Near the end of January, Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf called attention to “the need for major reform of our land and natural resource governance systems” in her annual message to the national legislature.

This video from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) profiles a project relating to secure access to land and resource rights in Mozambique. The 19 minute film is narrated mostly in Portuguese with English subtitles.

The purpose of this Regulation is to facilitate the best possible utilization of grazing in wild areas, reducing the loss of animals on pastures and promoting joint initiatives in pastures. Subsidy shall be granted for a minimum of 50% of costs, however shall not be granted to investment projects and / or planning and organizing projects in pastures for a period shorter than 10 years. Applicants of such subsidies shall be required to provide all information that the county governor and the Norwegian Agricultural Authority deems necessary to administer.

Cities contribute an estimated 70
percent of the world's energy-related greenhouse gases
(GHG). Their locations, often in low-elevation coastal
zones, and large populations make them particularly
vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. But cities
often take steps, even ahead of national governments, to
reduce GHG emissions. So it is with China's cities,
which are well placed to chart a low-carbon growth path to

This report provides technical
assistance and capacity building on the poverty measurement
methodology of the Paraguayan government. The report makes
several policy recommendations concerning urban labor market
trends and opportunities for employment, rural factor
markets and poverty, and ex-ante evaluation of the expansion
of cash transfer programs in Paraguay. The report concludes
that in order to increase productivity it is important to

Solid waste management (SWM) is a major
environment and health hazard in the urban areas of
Pakistan. The World Bank is of the opinion that as cities
economies are fast growing, business activity and
consumption patterns are driving up solid waste quantities.
In Pakistan the collection of waste is sporadic and the
disposal is poor. Despite the fact that solid waste services
represent the single largest expenditure item, less than 50

Pakistan has faced a seismic shift in
its global and domestic economic landscape which until
recently limited policy options to address investment
climate concerns. External shocks, internal policy inaction
and political turmoil placed the country in a precarious
economic condition, calling on the authorities to take a
hard look at the policy choices ahead. Macroeconomic
instability resulting in inflation, exchange rate

The 2007 transport sector strategy note
identified that transportation in the West Bank and Gaza
faces extreme challenges, to the extent that mobility for
people and goods is severely curtailed, with consequent
impacts on the broader functioning of society and the
economy. The constraints on personal mobility within the
West Bank and Gaza has greatly reduced the market for
travel, and hence the business and viability of the

Ministerial Order N° 001/16.01 of 30/01/2013 Modifying and Complementing the Ministerial Order N° 001/16.01 of 26/04/2011 Determining Modalities of Land Sharing.
Published on the 25 February 2013.

On February 22, the South Sudan Council of Ministers passed the USAID-assisted draft Land Policy with minimal amendments. The Land Policy will now head to the National Legislative Assembly for review. While much work remains to be done, this event marks a notable step on South Sudan’s path toward developing institutions and policies for effective land governance.

On December 21st, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Agriculture Development and Food Security, which encourages countries to “give due consideration to implementing the Voluntary Guidelines (VGs) on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security.”

A recent article from IRIN news discusses land and conflict, as well as some potential opportunities for land reform, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to the article, “land disputes are key drivers of conflict in eastern DRC, and they hinder development across the region.