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  1. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    Sudan

    This study responds to the need for
    information and analysis on the urban sector in Sudan, to
    inform the Bank's policy dialogue with the Government
    of Sudan (GoS) on urban and local government issues, and to
    inform the design of future Bank assistance. The first phase
    of this analytical exercise, which is the focus of this
    report, develops an overview of the urban landscape. The
    report is structured as follows: section two describes the

  2. Library Resource
    February, 2013
    South Sudan, Sudan

    This study responds to the need for
    information and analysis on the urban sector in South Sudan,
    to inform the Bank's policy dialogue with the
    Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GoSS) on urban
    and local government issues, and to inform the design of
    future Bank assistance. The first phase of this analytical
    exercise, which is the focus of this report, develops an
    overview of the urban landscape. A second phase of this

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Eswatini

    The purpose of this policy note is to
    contribute to an understanding of the factors that combine
    to constrain the development of smallholder agriculture in
    Swaziland. It seeks to shed light on why, despite being
    well-endowed in land and water resources, and despite having
    a climate that is generally favorable for the production of
    crops and livestock, Swaziland is obliged to import
    substantial amounts of food to feed the population. Also,

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2014

    Woodfuels (firewood and charcoal) are
    the dominant energy source and the leading forest product
    for most developing countries. Representing 60 to 80 percent
    of total wood consumption in these nations, woodfuels often
    account for 50 to 90 percent of all energy used. Although
    woodfuels are widely perceived as cheap and primitive
    sources of energy, commercial woodfuel markets are
    frequently very large, involve significant levels of

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This paper revisits the role of land
    measurement error in the inverse farm size and productivity
    relationship. By making use of data from a nationally
    representative household survey from Uganda, in which
    self-reported land size information is complemented by plot
    measurements collected using Global Position System devices,
    the authors reject the hypothesis that the inverse
    relationship may just be a statistical artifact linked to

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2013

    Reducing emissions from deforestation
    and forest degradation and enhancing carbon stocks (REDD+)
    has raised the profile of benefit sharing in the forest
    sector. Sharing benefits, however, is not a new concept.
    Previous work on benefit sharing (associated with
    intellectual property, forest and agriculture concessions,
    mining, and so forth) has focused on clarifying the concept
    and examining how benefit sharing could feed into broader

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2013

    Many key development outcomes depend on
    women's ability to negotiate favorable intrahousehold
    allocations of resources. Yet it has been difficult to
    clearly identify which policies can increase women's
    bargaining power and result in better outcomes. This paper
    reviews both the analytical frameworks and the empirical
    evidence on the importance of women's bargaining power.
    It argues that there is sufficient evidence from rigorous

  8. Library Resource
    January, 2014

    Sustainable forest management (SFM)
    certification emerged in the 1980s and 1990s as a mechanism
    to promote responsible forest use and as an alternative to
    boycotts of forest products amid growing concerns about
    forest degradation and destruction. Since then, forest
    certification has evolved into a multifaceted market-based
    mechanism to promote compliance with sets of ecological,
    social, and economic criteria to enhance sustainability.

  9. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Africa

    This Africa's pulse newsletter
    includes the following headings: Sub-Saharan African
    countries continue to grow at a steady pace; the
    region's decade-long economic expansion appears
    sustainable; and for newly resource-rich countries, strong
    governance will be key to harnessing resource wealth for development

  10. Library Resource
    January, 2013

    Although transfer of agricultural land
    ownership through land reform had positive impacts on
    productivity, investment, and political empowerment in many
    cases, institutional arrangements in West Bengal -- which
    made tenancy heritable and imposed a prohibition on
    subleasing -- imply that early land reform benefits may not
    be sustained and gains from this policy remain well below
    potential. Data from a listing of 96,000 households in 200

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