International aid flows are equivalent to almost half of Solomon Islands' economy, making it one of the most aid-dependent countries in the world. Around US$250 million of non-military aid enters the country, but only 15-20 percent of this amount is spent locally through local procurement or staff expenditure. Solomon Islands are currently highly reliant on logging for export receipts, Government revenues, and employment. But existing stocks of natural forest logs are expected to be entirely exhausted by 2014.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDiciembre, 2011Islas Salomón, Asia oriental, Oceanía
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDiciembre, 2010Indonesia, Asia oriental, Oceanía
The tsunami that originated from the Indian Ocean in 2004 wreaked massive destruction, killing more than 130,000 people and displacing half a million individuals in Aceh, Indonesia. More than 800 kilometers of coastline was affected, and close to 53,795 land parcels were destroyed. The land administration system sustained significant damage because documentation of land ownership was washed away along with people's houses and other possessions in the affected communities. Physical boundary markers, including trees and fences, also disappeared.
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Fostering Competitive, Sustainable and Inclusive Cities
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónMarzo, 2017Filipinas, Asia oriental, OceaníaUrbanization is a driving force for growth and poverty reduction. Globally, over 80 percent of economic activity is concentrated in cities, and cities are essential for lifting millions of people out of poverty through the opportunities that density and agglomeration can bring with jobs, services, and innovation. However, if not carefully managed and planned for, the benefits of urbanization are not realized and can result in congestion, slums, pollution, inequality and crime. City competitiveness is an important part of successful urbanization.
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Access to Finance
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónJulio, 2011Filipinas, Asia oriental, OceaníaThis technical note on access to finance addresses six questions: 1) what is the access to and use of financial services in the Philippines, how does it vary, and how does it compare to other countries? 2) What financial services are available to different market segments? 3) How do different categories of financial institutions contribute to outreach, and what is their potential to expand outreach? 4) How does the regulatory environment support access to finance? 5) What financial infrastructure is available to make credit decisions?
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Identifying the Constraints to Inclusive Growth in Indonesia's Second-Largest Province
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónFebrero, 2011Indonesia, Asia oriental, OceaníaEast Java is the second largest contributor to Indonesia's economy with a growth rate similar to national level and other major provinces in Java. Nevertheless, for a province that is expected to be a major economic center in the country, there has been very little change in the region's economic structure in the past 10 years. Since 1995, the share of industry and agriculture in the economy is almost unchanged. Furthermore, the growth in both of these two sectors has been low, despite the fact that industry was once the main driver of the East Java economy.
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Philippines Urbanization Review Policy Notes
Recursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDocumentos de política y resúmenesMayo, 2017Filipinas, Asia oriental, OceaníaThis policy note assesses the performance of existing land administration and management (LAM) system in the Philippines in creating an environment for competitive cities. It looks at the influence of LAM (including property rights) in the proper functioning of land markets in urban areas; the effectiveness of land use planning and regulations in shaping urban growth, reducing informality, and improving efficiency in use of space; and the impacts of property valuation and taxation practices in generating revenues to finance local development plans.
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The Conceptual Approach, Land Valuation and Grievance Redress Mechanisms
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDocumentos de política y resúmenesDiciembre, 2011Viet Nam, Asia oriental, OceaníaThis publication is the product of a multi-year cluster analytical and advisory work on social and land conflict management of the World Bank office in Hanoi, which aimed to assist Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to improve the land acquisition and conversion process to achieve more sustainable development during the current rapid urbanization and industrialization process.
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Summary of Priority Policy Recommendations Drawn form World Bank Studies
Recursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDocumentos de política y resúmenesSeptiembre, 2012Viet Nam, Asia oriental, OceaníaVietnam's rapid and sustained economic growth and poverty reduction in the last two decades benefitted from the policy and legal reforms embodied in the Land Laws of 1987, 1993 and 2003 and subsequent related legal acts. This note outlines reforms related to four main themes. The first relates to the needed reform for agriculture land use to create opportunity to enhance effectiveness of land use as well as to secure farmers' rights in land use. Prolonging the duration of agricultural land tenure would give land users greater incentives to invest and care for the land.
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Territory, Domain, and Identity
Informes e investigacionesRecursos y herramientas de capacitaciónDiciembre, 2017Filipinas, Asia oriental, OceaníaIt is acknowledged that conflict over land is a major source of violence in various parts of Mindanao, particularly the prosed Bangsamoro region. Historical accounts trace the root cause of land issues and identity-based conflict to the introduction of the Regalian doctrine of land ownership by Spanish colonizers. During the American colonial regime at the turn of the 20th century, dispossession of land held by the original inhabitants of Mindanao accelerated, with an emphasis of titling lands for private ownership that clashed with the tradition of ancestral domain.
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