    Global

    The document highlights four areas of the Voluntary Guidelines: human rights approach, diversity of existing land and natural resource tenure systems,  free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) principle of consultation and participation will apply human rights approach, diversity of existing land and natural resource tenure systems, women's land rights and corporate responsibility. These are of greatest interest and relevance to the policy priorities of ActionAid and the International Food Security Network (IFSN).

  2. Library Resource

    Lessons Learned in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Sustainable Rural Development, and Climate Change

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012

    This IFC SmartBook is a compilation of sixteen IFC SmartLessons that presents practical lessons learned by staff from across the IFC and the World Bank on approaches for engaging in agriculture that have led to success. Agribusiness is a crucial economic sector, for food security of course, for managing water stress and ecosystem services, but also as a source of employment in emerging markets. The report includes the following lessons.

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This paper proposes an alternative
    approach to addressing the complex problems of climate
    change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The author, who
    won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, argues that
    single policies adopted only at a global scale are unlikely
    to generate sufficient trust among citizens and firms so
    that collective action can take place in a comprehensive and
    transparent manner that will effectively reduce global

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012

    In 2012, the Mexican Presidency of the G20 introduced inclusive green growth as a cross-cutting priority on the G20 development agenda. The second meeting of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG), hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, took place in Seoul the 19th and 20th of March 2012. As agreed during the first DWG meeting, this second meeting focused on the priorities for their presidency in the first half of 2012: infrastructure, food security and inclusive green growth (IGG).

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    International river basins will likely
    face higher hydrologic variability due to climate change.
    Increased floods and droughts would have economic and
    political consequences. Riparians of transboundary basins
    governed by water treaties could experience non-compliance
    and inter-state tensions if flow falls below levels presumed
    in a treaty. Flow information is essential to cope with
    these challenges through water storage, allocation, and use.

  6. Library Resource

    A Policy and Practice Note for Climate- and Disaster-Resilient Development in the Pacific Islands Region, with Supporting Research, Analysis, and Case Studies

    Training Resources & Tools
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Eastern Asia, Oceania

    Pacific island countries continue to be among the most vulnerable in the world: they combine high exposure to frequent and damaging natural hazards with low capacity to manage the resulting risks. Their vulnerability is exacerbated by poorly planned socioeconomic development, which has increased exposure and disaster losses, and by climate change, which has increased the magnitude of cyclones, droughts, and flooding. Currently, inefficient management of risks negates development gains and incurs large costs for national and local governments.

  7. Library Resource

    'A Brief Introduction to the “Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security”'

    Legislation & Policies
    June, 2012
    Global

    The majority of the world live in rural areas and are dependent on land and land based resources. The increasing pressure on land, particularly that used for food production, by countries and private investors poses a huge risks to millions of these rural communities. One of the major causes is weak and poor governance in land tenure systems, as most Governments have so far failed to provide adequate safeguards to protect poor people from eviction or dispossession leaving them without compensation and remedy. 

  8. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    Indonesia

    There is increasing interest in climate
    change issues in Indonesia particularly in the lead-up to
    the COP13 or Copenhagen meeting in Bali in December 2007
    when there was renewed focus on Indonesia as the third
    largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the world due
    to deforestation, peat-land degradation, and forest fires.
    In Indonesia, the agriculture sector employs the largest
    share, 45 percent, of Indonesia's labor and contributes

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Indonesia

    Indonesian agriculture is at a
    crossroads. Supporting the livelihood of millions of
    Indonesians, it needs to underpin renewed and robust growth
    of the economy; and be a key component of the
    Government's poverty alleviation strategy. The
    challenge for the future is to reinvigorate productivity
    gains among rural producers, and provide the foundation for
    long run sustainability of these productivity gains.

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    The main focus of this book is land
    redistribution. To forge greater consensus among
    practitioners of land reform, and to enable them to make
    better choices among the many options, the book describes
    and analyzes alternative broad paths of implementation,
    using examples and the detailed implementation mechanisms
    that were used in those examples. The objectives of this
    book are to review and analyze: a) the growing consensus on

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