North African cities have been undergoing major transformation over the past two decades following protracted instability civic uprising and conflicts changing their perception from havens to territories of displacements with social psychological and physical problems Historic public spaces in those cities in particular form a critical part of urban environments as they have the identity livelihoods and crosscommunity engagement in a healthy and fulfilling urban fabric and culture Whilst there have been several studies on the characteristics of open spaces in urban environments there is ver
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosEnero, 2023Libia, Francia, Estados Unidos de América, Líbano, Grecia
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Library ResourcePublicación revisada por paresInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2023África, África septentrional, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia, Líbano, Francia, Oceanía
Dans les pays du Sud, l’accès à la terre et à ses ressources, son contrôle et ses usages représentent des questions cruciales. Au cœur des défis de la construction de l’État, du développement agricole, de la sécurité alimentaire et de la durabilité environnementale, le foncier est aussi un marqueur identitaire et une source récurrente de conflits.
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Webinar Report
Informes e investigacionesAbril, 2021África septentrional, Iraq, Jordania, Líbano, Arabia Saudita, Siria, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, YemenIt is widely understood that effective use of land, the sustainable production of food and development are linked. Yet, creating effective policy, which takes into account broader notions such as economic prosperity and social justice, especially in the context of competing claims to land use and title, still presents significant challenges. The difficulties are compounded by the fragmented nature of information resources about land.
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Library ResourceEnero, 2014Sudáfrica, China, India, Rusia, Brasil, África subsahariana, Asia occidental, África septentrional
There is a general consensus among academics, politicians and social movements, that BRICS as ‘new donors’ are increasing both their quantitative and qualitative role in defining what is considered to be ‘the world economic order’.
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Institutions for Economic Revival
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónSeptiembre, 2009Palestina, Asia occidental, África septentrionalOn August 25, 2009, the 13th Government of the Palestinian Authority (PA) presented a program entitled "Palestine: ending the occupation, establishing the state" (hereafter referred to as the program) outlining several national goals, including the achievement of 'economic independence and national prosperity'. The program accords high priority to the development of the public institutions of the PA in order to achieve the stated national goals.
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Gaza Recovery and West Bank Revival
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónJunio, 2009Palestina, Asia occidental, África septentrionalIn its report to the September 22, 2008 meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), the World Bank noted that the Palestinian Authority (PA), Israel, and the international donor community made some progress on the three parallel conditions for Palestinian economic revival, albeit to different degrees. The report notes the dramatic impact of Israel s recent three-week offensive in Gaza and analyzes the variety of recovery and reconstruction schemes being explored by the donor community.
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SME Access to Financial Services
Informes e investigacionesDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2012Asia occidental, África septentrionalThe Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has brought to the forefront key challenges: the need to create job opportunities, equal access, a level playing field, transparency and accountability, and a fair and competitive environment. Crony capitalism, the privileged access of certain elites to favorable legal and regulatory treatment, access to markets, and the coincidence of political and economic power, was a major concern contributing to the uprising.
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Reforming the Economy for Shared Prosperity and Protecting the Vulnerable
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónMayo, 2016Iraq, Asia occidental, África septentrionalThe Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) is a constitutionally recognized semiautonomous region in northern Iraq. Its government, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), based in Erbil, has the right, under the Iraqi constitution of 2005, to exercise legislative, executive, and judicial powers according to the constitution, except in what is listed therein as exclusive powers of the federal authorities. The Iraqi constitution defines the Kurdistan Region as a federal entity of Iraq. KRG has a parliamentary democracy with a regional assembly that consists of 111 seats.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2013Argelia, Egipto, España, Iraq, Jordania, Omán, Siria, Túnez, Italia, Sri Lanka, Asia, África septentrional
For many centuries, the people of the Near East and North Africa (NENA) Region were able to cope, and even flourish, under conditions of water scarcity. However, with decades of relentless high rate of population growth, rapid urbanization, and uncharacteristically excessive consumption patterns, the region is now facing unprecedented levels of pressure on its natural resources.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2010África, Argelia, Egipto, Libia, Marruecos, Sudán, Túnez, Mauritania, Asia, Afganistán, Irán, Bahrein, Iraq, Jordania, Kuwait, Líbano, Omán, Qatar, Arabia Saudita, Siria, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Yemen, Global
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and several development partners are working together with countries to prepare Voluntary Guidelines that will provide practical guidance to states, civil society, the private sector, academic and research institutions, donors and development specialists on the responsible governance of tenure.
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