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The dragon and the elephant: Learning from agricultural and rural reforms in China and India by Fan, Shenggen, Gulati, Ashok

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Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka by Aheeyar, Mohamed M. M., Manthrithilake, Herath, Pathmarajah, S., Makin, Ian W.

“…In the absence of an appropriate regulatory framework and lack of political will to manage groundwater, it is recommended that the social framework and community governance arrangements are developed and strengthened to enable sustainable use of groundwater resources.…”
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The comprehensive Africa agriculture program as a collective institution by Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Birner, Regina, Flaherty, Kathleen

“…These include negative spillover effects of poor governance (for example, obstacles to developing regional markets), improved bargaining power of African governments vis-à-vis the donor community, long-standing political efforts to build a positive African identity, and a donor interest in reducing transaction costs by interacting with African countries though regional organizations rather than individually. …”
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Sustainable food supply : the case of the Roslagslådan network by Redman, Lauren

“…Higher-level industry and political conditions also threaten the sustainability of the studied AFS network. …”

Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka by Kishore, Avinash, Alvi, Muzna, Krupnik, Timothy J.

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Microfinance and poverty alleviation by Irobi, Nnenna Christiana

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Poverty and micro credit by Wetterstrand, Hanna

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Water governance for resilience to climate change by Kjellen, M., White, M., Matthews, J., Mauroner, A., Timboe, I., Burchi, S., Dhot, N., Waeyenberge, T. van, El Fenni, Y. R., Lohani, A., Newton, J., Imamura, Y., Miyamoto, M., Moors, E., Oliveira, V.G. de, Schmeier, S., Crespo, C. C., Gutiérrez, M. T., Welling, R., Suhardiman, Diana, Hada, R., Saji, M., Jiménez, A., Lymer, B. L., Saikia, P., Mathews, R., Bernardini, F., Koeppel, S., Aureli, A., Resende, T. C., Avellan, T., Hahn, A., Kirschke, S.J., Perera, D., Loeffen, A., Turner, R., Pories, L., Aldaco-Manner, L., Daher, B., Willemart, S., Schillinger, J.

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Narratives of Chinese economic reforms: How does China cross the river? by Zhang, Xiaobo, Fan, Shenggen, de Haan, Arjan

“…They provide a first-hand account of how the political processes occurred, how social and political entrepreneurs shaped the choices and sequences of various reforms, and how the rigidities and sometimes erroneous beliefs were overcome.…”
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What gets measured gets done!: towards an afro-barometer for tracking progress in achieving sustainable development goal 5 by Nhamo, G., Nhamo, S., Nhemachena, Charles

“…During the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), governments failed to establish baselines for measuring progress in meeting the goals. …”
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Agroecology as a social movement by Tozer, Emma

“…By joining a diverse group of community stakeholders, local food policy councils can potentially develop comprehensive food policies which are responsive to local needs. …”
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Institutional challenges to the implementation of nationally determined contributions in Latin America and Caribbean countries: Institutional architecture requirements, issues aris... by Echebarria, Koldo

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Veterinary public health capacity-building in India: A grim reflection of the developing world’s underpreparedness to address zoonotic risks by Kakkar, M., Abbas. S.S., Kumar, A., Hussain, M.A., Sharma, K., Bhatt, P.M., Zodpey, S.

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Anthropologists and participatory research in research for development projects: case studies from Ethiopia, Ghana and Burkina Faso [Abstract only] by Debevec, Liza, Salzer, A.K.

“…As anthropologists working in research for development (R4D) we are under pressure to use participatory methods in our research. …”
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Government response to ultra-processed and sugar beverages industries in developing nations: The need to build coalitions across policy sectors by Gómez, Eduardo J.

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A review of installation, operation and maintenance of Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powered lighting sets in a developing country by Olabiyi, B. A., Adegbola, A.A., Kolawole, P.

“…This deficiency was discovered to be multi-faceted, with causes that are financial, structural, and socio-political, none of which are mutually exclusive. The purpose of this paper is to inform the concern authority of developing nations understand the risks of having poor power supply and understand the role of carbon dioxide and other emissions from internal combustion engine powered set installations. …”
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Consultative Workshop on the Co-development of National Framework for Weather, Water and Climate Services (NFWWCS) for the Southern Africa sub-region by Amha, Yosef, Recha, John W.M., Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Solomon, Dawit

“…The interventions and way forward included country specific solutions that could empower each country, in particular those that are at step zero, to get going while those that have started to progress to the next stages of the NFWWCS development. Common challenges across all Southern Africa countries are associated with lack or limited financial resources to fund the development of the NFWWCS, lack of support and buy-in from national government and political leaders in the respective countries and participation on staff members who are not decision makers. …”
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State of water quality monitoring and pollution control in Africa: towards developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) by Mukuyu, Patience, Jayathilake, Nilanthi, Tijani, M., Nikiema, Josiane, Dickens, Chris, Mateo-Sagasta, Javier, Chapman, D. V., Warner, S.

“…The five phases of developing an African Water Quality Program (AWaQ) are explained in the following papers: 1. …”
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Drought management norms: is the Middle East and North Africa Region managing risks or crises? by Jedd, T., Fragaszy, S. R., Knutson, C., Hayes, M. J., Belhaj Fraj, M., Wall, N., Svoboda, M., McDonnell, Rachael

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Ten new insights in climate science 2022 by Martin, M.A., Boakye, E.A., Boyd, E., Broadgate, W., Bustamante, M., Canadell, J.G., Carr, E.R., Chu, E.K., Cleugh, H., Csevar, S., Daoudy, M., Bremond, A. de, Dhimal, M., Ebi, K.L., Edwards, C., Fuss, S., Girardin, M.P., Glavovic, B., Hebden, S., Hirota, M., Hsu, H.H., Huq, S., Ingold, K., Johannessen, O.M., Kameyama, Y., Kumarasinghe, N., Langendijk, G.S., Lissner, T., Lwasa, S., Machalaba, C., Maltais, A., Mathai, M.V., Mbow, C., McNamara, K.E., Mukherji, Aditi, Murray, V., Mysiak, J., Okereke, C., Ospina, D., Otto, F., Prakash, A., Pulhin, J.M., Raju, E., Redman, A., Rigaud, K.K., Rockstrom, J., Roy, J., Schipper, E.L.F., Schlosser, P., Schulz, K.A., Schumacher, K., Schwarz, L., Scown, M., Sedova, B., Siddiqui, T.A., Singh, C., Sioen, G.B., Stammer, D., Steinert, N.J., Suk, S., Sutton, R., Thalheimer, L., Aalst, Maarten van, Geest, K. van der, Zhao, Z.J.

“…Findings concern: (1) new aspects of soft and hard limits to adaptation; (2) the emergence of regional vulnerability hotspots from climate impacts and human vulnerability; (3) new threats on the climate–health horizon – some involving plants and animals; (4) climate (im)mobility and the need for anticipatory action; (5) security and climate; (6) sustainable land management as a prerequisite to land-based solutions; (7) sustainable finance practices in the private sector and the need for political guidance; (8) the urgent planetary imperative for addressing losses and damages; (9) inclusive societal choices for climate-resilient development and (10) how to overcome barriers to accelerate mitigation and limit global warming to below 2°C. …”
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