The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
(MEA), The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity study
(TEEB) and the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity
and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) provide a comprehensive and
useful framework to understand human dependence on ecosystem
services and how best to protect these services in
perpetuity. In these three authoritative studies, payment
for ecosystem services (PES) is listed as one of the
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Library ResourceDecember, 2014Croatia
Croatia, the newest member-state of the
European Union (EU), undertook significant justice reforms
during the last decade. Many were part of its
justice-related EU accession process, including the
enactment and implementation of new laws and amendment of
others, improved case management and enforcement and
computerization of land registers. Benchmarking
Croatia's justice sector indicates that it compares -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014Thailand
This economy profile for Doing Business
2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Thailand.
To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides
data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for
each indicator. Doing Business 2015 is the 12th edition in a
series of annual reports measuring the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014Uganda
This economy profile for Doing Business
2015 presents the 11 Doing Business indicators for Uganda.
To allow for useful comparison, the profile also provides
data for other selected economies (comparator economies) for
each indicator. Doing Business 2015 is the 12th edition in a
series of annual reports measuring the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business; for -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014
Information on ecosystem characteristics
as well as economic statistics is needed to more fully
inform decision makers on the impacts of climate change on
human well-being. Climate change risks involve potentially
large and irreversible as well as highly uncertain impacts
that need to be evaluated with information that complements
cost-benefit analysis. Information on the irreversibility of
impacts also is relevant for evaluating implications for -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014
According to global spatial data sets in
2000 more than one-third of the rural population in
developing countries was located on less favored
agricultural land and areas. Less favored agricultural lands
are susceptible to low productivity and degradation, because
their agricultural potential is constrained biophysically by
terrain, poor soil quality, or limited rainfall. Less
favored agricultural areas include less favored agricultural -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Is Africa's rural economy
transforming as its economies grow? This paper uses
comparable income aggregates from 41 national household
surveys from 22 countries to explore the extent of income
diversification among rural households in Sub-Saharan
Africa, and to look at how income diversification in
Sub-Saharan Africa compares with other regions, taking into
account differences in levels of development. The paper also -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper uses the recently collected
Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Surveys on
Agriculture Initiative data sets from five countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa to provide a comprehensive overview of
land and labor market participation by agrarian households
and to formally test for failures in factor markets. Under
complete and competitive markets, households can solve their
consumption and production problems separately, so that -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014Ghana
This report is the most recent in a
series aimed at monitoring economic developments in Ghana
and has two sections. The first section summarizes the
recent macroeconomic developments in the country while the
second section presents the main findings on poverty and
employment published recently by the Ghana statistical
service. Ghana s overall macroeconomic conditions have
deteriorated further in 2014 with large twin-deficits -
Library ResourceDecember, 2014
This Handbook is intended to be a
practical guide to help companies in the construction
industry develop and implement an environmental and social
management system, which should help to improve overall
operations. In the current economic climate, companies are
under pressure to perform or even just survive. New
initiatives are often met with resistance as people struggle
to keep up with their day-to-day responsibilities. Some
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