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  1. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Colombia

    Based on a large survey to compare the
    effectiveness of land markets and land reform in Colombia,
    the authors find that rental and sales markets were more
    effective in transferring land to poor but productive
    producers than was administrative land reform. The fact that
    land transactions were all of a short-term nature and that
    little land was transferred from very large to small land
    owners or the landless suggests that there may be scope for

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2013

    Land area is a fundamental component of
    agricultural statistics, and of analyses undertaken by
    agricultural economists. While household surveys in
    developing countries have traditionally relied on
    farmers' own, potentially error-prone, land area
    assessments, the availability of affordable and reliable
    Global Positioning System (GPS) units has made GPS-based
    area measurement a practical alternative. Nonetheless, in an

  3. Library Resource
    October, 2013

    Risk-sensitive land use planning is
    vital for sustainable economic development and effective
    Disaster Risk Management (DRM). Urban development programs
    should adopt risk-sensitive land use planning to encourage
    resilient development guiding the growth of people, assets
    and services within and away from hazardous zones. Many East
    Asia and the Pacific (EAP) countries have national land use
    policy and local plans which incorporate risk assessments;

  4. Library Resource
    October, 2013

    Reconstruction should include a range of
    measures to enhance safety: disaster prevention facilities,
    relocation of communities to higher ground, and evacuation
    facilities. A community should not, however, rely too
    heavily on any one of these as being sufficient, because the
    next tsunami could be even larger than the last. Communities
    also need to rebuild their industries and create jobs to
    keep their residents from moving away. The challenge is to

  5. Library Resource
    January, 2014

    This sourcebook is designed to be a
    guide for developing and implementing land use, land-use
    change and forestry (LULUCF) projects for the BioCarbon Fund
    of the World Bank that meet the requirements for the Clean
    Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol. Only
    project types and carbon pools that are eligible for credit
    under the CDM during the first commitment period (2008-2012)
    are covered. With its user-friendly format, the sourcebook

  6. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    India

    This paper pilots an approach to
    identifying, categorizing, and mapping public land owned by
    the central, state, and local government in urban developed
    areas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The methodology uses
    information on plot sizes, location, and ownership that is
    publicly available for all areas covered by town planning
    schemes. The study examines the extent of unutilized and
    underutilized public land, which excludes all cemeteries,

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Tunisia

    This paper uses mirror statistics and
    research in the field to estimate the magnitude of
    Tunisia's informal trade with Libya and Algeria. The
    aim is to assess the scale of this trade and to evaluate the
    amount lost in taxes and duties as a result as well as to
    assess the local impact in terms of income generation. The
    main findings show that within Tunisian trade as a whole,
    informal trade accounts for only a small share (5 percent of

  8. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Mozambique

    This brief includes the following
    headings: rationale, objectives, and basic features of the
    1997 land law; acquiring land-use rights; obstacles to
    transferring urban land-use rights; promote the productive
    use of Direito de Uso e Aproveitamento dos Terras, or
    DUATs; and enforce the land tax.

  9. Library Resource
    February, 2014

    Land rights for women are important to
    women's overall role in the household economy. In most
    Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, women have equal
    rights to land by law, but practice varies widely across the
    region. Improving gender outcomes in land administration is
    therefore related more to education and the need to change
    norms and habits than it is to a specific legislative
    problem. Access to gender-disaggregated data and the

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Indonesia

    Rapid population growth in many
    developing countries has raised concerns regarding food
    security and household welfare. To understand the
    consequences of population growth in a general equilibrium
    setting, this paper examines the dynamics of population
    density and its impacts on household outcomes. The analysis
    uses panel data from Indonesia combined with district-level
    demographic data. Historically, Indonesia has adapted to

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