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Ethiopia Urbanization Review : Urban Institutions for a Middle-Income Ethiopia

Reports & Research
April, 2015
Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
land-use planning
urban planning
urban land
housing rights
The urban population in Ethiopia is increasing rapidly. If managed proactively, urban population growth presents a huge opportunity to shift the structure and location of economic activity from rural agriculture to the larger and more diversified urban industrial and service sectors. If not managed proactively, rapid urban population growth may pose a demographic challenge as cities struggle to provide jobs, infrastructure and services, and housing.
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Unlocking Ethiopia's Urban Land and Housing Markets

Reports & Research
October, 2019
Ethiopia
Urban Tenure
land governance
urban areas
urban land
migration
housing rights
urban population
Ethiopia’s rapidly growing urban centers are facing an unprecedented level of demand for urban land
and housing. How can Ethiopia supply urban land in an efficient and equitable fashion to accommodate
growing demand from industries and individuals for diverse uses? How can existing residents and
incoming migrants afford adequate shelter to survive and thrive in fast growing cities? The Ethiopia
Urban Land Supply and Affordable Housing Study aims to provide practical solutions to these
questions.
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Securing Africa’s land for shared prosperity: A program to scale up reforms and investments

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land reform
land tenure
land tenure
land tenure systems
poverty
sustainable development
Few development challenges in Africa are as pressing and controversial as land ownership and its persistent gap between rich and poor communities. With a profound demographic shift in Africa from rural areas to the cities where half of all Africans will live by 2050, these gaps will become steadily more pronounced as governments and communities rise to the challenge of growing enough aff ordable nutritious food for all families to thrive on the continent. In some countries in the region, these gaps—allied as they are with high
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Addressing Food Loss and Waste: A Global Problem with Local Solutions

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2020
Guatemala, Nigeria, Rwanda, Vietnam
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Land, Climate Change & Environment
food security
land use
local communities
Investments that reduce food loss and waste can deliver big wins on two pressing issues of our time: food security and environmental sustainability, according to a new World Bank report. But the results are not automatic -- countries need well-targeted solutions.
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A practical guide to increasing mining local procurement in West Africa

Manuals & Guidelines
February, 2015
Western Africa
Land & Investments
mining
natural resources management
land investments
land tenure
local communities
extractive industries
This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement, in particular at a country level. It can be used by individual role players as well as form the basis of consultative processes. The guide can also support regional harmonization relating to mining local procurement. Although based on West Africa, it will be a useful resource in other regions.
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CAO ASSESSMENT REPORT Regarding Concerns in Relation to IFC’s Investment in Salala Rubber Corporation

-01/Margibi and Bong (IFC Project #26510) in Liberia

Reports & Research
March, 2020
Liberia
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land administration
land governance
land use
land rights
land dispute
extractive industries
In May 2019, a complaint was lodged with CAO by members of 22 communities from the Margibi and Bong Counties in Liberia (the “Complainants”), supported by the NGOs Green Advocates International (GAI), Alliance for Rural Democracy (ARD), Natural Resource Women Platform (NRWP), and the Yeagbamah National Congress for Human Rights (YNCHR) (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Salala Affected Indigenous Communities Support Organizations”).
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Ghana Country Environmental Analysis

Reports & Research
April, 2020
Ghana
Land, Climate Change & Environment
land governance
sustainable development
environment
climate change
land use
natural resources management
Over the past 30 years, real GDP in Ghana has more than quadrupled, and in 2011 the country joined the ranks of Lower Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). Macroeconomic momentum has been driven in part by higher prices for Ghana’s main commodity exports, gold and cocoa, and the start of commercial oil production. This fits an overall trend that has seen natural resource rents as a percentage of GDP more than double between 1990 and the present; approximately one-half of these rents come from non-renewable sources (oil, mineral, natural gas).
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Tanzania

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Tanzania, Africa, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mozambique

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Mozambique, Southern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Zambia

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2017
Zambia, Africa, Southern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security