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  1. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2017
    Central America, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

    A growing body of evidence suggests that criminal activities associated with drug trafficking networks are a progressively important driver of forest loss in Central America. However, the scale at which drug trafficking represents a driver of forest loss is not presently known. We estimated the degree to which narcotics trafficking may contribute to forest loss using an unsupervised spatial clustering of 15 spatial and temporal forest loss patch metrics developed from global forest change data.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2013
    Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia

    Recent international experience has shown that excessively complex administrative procedures, required to establish, and operate a business, discourage inflows of foreign direct investment. The authors present a new database on the administrative costs faced by private investors in 32 developing countries.

  3. Library Resource
    DMA

    uma experiência de desenvolvimento alternativo para a Amazônia

    Journal Articles & Books
    November, 2018
    South America, Brazil

    As reservas extrativistas, um dos legados do movimento organizado dos seringueiros do qual Chico Mendes foi um dos grandes protagonistas, foram idealizadas como proposta de desenvolvimento para Amazônia e para os povos da floresta, alternativa ao modelo estatal hegemônico, de características ambientalmente predatórias e socialmente excludentes. Desde o assassinato de Chico Mendes em 1988 foram criadas 88 reservas extrativistas (sendo 62 federais e 26 estaduais).

  4. Library Resource
    May, 2015
    Bolivia

    The Country Opinion Survey in Bolivia
    assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
    understanding of how stakeholders in Bolivia perceive the
    WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from
    national and local governments, multilateral/bilateral
    agencies, media, academia, the private sector, and civil
    society in Bolivia on 1) their views regarding the general
    environment in Bolivia; 2) their overall attitudes toward

  5. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Bolivia

    The study provides policy
    recommendations to increase the productivity of micro and
    small firms in Bolivia and to provide incentives for firms
    to formalize based on a fresh understanding of firms
    behavior regarding formality, productivity, and
    profitability. The study draws upon a new qualitative
    analysis based on focus group interviews and a new
    quantitative survey of 640 firms in six industries. The

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    July, 2017
    Africa, Americas, Asia, Oceania

    The Sustainable Development Goal 15 “Life on land” commits world leaders to work together to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) for safeguarding life on land. One of the objectives that comprise LDN is to reinforce responsible governance of land tenure. Land rights are a key factor for achieving LDN. This publication by the UNCCD CSO Panel aims to analyze and highlight the linkages between land rights and land degradation with the objective of offering policy recommendations to enhance land rights for both the prevention of land degradation and the recovery of degraded lands.

  7. Library Resource
    Consent is Everybody's Business: Why banks need to act on free, prior and informed consent
    Reports & Research
    August, 2019
    Kenya, South Africa, Guatemala, Honduras, United States of America, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Global

    A community’s choice to give, or withhold, their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) to a project or activity planned to take place on their land is a recognized right of Indigenous peoples under international law. It is also a best practice principle that applies to all communities affected by projects or activities on the land, water and forests that they rely on.

  8. Library Resource
    January, 2016
    Honduras

    Honduras’ recent economic performance
    has been positive, especially taking into account the global
    economic context. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
    accelerated from 2.8 percent in 2013 to 3.1 percent in 2014
    and 3.6 percent in the first half of 2015. Growth has been
    supported by improved terms of trade, higher remittance
    inflows and export demand driven by the on-going recovery of
    the United States (US), and improved investor confidence.

  9. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Panama

    Panama's economic growth has been at the
    top of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region in
    recent years. The country s rapid growth has been largely
    pro-poor and translated into significant poverty reduction.
    The new Administration is well placed to tackle these
    challenges, with its commitment to maintaining an open and
    diversified economy and redressing social imbalances.
    Looking ahead, the country s main challenges are to maintain

  10. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Mexico

    This paper uses two recently completed
    surveys of individual entrepreneurs (farmers and
    microentrepreneurs) and registered enterprises (agricultural
    and nonagricultural) operating in Mexico s rural sector to
    provide new evidence about the factors influencing the
    incidence of credit constraints and investment behavior. To
    measure the incidence of credit constraints, the authors use
    self-reported information on whether economic agents have a

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