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Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity in Moldova

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
мая, 2016
Moldova
Europe
Central Asia

Moldova has experienced rapid economic growth in the past decade, which has been accompanied by reductions in poverty and good performance in shared prosperity. Nonetheless, Moldova remains one of the poorest countries in Europe and faces challenges in sustaining the progress. The challenges for progress include spatial and cross-group inequalities, particularly because of unequal access to assets, services and economic opportunities.

The urgent need to address farmers-pastoralists conflicts in Nigeria

Reports & Research
мая, 2016
Nigeria
Africa

The rising conflicts between farmers and pastoralists threaten Nigeria’s food security, economic stability and ecological balance. Instead of ‘silently’ resolving the issues, the Nigerian government should intensify all means to end these crimes against livelihoods and address the root causes, like climate change, displacement and appropriation of grazing reserves.

Climate Change & Security in South Asia - Cooperating for Peace

Journal Articles & Books
мая, 2016
Asia

South Asia is on the front line in confronting the implications of climate change and addressing the consequences for security.

To analyse this and more, the Global Military Advisory Council on Climate Change (GMACCC) has just released its report “Climate Change and Security in South Asia”. GMACCC is a global network of military and security experts working on the security implications of climate change. President BIPSS, Major General A N M Muniruzzaman, ndc, psc (Retd) is the Chairman of GMACCC. He is also a lead author of this report.

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Senegal

Policy Papers & Briefs
мая, 2016
Senegal
Western Africa
Africa

The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
achieve food security and broader development goals
under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
resilience, and reduce/remove GHGs, and require planning
to address tradeoffs and synergies between these three
pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation [1]. The

Policy Brief: Monitoring Women Land Rights in India in the Context of UN’s Sustainable Development Goal

Policy Papers & Briefs
апреля, 2016
India

This Policy breif, prepared by Center for Land Governance, NRMC, Bhubaneswar with support of The World Bank, New Delhi provides breif information on legal framework and changes, institutional processes, measuring and monitoring changes, compares operational holding with ownership and plot level data around women's land rights in India. It also proposes policy recommendations on measuring and monitoring women’s land rights. 

Actual conjuntura política e económica, agricultura e desenvolvimento rural

Reports & Research
апреля, 2016
Mozambique

O Observatório do Meio Rural (OMR) tem acompanhado com atenção a recente evolução geral do país e, em particular, o desenrolar da economia com ênfase para a crise da dívida.

Tem contribuído em debates públicos e co-assinado comunicados em parceria com outras organizações da sociedade civil. Este texto procura focalizar nos previsíveis efeitos da situação geral do país sobre a agricultura e o meio rural.

 

South–South Cooperation, Agribusiness, and African Agricultural Development: Brazil and China in Ghana and Mozambique

Journal Articles & Books
апреля, 2016
Mozambique
Ghana

The rise of new powers in development has generated much debate on the extent to which South–South Cooperation (SSC) constitutes a new paradigm of development more relevant to African needs or a disguise for a new form of imperialism. This paper critically examines the rise of Chinese and Brazilian technical and economic cooperation in African agriculture with two cases drawn from Ghana and Mozambique.