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  1. Library Resource
    April, 2015
    Namibia

    In celebration of this year's Earth Day, we sat down with World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Chris Weaver over Skype to discuss the links between secure land and resource rights and WWF's conservation work in Namibia. Mr. Weaver has been the director of WWF’s Namibia program since 1993, providing guidance and assistance to Namibian partner organizations in the development of one of the world’s most highly regarded community conservation programs. During the discussion, Mr. Weaver shared four key ingredients to achieve positive conservation outcomes:

  2. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Lesotho

    Lesotho is one of the poorest and most
    unequal countries in the world. It is a small, mostly
    mountainous, and largely rural country of about 2 million
    people, completely surrounded by South Africa. The
    persistence of poverty and rising inequality are striking
    for an economy that grew at annual rates of 4 percent per
    capita over the past decade. Redefining the role of the

  3. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Botswana

    Botswana has been one of the worlds
    fastest growing economies over the past 50 years, allowing
    the country to move from being among the poorest to upper
    middle income status - this has had the effect of pulling
    the majority of the population out of poverty. While
    Botswana is rightly praised for its management of resource
    wealth, it is apparent that the high levels of investment by

  4. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia

    In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

  5. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Western Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Southern Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia, South America, Africa, Asia

    This 2014–2015 Global Food Policy Report is the fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events. In this report, distinguished researchers, policymakers, and practitioners review what happened in food policy in 2014 at the global, regional, and national levels, and—supported by the latest knowledge and research—explain why. This year’s report is the first to also look forward a year, offering analysis of the potential opportunities and challenges that we will face in achieving food and nutrition security in 2015.

  6. Library Resource
    January, 2015
    Africa, South Africa

    The authors use evidence from a survey of about 1200 beneficiaries of South African land reform to assess the performance of the initial phase of the land reform program. They find that the program has not lived up to the quantitative goals set, but did successfully target the poor. It has led to a significant number of economically successful projects that already generate sustainable revenues.

  7. Library Resource
    February, 2015
    Africa, South Africa

    This paper uses the 2010/11 Income and
    Expenditure Survey for South Africa to analyze the
    progressivity of the main tax and social spending programs
    and quantify their impact on poverty and inequality. The
    paper also assesses the redistributive effectiveness of
    fiscal interventions given the resources used. Because it
    applies the Commitment to Equity methodology, the results
    for South Africa can be compared with other middle-income

  8. Library Resource
    December, 2015
    Botswana

    This document details the scope and the
    main elements of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
    with the Republic of Botswana for FY16-20. The previous
    Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), considered by the Board
    on May 21, 2009 and completed in 2013 has built a solid
    foundation to design the new World Bank Group (WBG) program.
    The CPF supports the government’s ongoing National
    Development Plan (NDP10) that has recently been extended

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2015
    Botswana

    This Botswana Agriculture Public
    Expenditure Review (AgPER) is one of a series of similar
    studies undertaken in over a dozen countries in sub-Saharan
    Africa under the framework of a program coordinated by
    CAADP, supported by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation and
    the CAADP Multi-Donor Trust Fund, and implemented by the
    World Bank. The AgPER presents data about actual expenditure
    for the period 2000 to 2013, with an outlook on the

  10. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2015
    Eastern Africa, Southern Africa

    This publication is the summary of the proceedings of the Regional Learning Workshop on ‘Land and Natural Resources Tenure Security’ held in Nairobi, Kenya from 30th June -2nd July 2015 as jointly organized by UN-Habitat/Global Land Tool Network and International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

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