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Report | Madagascar - Mineral Resources Governance Project
Governance and MDG, ReportRatings for the Mineral Resources Governance Project for Madagascar were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was high, the Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and the Borrower performance was also moderately satisfactory. There were two lessons learned: 1) High-level scientific oversight is key to ensuring the success of a complex geology...
Environmental and Gender Impacts of Land Tenure Regularization in Africa:Pilot Evidence from Rwanda
Article / Working Paper, Governance and Gender, Land Governance, DonorAlthough recent developments have increased interest in African land tenure, Rwanda’s nation-wide Land Tenure Regularization (LTR) program is one of a few models to address these issues at the required scale. A rigorous empirical analysis that is used to evaluate the pilot for this program highlights four main effects; namely, (i) significant and large investment impacts that are particularly...
The Access Initiative Online Assessment Toolkit - Environmental Governance
Framework, Land Governance, Civil SocietyAt the heart of The Access Initiative’s (TAI’s) work is an online assessment toolkit that helps civil society coalitions pinpoint strengths and weaknesses in environmental governance in their countries and identify opportunities to make positive changes. Using a framework of case studies and indicators that evaluate both laws on the books and government practices on the ground, TAI coalitions...
Realising rights, protecting forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation: Case studies from the Accra Caucus
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Land Governance, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyThe Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change is a network of southern and northern NGOs representing around 100 civil society and Indigenous Peoples' organizations from 38 countries, formed at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Accra, Ghana in 2008. The Caucus works to place the rights of indigenous and forest communities at the centre of...
A rough guide to investment climate reform in conflict-affected countries
Conflict, Report, Inter-Governmental Organization, GovernmentMost conflicts have strong economic dimensions and are driven by the pursuit of legal or illegal profit. Conflict has wide-reaching negative impacts on people, infrastructure, institutions, markets, and trust in government. Employment and investment are critical for peace. Investment climate reform is critical to state-building and can inculcate transparency, honesty, professionalism, and client...