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Identifying investment opportunities for ruminant livestock feeding in developing countries

Reports & Research
November, 2012
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Identifying investment opportunities for ruminant livestock feeding in developing countries

Reports & Research
November, 2012
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
rangelands
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Building urban resilience: principles, tools and practice

January, 2012
Eastern Asia, Oceania
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
research
This handbook summarises the guiding principles, tools and practice in key economic sectors that can facilitate the implementation of resilience concepts into decisions related to infrastructure investments and general urban management as a means of reducing disaster and climate risks. It is divided into three sections designed to help urban planners and practitioners build elements of resilience into their urban governance and city planning. Chapter 1 presents key guiding principles for resilient cities in the context of today’s urban development.
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Cities and flooding: a guide to integrated urban flood risk management for the 21st century

January, 2012
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
research
Urban flooding poses a serious challenge to global development and the livelihoods of urban populations, particularly the residents of the rapidly expanding towns and cities in developing countries. Responding to this challenge requires efforts to improve policy makers understanding and ability to effectively manage existing and future risks. This guidebook provides operational guidance on how to manage the risk of floods in a transforming urban environment and climate.
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Securing Africa’s land for shared prosperity: a program to scale up reforms and investments

January, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land
scale
climate change
land tenure
land rights
poverty
agriculture
capacity development
Based on worldwide experience and encouraging evidence from country pilots in African countries such as Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania,and Uganda, this new report suggests a series of ten steps that may help to revolutionise agricultural production and eradicate poverty in Africa. These steps include improving tenure security over individual and communal lands, increasing land access and tenure for poor and vulnerable families, resolving land disputes, managing better public land, and increasing efficiency and transparency in land administration services.
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Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils

January, 2012
Eastern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania, Southern Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land use
research
environment
agriculture
capacity development
This report aims to improve the knowledge base for scaling-up investments in land management technologies that sequester soil carbon for increased productivity under changing climate conditions. The report presents the following key messages.
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Transforming cities with transit

Journal Articles & Books
January, 2012
Global
Urban Tenure
land governance
land policies
land use
research
'Transforming Cities with Transit' explores the complex process of transit and land-use integration in rapidly growing cities in developing countries. As one of the most promising strategies for advancing environmental sustainability, economic competitiveness, and socially inclusive development in fast-growing cities, transit and land-use integration is increasingly being embraced by policy-makers at all levels of government. This book focuses on identifying barriers to and opportunities for effective coordination of transport infrastructure and urban development.
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The Land Governance Assessment Framework: Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2012
Global
Land & Food Security
legal empowerment
food security
land policies
land law
Increased global demand for land underscores the need for well-designed, country-level land policies to protect long-held rights, facilitate land access, and address constraints to growth. However, reforms are often technically complex, politically sensitive, and time consuming. It is thus critical to identify priority issues in a participatory way, have a clear understanding of how they fit into the broader policy context, and be able to monitor improvements over time.
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How Land Tenure Regularization Can Contribute to Agricultural Growth in Rwanda

Policy Papers & Briefs
October, 2012
Rwanda
tenure regularization
land tenure systems
land ownership
land policies
land law
customary tenure
After remarkable social and economic reconstruction since 1994, Rwanda aspires to become a middle income country by 2020 with a strong focus on inclusive growth. In this context the Government of Rwanda (GoR) has recognized the critical nature of land policy and agricultural growth.
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ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR A RESPONSIVE AND INCLUSIVE LAND GOVERNANCE NEED FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO TARGET THE MOST ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE GROUPS IN BRAZIL

Reports & Research
April, 2012
Brazil
land access
tenure security
land policies
land law
Extended abstract. Habitat for Humanity Brazil (HFH) and The Center Dom Helder Camara CENDHEC are partner implementers of the Empowering Women and Vulnerable Groups to Exercise their Rights for Inclusion and Secure Land Tenure and Property Project. In Brazil around 40% of families living in urban areas do not legally possess a property or any legal document(s) to confirm possession of the land on which they live.