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  1. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Guinea, Papua New Guinea

    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
    citizens' key assets. This briefing note, centered on
    field research in north fly district explores the process of
    negotiation and the progress in implementation of the

  2. Library Resource
    local procurement west africa
    Manuals & Guidelines
    February, 2015
    Western Africa

    This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement, in particular at a country level. It can be used by individual role players as well as form the basis of consultative processes. The guide can also support regional harmonization relating to mining local procurement. Although based on West Africa, it will be a useful resource in other regions.

  3. Library Resource
    February, 2014
    Mali, Western Africa

    This paper presents a new type of land
    market analysis relevant to cities with plural tenure
    systems as in West Africa. The methodology hinges on a
    systemic analysis of land delivery channels, which helps to
    show how land is initially made available for circulation,
    how tenure can be formalized incrementally, and the
    different means whereby households can access land. The
    analysis is applied to the area of Bamako in Mali, where

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Ghana

    The author examine this relationship in
    the context of agriculture in Ghana's Eastern Region.
    Our work traces the connection from a set of complex and
    explicitly negotiable property rights over land to
    agricultural investment and, in turn, to agricultural
    productivity. Using survey and focus group data, we find
    that while the land tenure institutions may have some
    benefits, they result in drastically lower productivity for

  5. Library Resource

    Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    October, 2012
    Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Niger, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa

    Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2013
    Ghana

    Agriculture plays an important role in
    the economies of most countries in Africa. However, few
    African countries have been able to capitalize on the
    sector's considerable potential to contribute to
    economic development through commercialization. Few have
    created an enabling environment for agricultural finance in
    which lenders and other agents are encouraged to develop
    innovative financial products that are well tailored to meet

  7. Library Resource

    Options for Improved Water Pricing

    Reports & Research
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2016
    Mali, Africa

    Large-scale agricultural land investments in Africa are often considered solely from the land perspective. Yet land, water and other natural resources are closely interlinked in agricultural production and in sustaining rural livelihoods. Such investments involving irrigation will potentially have implications for water availability and utilization by other users, making it imperative to regard water as an economic rather than a free good.

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2013
    Niger

    Niger, owing to its climatic,
    institutional, livelihood, economic, and environmental
    context, is one of the most vulnerable countries of the
    world. Poverty is pervasive in Niger and it ranks low on
    almost all the human development indicators. Agriculture is
    the most important sector of Niger's economy and
    accounts for over 40 percent of national gross domestic
    product (GDP) and is the principle source of livelihood for

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Nigeria

    Nigeria's vision of 2020 is a bold
    desire to be among the top twenty economies by the year
    2020. The economy has posted impressive growth figures since
    2003 driven by higher oil prices and a series of home-grown,
    economic reforms. The country is now firmly on the road to
    middle-income status. This Investment Climate Analysis is
    built on a 2,300 firm survey and provides evidence-based
    recommendations designed to support the vision 2020. Survey

  10. Library Resource
    September, 2013
    Nigeria

    The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
    and the World Bank have agreed to carry out a Climate Change
    Assessment (CCA) within the framework of the Bank's
    Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Nigeria (2010-13).
    The CCA includes an analysis of options for low-carbon
    development in selected sectors, including power, oil and
    gas, transport, and agriculture. The goal of the low-carbon
    analysis is to define likely trends in carbon emissions up

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