The overall goal of this report is to
assist water resources and environment professionals within
the Bank and client countries to use Strategic environmental
assessment (SEAs) to effectively implement the principles of
Integrated water resources management (IWRM). It (a)
The main purpose of an appraisal
framework for transport infrastructure projects and programs
is to provide an objective and transparent basis for
decision-makers to ascertain the feasibility and levels of
priority of major transport projects and policies. An
The report begins with definitions of
watersheds and watershed management, a characterization of
the problem of watershed degradation, and a short history of
watershed management operations and policies (Chapter 1).
The following four chapters discuss the findings from
As with other countries, agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS) in Malawi are provided by public, private, and non-profit organisations.
Providing extension and advisory services is expensive. There are salaries to be paid, transportation and operational funds to be provided, buildings to be rented or built, demonstration plots to maintain, and continued education to be offered to the extension staff.
German Development Cooperation has developed an approach for the sustainable production of charcoal that has proved to have a considerable impact in Northern Madagascar. Since both environmental and socioeconomic aspects are addressed in a very effective way, this approach has high potential referring to global challenges such as land degradation, rural poverty and climate change.
March 2014 – This paper discusses a pragmatic, adaptive framework for understanding and taking action to strengthen women’s land tenure security in the context of customary tenure. The Framework defines secure land rights in terms of five elements, which each serves as the basis for distinct, measurable indicators upon which to base project assessment, design, and evaluation.
March 2014 – In most of Africa, land is at the heart of economic, social and political life. Therefore, land and natural resource rights and governance issues profoundly affect and are affected by development initiatives across the continent.
Statements on the national implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests.
The Amazonian economic occupation over the last forty years has been extremely harmful to the environment and to the traditional populations.
Despite global gender equality gains in
education, life expectancy, and labor force participation,
two areas of persistent inequality remain: asset gaps and
women's agency. In many developing countries, including
Papua New Guinea (PNG), land and natural resources are