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  1. Library Resource
    May, 2016
    Bangladesh

    The rural economy in Bangladesh has been
    a powerful source of economic growth and has substantially
    reduced poverty, especially since 2000, but the remarkable
    transformation and unprecedented dynamism in rural
    Bangladesh are an underexplored, underappreciated, and
    largely untold story. The analysis identifies the key
    changes occurring in the rural economy, the principal
    drivers of rural incomes, the implications for policy, and

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Paraguay

    This study has at its origin the land
    question in Paraguay, namely that land ownership is highly
    concentrated and has become a source of social conflict in
    the rural areas where one-half of the population lives. A
    central thesis of the study is that the existing patterns of
    land use and ownership, in particular, the very large land
    holdings (Zatifundio), are a reflection in part of the
    almost insignificant land tax that is charged today on rural

  3. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Paraguay

    This study has at its origin the land
    question in Paraguay, namely that land ownership is highly
    concentrated and has become a source of social conflict in
    the rural areas where one-half of the population lives. A
    central thesis of the study is that the existing patterns of
    land use and ownership, in particular, the very large land
    holdings (Zatifundio), are a reflection in part of the
    almost insignificant land tax that is charged today on rural

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2012

    There is enough land in the Amazon
    region to satisfy Brazilian society's demands for
    economic development, environmental management of a resource
    base of global importance and the challenges of agrarian
    reform. Yet Brazil has been unable to create a fully
    coherent and manageable land policy and administration
    system for the region which permits sustainable development
    goals to be achieved while reconciling special interests and

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2012

    The Honduras Land Access Pilot Project
    (PACTA) from 2001-2006 supported the acquisition of land and
    the formation of sustainable farm enterprises by
    self-organized landless and land-poor peasant families. The
    Government is now scaling up and diversifying the pilot into
    a national program far more inclusive than the current
    model. The SDR 6.2 million pilot project proved the
    viability of a public-private partnership strategy, with the

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Global

    Land policy, administration and
    management are areas of strong client demand for technical
    advice and operational support. This review sought to help
    the Bank better position itself to present coherent advice
    on policy, institutional arrangements and practice. The
    potential implications are a lowering of reputational risk
    to the Bank; greater efficiency in the process including
    joint data gathering; and building of greater momentum and

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2016
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    In 2013 the World Bank set itself two
    ambitious goals: to end extreme poverty within a generation
    and to boost the prosperity of the bottom 40 percent of the
    population worldwide. In Latin America, the significance of
    both goals cannot be overstated. Indigenous people account
    for about 8 percent of the population, but represent 14
    percent of the poor and over 17 percent of all Latin
    Americans living on less than United States (U.S.) $2.50 a

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2016

    There is no doubt that the poorest
    people are already and will continue to be most severely
    impacted by climatic changes, including shifting trends as
    well as more frequent and severe extreme events. Yet, new
    insights on the dynamics and distribution of poverty point
    to the need to comprehend where the poor and poorest are,
    how they are poor, and why their poverty constrains their
    abilities to cope with and adapt to occurring and predicted

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    China

    This paper is motivated by the emphasis
    on secure property rights as a determinant of economic
    development in recent literature. The authors use village
    and household level information from about 800 villages
    throughout China to explore whether legal reform increased
    protection of land rights against unauthorized reallocation
    or expropriation with below-average compensation by the
    state. The analysis provides nation-wide evidence on a

  10. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Nicaragua

    This report centers on the problems
    stemming from land issues in Nicaragua. The report's
    main recommendations deal with four priority actions:
    institutional reform; adjustments to the legal framework;
    systematic regularization of land rights; and, firmly
    addressing previous land invasions, and preventing future
    invasions. The issue of land distribution, and ownership is
    especially critical in Nicaragua; indeed, the country

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