By Peter Giampaoli, Climate Change Specialist, Land Tenure and Property Rights Division, USAID. Clear, secure rights to manage and use forests are an important aspect of sustaining traditions and economic opportunities. Although this web site often discusses property rights in the context of developing countries, insecure title and undocumented land rights can undermine smallholder ownership in the United States as well.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2013Estados Unidos de América
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Library ResourceConstituticiónDiciembre, 1789Estados Unidos de América
The constitution was approved by Congress and ratified by state conventions.
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Library ResourceVideosMayo, 2017Kenya, Estados Unidos de América
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDocumentos de política y resúmenesMayo, 2014Estados Unidos de América, China, México, Oceanía, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia oriental
The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the developing world, are set to explode in size. Over the next decade and a half, Lagos is expected to increase its population 50 percent, to nearly 16 million. Naturally, there is an active debate on whether restricting the growth of megacities is desirable and whether doing so can make residents of those cities and their countries better off.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesAbril, 1998Estados Unidos de América
James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, discussed the issues that link the United States to other countries: health, migration, trade, peace and stability, energy, food, and crime and narcotics. The responsibilities of foundations do not end with our cities and communities. The job the Bank does can only be done on the basis of partnership with the governments, with the other multilateral institutions, with the private sector, but most particularly with civil society.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDocumentos de política y resúmenesSeptiembre, 2008Canadá, Estados Unidos de América
There is much in common between the agricultural sectors of the United States and Canada. This chapter begins with a brief background on the two sectors, then reviews their histories of farm policy developments before reporting new estimates of rates of assistance to their farmers and their consequences for taxpayers and consumers. This is followed by an explanation of the politics behind the evolution and gyrations in farm policies in the two countries, and some speculation on the prospect for reform.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesDiciembre, 2001China, India, Indonesia, Japón, Filipinas, Portugal, Estados Unidos de América, África oriental
More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de conferencias e informesDiciembre, 2004Estados Unidos de América, América Septentrional
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 1997Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka, Pakistán, India, Sudán, Egipto, Estados Unidos de América, Níger, Filipinas, China, Indonesia, Nepal, Bangladesh, Colombia, África occidental, Asia, África
This volume reviews the findings and results of research of the International Irrigation Management Institute during its first decade. The book also reviews several of the institute?s major institutional strengthening activities.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2014Estados Unidos de América, México, España, Marruecos, China, América Septentrional, América central, América del Sur, Europa, África, África septentrional, Asia, Asia meridional
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