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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2011
    Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, Western Africa, Africa, Global, Central America, Eastern Asia, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean, South-Eastern Asia

    Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral for credit that can be used for investment or consumption. Unfortunately, few studies - either at the micro or macro levels- examine the gender dimensions of asset ownership. This paper sets out a framework for researchers who are interested in collecting data on individual level asset ownership and analyzing the gender asset gap.

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    Volume 3. Unlocking Potential in Rural Areas - Geographic Analysis

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    October, 2012
    Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge.

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    Lessons Learned from an Exchange of Brazilian Experiences with Africa

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Brazil, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean

    This publication is the result of an initiative to promote an exchange between Brazil and African countries on lessons learned about the role of community forestry as a strategic option to achieve the goals of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+). The initiative was supported by the World Bank with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), and coordinated by the Amazonas Sustainable Foundation (FAS) with support from the National Forestry Agency International (ONFI).

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    Examples from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Ecuador

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2012
    Ecuador, Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean

    Mexico, Costa Rica, and Ecuador have substantial experience with implementing payments for ecosystem services (PES) and conservation incentive programs. Yet, many aspects of their experiences remain poorly understood and will require special attention in any new or expanded use of these types of incentives.

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    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Housing matters to the livability of cities and to the productivity of their economies. The failure of cities to accommodate the housing needs of growing urban populations can be seen in the proliferation of poorly serviced, high-density informal settlements. Such settlements are not new in the history of rapidly growing cities, their persistence results as much from policies as from economics and demographic transition. Slums have attracted most of the attention on urban housing in developing countries, and the Millennium Development Goals have given prominence to their reduction.

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Nicaragua

    The report reviews basic growth, as
    being one of four pillars for Nicaragua's poverty
    reduction strategy. The well-being of the rural poor will
    continue its dependence on - to a great extent -
    agriculture. The study analyzes main agricultural
    development aspects, and stipulates the broad basic growth
    may be enhanced by strengthening agricultural
    competitiveness. Yet, export growth is key to economic

  7. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Central America, Guatemala

    This regional study encompasses three
    Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala and
    Honduras. The focus of this report is Guatemala. The study
    is motivated by several factors: First is the recognition
    that sub-national regions are becoming increasingly
    heterogeneous, and economically differentiated as part of
    ongoing processes of development and diversification, with
    some areas advancing, and others being left behind. Second

  8. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Central America, Guatemala

    This regional study encompasses three
    Central American countries: Nicaragua, Guatemala and
    Honduras. The focus of this report is Guatemala. The study
    is motivated by several factors: First is the recognition
    that sub-national regions are becoming increasingly
    heterogeneous, and economically differentiated as part of
    ongoing processes of development and diversification, with
    some areas advancing, and others being left behind. Second

  9. Library Resource
    July, 2013
    Ecuador

    Ecuador's poor economic performance
    is not solely nor mainly the result of high volatility, but
    rather the result of poor economic management and,
    especially, weak productivity growth. This connection
    between productivity and economic growth has become even
    more relevant in recent years, after Ecuador decided to
    adopt the US dollar as the national currency in 2000, hence
    forgoing the option of using exchange rate policy to

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Brazil

    This report finalized in March 2001
    constitutes a step toward the objective of designing an
    integrated strategy for rural poverty reduction in Brazil,
    The report contains an updated and more detailed profile of
    the rural poor in the northeast (NE) and southeast (SE) of
    Brazil; identifies key determinants of rural poverty in
    these regions; and proposes a five-pronged strategic
    framework in which to couch a set of integrated policies

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