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Managing transition in Yemen: An assessment of the costs of conflict and development scenarios for the future by Breisinger, Clemens, Ecker, Olivier, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Engelke, Wilfried, Al-Bataly, Abdulmajeed

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Rural non-farm development in China and India: the role of policies and institutions by Mukherjee, Anit, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…The paper argues that the observed patterns in the rural nonfarm development are the results of institutional differences between the two countries, especially in their political systems, ownership structure, and credit institutions. …”
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Institutional and development issues in integrated water resource management of Saigon River by Sajor, E., Thu, M.

“…The article focuses on endogenous institutional factors in the water sector and the challenges and opportunities to an alternative integrated management approach in Vietnam, particularly in the context of its political legacy, current development goal, and Doi Moi reforms, using Saigon River as a case study. …”
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Policy and institutional frameworks for the development of palm oil–based biodiesel in Indonesia by Caroko, W., Komarudin, Heru, Obidzinski, K., Gunarso, Petrus

“…Findings suggest that biofuel development in Indonesia suffers both structural problems (e.g. insufficient land for feedstock, biofuel market instability, inadequate incentives) and political barriers (e.g. unclear land allocation policies, conflict over land, local power structures that require the investment of time and resources). …”
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The impacts of livestock diseases and their control on growth and development processes that are pro-poor by Perry, Brian D., Grace, Delia

“…Poverty is now at the heart of development discourse; we discuss how it is measured and understood. …”
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Harnessing the sun and wind for economic development?: An economy-wide assessment for Egypt by Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Blohmke, Julian, Breisinger, Clemens, Wiebelt, Manfred

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Statistics of public expenditure for economic development (SPEED) 2010 [Archived version] by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A better understanding of the linkages between public expenditure and development can provide insights for poverty reduction strategies and key development goals. …”
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Who has the better story? On the narrative foundations of agricultural development dichotomies by Mockshell, Jonathan, Birner, Regina

“…While there is consensus on the need to promote agricultural development in Africa to achieve food security and use agriculture as an engine of growth, there is a lively policy debate on appropriate policies to achieve this goal. …”
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Village inequality in Western China: Implications for development strategy in lagging regions by Xing, Li, Fan, Shenggen, Luo, Xiaopeng, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…These findings have important implications on the future development strategy in promoting lagging regions development and poverty reduction. …”
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Experiences and lessons learnt from supporting waste sector development in the Philippines by Paul, Johannes G., Acosta, V.L., Lange, U.

“…Although RA 9003 mandates a waste diversion rate of at least 25 % to be realized by municipalities in 2006, most of them fail to implement the waste legislation properly mainly due to budget limitations, lack of know-how and conflicting interests that delay priority setting and political decision-making. In this context, the Philippine government entered into a bilateral official development program with the German government provided through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) through its development program Solid Waste Management for Local Government Units (SWM4LGUs) during the time period 2005-2012. …”
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Evolution and scope of rural and agricultural finance in developing countries: A review by Yitayih, Mulugeta, Kassie, Girma T., Dessie, Tadelle

“…We conducted a scoping review to explore existing rural finance practices and delivery models in developing countries. The review aimed to examine past and present practices, explore types of products/services and delivery models, identify knowledge gaps, and propose a framework for developing and delivering customized financial services for the rural sector. …”
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Rurbanomics for common prosperity: New approach to integrated urban-rural development by Chen, Kevin Z., Mao, Rui, Zhou, Yunyi

“…Long-term mechanisms are decerned to link urban-rural integration to common prosperity.China has leveraged ingredients of the rurbanomics approach in the political deployment to integrated urban-rural development. …”
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Groundwater governance: addressing core concepts and challenges by Closas, Alvar, Villholth, Karen G.

“…Equally, the paper puts forward a new conceptual thinking that will help support the effective development of governance-based solutions to achieve sustainable, socially acceptable, resilient and equitable resource use.…”
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A systematic review of irrigation development and agricultural water management in Mali by Mabhaudhi, T., Dirwai, Tinashe Lindel, Taguta, C., Kanda, E. K., Nhamo, L., Cofie, Olufunke O.

“…The Malian government also developed several policies to create an enabling environment that promotes agricultural water management (AWM). …”
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A shared research agenda for landuse, landuse change, forestry and clean development mechanism: developed through an international workshop held 6-8 March, 2001, Bogor, Indonesia

“…In March 2001 the Centre for International Forestry Research facilitated an international workshop to identify a global agenda of high priority research questions key to research areas related to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and LULUCF. This document summarizes the workshop report that discussed the following issues: Capacity building and information sharing are critical for building support and political will for backing LULUCF projects; Scale was identified as a main issue in the current negotiation process; A global overview and evaluation of the potential for different CDM options is needed to provide insight into scale issues; The need to reduce costs was identified and set up as the main agenda for further research; Solving the problems of permanence is crucial if forestry projects are to be included in the protocol; Leakage is one of the main concerns raised by negotiators and other stakeholders opposed to the inclusion of LULUCF in the CDM; The production of forest carbon requires consistent, reliable and verifiable monitoring; A reliable, verifiable and cost-effective baseline is needed to calculate the additional certified emissions reduction (CER) accruing to CDM. …”
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Irrigated agriculture and rural change in northeastern Thailand: reflections on present developments by Floch, P., Molle, Francois

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Development of strategies for the incorporation of microbial pesticides into the integrated management of migratory pests by Lomer, C.J., Bateman, R.P., Dent, D., Groote, H. de, Douro-Kpindou, O.K., Kooyman, C., Langewald, J., Johnson, D.L., Peveling, R., Thomas, M.B.

“…Research is recommended on the long-term impact of Nosema in Africa. 6 An evaluation of the utility of the manual destruction of egg pods leads to the conclusion that we should consider the possibility of importing egg parasitoids, such as Scelio parvicornis from Australia, into Africa. 7 Further development work is needed to clarify the economics and politics of locust and grasshopper control; to improve the regulatory framework for biopesticides; to inform key decision makers of the availability and potential of Metarhizium; and to implement the bio-intensive IPM strategies described.…”
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Organization theory for agricultural development agencies: an analysis of the management of Kenya's extensions agents. by Leonard, David K.

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China’s agricultural green transition and high-quality development toward carbon neutrality by Shuo Wang, Lingran Yuan, Binlei Gong

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China’s Influence on Hydropower Development in the Lancang River and Lower Mekong River Basin by Matthews, Nathaniel, Motta, Stew

“…Reviews the history of Chinese hydropower development on the Lancang from the 1950s to the present, the downstream political, economic and environmental implications of Lancang hydropower, China’s hydropower influence in the Lower Mekong Basin, and China’s external environmental and social policies related to hydropower.…”
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