Search Results - Local finance

Nicaragua: Agricultural R&D indicators factsheet by Stads, Gert-Jan, de los Santos, Luis

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Liquid milk: Cash constraints and day-to-day intertemporal choice in financial diaries by Geng, Xin, Janssens, Wendy, Kramer, Berber

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Locking crops to unlock investment: Experimental evidence on warrantage in Burkina Faso by Delavallade, Clara Anne, Godlonton, Susan

“…Warrantage is an innovative model of rural finance with the potential to overcome credit, storage, and commitment constraints through a localized inventory credit scheme. …”
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Key factors in project making : a study of three successful landscape architecture projects initiated by community actors by Lindgren, Christel

“…This thesis studies three projects in which a community group, or small architecture firm, with local knowledge has realized an idea in the public realm by their own initiative, despite their lack of power, financing, or extensive experience. …”

Financial access and digital services within agri-food value chains in Bangladesh by Ambler, Kate, Bloem, Jeffrey R., de Brauw, Alan, Islam, Saiful, Wagner, Julia

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Institutional environment and access to microfinance by self-employed women in the rural areas of Edo state, Nigeria by Okojie, Christiana, Monye-Emina, A., Eghafona, K., Osaghae, G., Ehiakhamen, J. O.

“…Recommendations: From our findings, we would like to recommend and emphasize the following: * Informal microfinance institutions should be registered at the local government level and encouraged to keep good records in order to provide data on the volume of informal sector transactions in microfinance. * Women find it difficult to access formal finance institutions for several reasons, including lack of collateral or bank accounts and the belief that women do not repay loans. * More MFBs should be established in all Local Government Areas (LGAs) in order to reach the rural dwellers, especially women who should be targets of MFB operations. * Commercial banks which have established microfinance departments should develop products that target rural self-employed women. * MFBs should be properly supervised to protect depositors’ funds. …”
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Institutional arrangements to make public spending responsive to the poor: When intent meets political economy realities by Mogues, Tewodaj, Erman, Alvina

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Managing conflict over natural resources in greater Kordofan, Sudan: Some recurrent patterns and governance implications by Siddig, El Fatih Ali, El-Harizi, Khalid, Prato, Bettina

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Polycentric LocAl Led Climate AdapTation ChampION (ACTION) to build resilience to droughts in Hanzila Village, Southern Zambia by Mweemba, C. E., Amarnath, Giriraj, van Koppen, Barbara

“…Following up on these recommendations, ClimBeR’s LocAlly Led Climate AdapTation ChampION (ACTION) Grant Program focused on interventions driven and implemented at the local level in Hanzila community, with the involvement and leadership of community members, organizations, and local governments. …”
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Scaling up the use of low-emissions development (LED) research outputs in Kenya: Operationalizing climate-smart agriculture strategy in the local action plan by Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Odhong’, Charles, Lamanna, Christine, Kamau, Hannah N., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline

“…Key messages – The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) Data Atlas and Training Guidebook can help operationalize Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy (KCSAS) and its framework at the county level by building capacity of local CSA stakeholders and designing the county CSA plans…”
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Food and water security, early warning, early action and response in Western Province, Zambia: retrospective analysis of the 2018-2020 humanitarian food and water crisis in Western... by de Boer, T., Mutenje, Munyaradzi, Nohayi, Ngowenani, Kasoma-Pele, Winnie, Arretche, C., Jaime, C.

“…The research provides an in-depth perspective on one of the most recent food security crises in Zambia to inform localization and strengthen early warning and early action efforts at the national and community levels. …”
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Percepción local acerca de la calidad del agua y la herpetofauna en fincas ganaderas del municipio de Matiguas, Nicaragua by Gómez Martínez, Mario J., Gutiérrez Montes, Isabel A., DeClerck, Fabrice A. J.

“…There was a significant absence of: local institutions, biodiversity conservation projects promotion and financing, access and water storage. …”
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Institutions and policy in the Blue Nile Basin: understanding challenges and opportunities for improved land and water management. by Haileslassie, Amare, Hagos, Fitsum, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Peden, Donald G., Ahmed, A.A., Gebreselassie, S., Tafesse, T., Mapedza, Everisto D., Mukherji, Aditi

“…Addressing these gaps only at local level may impact the basin communities at large. …”
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Repoblamiento ganadero con una raza local ante un desastre natural: análisis de una política interinstitucional y participativa en la Patagonia Argentina by Lammel, Sofía Ailén, Ejarque, Mercedes, Losardo, Pablo Gustavo, Perez Centeno, Marcelo, Lanari, Maria Rosa

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SE4RL: piloting alternative models of solarization by Kuriachen, Philip

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Nut Production in Bertholletia excelsa across a Logged Forest Mosaic: Implications for Multiple Forest Use by Rockwell, Cara A., Guariguata, Manuel R., Menton, M., Arroyo Quispe, E., Quaedvlieg, J., Warren-Thomas, E., Fernández Silva, H., Jurado Rojas, E.E., Kohagura Arrunátegui, J.A.H., Meza Vega, L.A., Revilla Vera, O., Quenta Hancco, R., Valera Tito, J.F., Villarroel Panduro, B.T., Yucra Salas, J.J.

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El fideicomiso como herramienta de financiación aplicada a la capitalización ganadera. Estudio de caso fondo ganadero INTA Bordenave by Torres Carbonell, Carlos Alberto

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A climate change modelling framework for financial stress testing in Southern Africa by Anvari, Vafa, Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Makrelov, Konstantin, Strezepek, Kenneth, Thomas, Timothy S., Gabriel, Sherwin, Merven, Bruno

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Since 2017, the countries of the Central American Integration System experienced +250 transformations in their political, institutional and financial frameworks toward scaling Clim... by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Following the launch of the CSA strategy for the Central American Integration System (2017), supported by CCAFS, actors from all levels (local, national, regional/international) implemented 259 transformations aligned with the strategy’s objectives toward scaling Climate Smart Agriculture. …”
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Social protection: Adaptive safety nets for crisis recovery by Hirvonen, Kalle

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