Resultados de búsqueda - Political development.

Tax compliance and representation in Zambia’s informal economy por Resnick, Danielle

“…What drives tax compliance among informal workers and does it affect demands for political representation? While these questions have been posed previously in political economy scholarship, there are few studies that examine these dynamics among informal workers, who constitute the majority of the population in developing countries. …”
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Seminars on new EU measures for food security in ACP States por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…In the present economic and political context, significant changes are taking place in food security issues. …”
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Establishment of pulp and paper production in Russia : assessment of obstacles por Andersson, Hanna

“…It also contains general reports of the Russian political and economic situation, as well as new material about the pulp and paper branch in the. …”

Food security and agriculture in the Western Highlands of Guatemala por López Ridaura, Santiago, Barba-Escoto, Luis, Reyna, C., Hellin, Jonathan, Gerard, G., Wijk, Mark T. van

“…The analytical framework presented here, combining a typology of farm households and their livelihoods with the analysis of their food security status, provides a useful approach for better targeting development interventions towards combating hunger, poverty and malnutrition.…”
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Integrating climate-smart agriculture in regional policy through a fast-track process: Experience from Central America and the Dominican Republic por Le Coq, Jean-François, Martínez Barón, Deissy, Veeger, Marieke, Meza, Laura, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María

“…These factors encompass a combination of institutional and political long- and short-term characteristics of the regional policy arena, science-policy interactions, engagement relationships as well as methodological features. …”
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Understanding local actors’ perspective of threats to the sustainable management of communal rangeland and the role of Participatory GIS (PGIS): the case of Vulindlela, South Afric... por Cho, M. A., Mutanga, O., Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe

“…The outcome of the research demonstrates the need to promote rangeland governance through interdisciplinary and inclusive participation in research and development.…”
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Local knowledge and practices among Tonga people in Zambia and Zimbabwe: A review por Yanou, M.P., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Reed, J., Sunderland, T.C.H.

“…However, the evidence base remains fragmented, while local knowledge remains marginalised in many national biodiversity strategies and development plans. This applies to the Tonga people of Zambia and Zimbabwe. …”
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Land tenure, food security, gender and urbanization in Northern Ghana por Nchanji, Eileen Bogweh, Chagomoka, Takemore, Bellwood-Howard, Imogen, Drescher, Axel, Schareika, Nikolaus, Schlesinger, Johannes

“…Results showed that infrastructural development and agriculture compete for land. The shortage of land for agricultural purposes was pronounced in urban areas (20%) than in periurban areas (1.3%) and rural areas (0%). …”
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Economic impacts of climate change and climate change adaptation strategies in Vanuatu and Timor-Leste por Rosegrant, Mark W., Dey, Madan M., Valmonte-Santos, Rowena, Chen, Oai Li

“…The fisheries sectors in Vanuatu and Timor-Leste are important sources of food and income. Similar to other developing countries and those in the Pacific, they are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change more so because of their geographic location, socioeconomic conditions and political instability. …”
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Measuring Agricultural Water Insecurity Experiences (AgWISE): AgWISE Module and User Guide based on Fieldwork in Bangladesh por Sarker, Mou Rani, Joshi, Deepa, Young, Sera L.

“…Assessing agricultural water [in]security provides a comprehensive understanding of how water influences agricultural development. Water availability varies geographically, but across regions there are marked inequalities in access to and use of water, which are shaped by policy incoherence, poor management and governance of water resources; political, social, economic factors including intersecting inequalities by gender, class, ethnicity, caste, race, age, disability etc. …”
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Agroenvironmental transformation in the Sahel: Another kind of "Green Revolution" por Reij, Chris, Tappan, Gary, Smale, Melinda

“…Women benefited from the improved supply of water, fuelwood, and other tree products. Human, social, and political capital was strengthened in a process of farmer-driven change. …”
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Community forestry in Nepal: A policy innovation for local livelihoods por Ojha, Hemant, Persha, Lauren, Chhatre, Ashwini

“…Through legislative developments and operational innovations over three decades, the program has evolved from a protection-oriented, conservation-focused agenda to a much more broad-based strategy for forest use, enterprise development, and livelihood improvement. …”
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Multi-sectoral nutrition policy and programme design, coordination and implementation in Ethiopia por Ayele, Seife, Zegeye, Elias Asfaw, Nisbett, Nicholas

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Heavy on plans, light on delivery: The structural failures of Ethiopia's nutrition policies por Zerfu, Taddese Alemu

“…Ethiopia's development ambitions rest on the foundation of a healthy population, yet its nutrition sector remains stalled despite decades of planning and investment. …”
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How to do note: Designing GTAs in the context of women’s land and resource rights por Larson, Anne M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Morgan, Miranda, Atmadja, Stibniati, Bailey, Arwen, Cronkleton, Peter, Elias, Marlene, Gallagher, Emily J., Garner, Elisabeth, North, Hanna, Paez Valencia, Ana Maria, Trautman, Sabrina, Choden, Tshering, Olivera, Rikke G., Beltchika, Ndaya

“…This How To Do Note (HTDN) describes a process for developing GTAs that can help redress inequalities in women’s land and resource rights. …”
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Descentralizacion forestal en Bolivia: implicaciones en el gobierno de los recursos forestales y el bienestar de los grupos marginados por Pacheco, P.

“…Since the 1990’s, Bolivia has played a leading role in Latin America with regard to the transfer of political, administrative and fiscal responsibilities and authority from national to municipal governments. …”
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Understanding human-fire interactions in tropical forest regions: a case for interdisciplinary research across the natural and social sciences por Carmenta, R., Parry, L., Blackburn, A., Vermeulen, Sonja J., Barlow, J.

“…These findings indicate that mixed method approaches are imperative to understanding the coupled human-nature system of fire and to improve rural development and management strategies to curtail tropical fire spread.…”
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Reading the landscape past -update: explaining the lack of on-farm tree planting in Ethiopia por Kassa, H., Bekele, M., Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Major policy failures identified, and which persisted over a long period of time, include lack of tenure security, historical background that promoted free grazing, political and institutional instability, abrupt and radical changes in rural development policies and strategies and market distortions due to de facto open access of forest resources on the one hand and price control and lengthy permit requirements to sell wood and wood products produced on farms on the other. …”
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: challenges to 2050 and beyond por Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray I, Ingersoll C, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz S, Zhu, T., Sulser TB, Ringler, Claudia, Msangi S, You, Liangzhi

“…This brief highlights results from the study on possible development and climate change scenarios between now and 2050 and on what these scenarios mean for food security.…”
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Unit three - Governance. [Training/Course material] por Giordano, Mark, Varma, Samyuktha

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