This report summarizes the just-in-time
advice provided by the World Bank to the government of the
Philippines (GoP) immediately after Typhoon Haiyan. The Bank
helped the National Economic and Development Authority
(NEDA) develop the Reconstruction Assistance on Yolanda
(RAY) plan, providing recommendations and sharing
international good practice on key aspects of recovery and
reconstruction, including institutional arrangements for

La lucha por la hacienda Santa Elina (Brasil) es de una ocupación permanente reivindicando la reversión de esa propiedad durante 15 años. Actualmente tienen un título denominado “contrato de concesión de utilización” donde ellos son los beneficiarios pero la tierra sigue en propiedad del Instituto Nacional de Colonización y Reforma Agraria.

El asentamiento Arsenio Báez es fruto de una de las largas y penosas luchas por la tierra que se dio en Paraguay, desde la caída de la dictadura en 1989. Cuenta con 346 hectáreas, en promedio las familias tienen entre 3 y 5. Luego de años de lucha, el Estado paraguayo procedió a expropiar la tierra a favor de los ocupantes.

Development and humanitarian actors
currently engaged in Somalia face the challenge of
delivering assistance in such a way that it is supportive of
peace and state building, addresses the acute vulnerability,
and dependence of large shares of the population while
operating in a still insecure and changing environment.
Forced displacement is a key feature of the current
political economy context of Somalia. The necessity of

A luta dos camponeses do Assentamento Canaã é um exemplo claro da luta de posseiros legítimos pela terra. Eles ocuparam uma terra que estava abandonada há mais de 20 anos pelo latifúndio, cujos documentos de legalidade não são considerados fiáveis e dedicaram treze anos de trabalho duro ao local, transformando-o hoje numa das a reas mais produtivas do estado de Rondônia (Brasil).

In 2012 Papua New Guinea undertook a
national Service Delivery Assessment of rural water, rural
sanitation, urban water and urban sanitation services to
identify coverage and targets, how well services are being
delivered and the financing shortfalls in these subsectors.
Immediately following this assessment, stakeholders, through
a national policy task force, have developed a draft of the
country s first National Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Over the past 18 months, the World Bank
has been working on a comprehensive plan to address the
challenge of productive jobs in Tanzania. This study
represents a step towards a better understanding of how to
promote job creation in Tanzania. Indeed, the growth of
productive jobs is vital for alleviating poverty and
promoting shared prosperity - two important goals of
Tanzania's economic strategy. This booklet highlights

SJVN Limited (SJVNL), a mini ratna
public sector undertaking of the Government of India (GoI),
is implementing the World Bank funded 412 MW
run-of-the-river hydro power project at Rampur in Himachal
Pradesh, immediately downstream of and in cascade operation
with the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri Hydroelectric Project (NJHP).
Located in Shimla and Kullu districts, the Rampur Project
involves the construction of a 15.17 km, 10.5 m of diameter,

La comunidad campesina de la finca La María – Hato Frío, dentro de iniciativas organizativas campesinas de los años 60, llevó a cabo tomas de tierras acaparadas por el latifundio. Como consecuencia de la presión ejercida sobre la tierra, las familias de la comunidad, luego de muchos años, fueron adjudicatarias de un predio en común y proindiviso, a partir de procesos de compras estatales de tierra

In 2000, the Government of India
launched the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (hereinafter
PMGSY) with the primary objective of providing all-weather
road connectivity (with necessary culverts and
cross-drainage structures operable throughout the year), to
eligible unconnected habitations in rural areas. Currently,
about 60 percent of the 170,000 eligible habitations have a
road. By the end of 2010, expenditures for the program had

El Estado compró 7.500 hectáreas de tierra para entregar a la Comunidad Tava Guaraní. Las tierras siguen siendo propiedad del Estado paraguayo. Por mucho tiempo se planteó combinar la propiedad familiar con la colectiva, propuesta rechazada por el INDERT, principal motivo por el cual no se podía avanzar en la titulación de las mismas. Finalmente el Estado lo aceptó.