Guest commentary by Amanda Richardson, Resource Equity, and Ailey Kaiser Hughes, Landesa.
A growing body of evidence shows a correlation between gender-based violence (GBV) and land rights. Awareness of the possible GBV implications of land interventions is critical to understanding impacts on women.
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Library ResourceMarzo, 2015Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Nicaragua, Rwanda, Uganda
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Library ResourceMarzo, 2015África, Congo, Etiopía, Guinea, Liberia, Rwanda, Zambia
The 2015 World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty will take place at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on March 23 - 27, 2015. The theme of the 16th annual conference is "Linking Land Tenure and Use for Shared Prosperity.”
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Library ResourceFebrero, 2015Kosovo, Guinea
In Guinea, USAID uses participatory approaches to identify areas for artisanal mining and to collect data on mining operations and resource rights.
Continuing our series on participatory approaches to stregthen land tenure programming, this week, we will share the final example from our work in Guinea. -
Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2015Nigeria
This research has been undertaken to improve our understanding of stakeholders’ knowledge and perception about ecosystem services (ES), which provides a valuable means of gaining insight into the opportunities and constraints that face ES management in a multiuser landscape. Land use preferences are influenced by a variety of motives, attitudes, and values intrinsic to every individual’s decisionmaking. Knowledge can affect attitudes and behavioral intentions, and a positive attitude toward the environment has been found to predict conservation practices.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2015Etiopía, África, África oriental, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malí
In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge that will help policymakers and development agencies to strengthen the capacity of male and female smallholder farmers and livestock keepers to manage climate-related risks.
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Library ResourceEnero, 2015Nigeria
Utilizing a spatial multi-market model for rice in Nigeria that explicitly takes into account the potential for smuggling, in this paper we analyze the welfare implications of alternative rice tariff rates given the government’s goals of spurring domestic production and reducing imports.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2015Zambia, Nigeria, Rwanda
These theories of change were developed to help the HarvestPlus program deliver on its planned outcomes and impacts. HarvestPlus expects to contribute to the reduction in micronutrient deficiency among women and children in rural areas of developing countries through the breeding and dissemination of staple crop varieties with increased levels of key micronutrients.
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Library ResourceInformes e investigacionesEnero, 2015Bangladesh, África, África oriental, Asia meridional, Etiopía, Kenya, Malí
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of climate change, adaptive approaches, and the degree to which assets and group participation play a role in adaptation strategies. Similarities were found across countries in terms of perceptions of climate change, impacts, and strategies for adaptation.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosOctubre, 2015África, África subsahariana, Cabo Verde
Este artigo aborda as classificações e percepções culturais sobre a paisagem em Cabo Verde no processo de colonização. Nesse sentido, parto do período da descoberta do arquipélago para analisar a visão europeia sobre a paisagem natural da nascente colônia, suas construções e formas de classificação sobre o ambiente e as influências dessas representações na formação da sociedade cabo-verdiana duranteosprimeirosséculosdeocupação portuguesa e, hoje, nas formas como o homem desse país se relaciona com o ambiente físico das ilhas.
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Library ResourcePolíticas NacionalesAgosto, 2015Sierra Leona
Draft National Land Policy enunciates policy statements in respect of the key components of the National Land Policy such as access to land and tenure rights, land use planning and regulation, and the management of specialland issues, land administration structures, land laws and the constitution
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