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An Assessment of European - aided Watershed Development Projects in India from the Perspective of Poverty Reduction and the poor
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper assesses four Watershed Development Projects in India supported by European donors, namely Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Danida), Doon Valley Integrated Watershed Management Project (European Commission), Karnataka Integrated Watershed Management Project (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) and Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Overseas Development Administration/DepartmentDocumentBusiness development, social security or patronage? Zambia’s Agricultural Credit Management Programme.
Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997The government that took power in Zambia in 1991 faced the challenge of fulfilling its promise to liberalise the economy while at the same time preventing any further increase in poverty and consolidating its hold on power. Part of its response was the launch, in 1994, of the Agricultural Credit Management Programme (ACMP).DocumentClimatic Uncertainty and Natural Resource Policy: What Should the Role of Government Be?
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998Recent concern about the consequences of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has focused attention on how policy implications are interpreted and acted upon, and the role government has in monitoring and disseminating predictions of weather patterns.DocumentIndonesia and the 1997-98 El Niño: Fire Problems and Long-Term Solutions
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1996The 1997-98 El Nino is among the strongest recorded and low rainfall in Indonesia set the conditions for widespread fires. At the same time, it is clearer during this particular El Niño than it has been in the past that many fires are being deliberately set.DocumentStaking Their Claims: Land Disputes in Southern Mozambique
Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997Conflicting interests in land and resource use emerged in postwar Mozambique, giving rise to multiple layers of dispute. This article explores the disputes occurring between 1992 and 1995 in two districts which are notable for the severity of competition over land by virtue of their proximity to Maputo, namely, Matutuíne and Namaacha.DocumentIndia's Position on Climate Change from Rio to Kyoto: A Policy Analysis
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Policy-making analysis of actors, structures, ideas, interests and powers behind the Indian government’s national position on climate change.DocumentTree Planting in Indonesia: Trends, Impacts and Directions
Center for International Forestry Research, 1998The aims of the project were as a follows: to identify tree planting activities currently prominent in Indonesiato seek reasons for their ascendancy, with specific reference to influential actors capable of favouring certain activities and holding back others; of particular interest were the activities of regional government agencies which were hypothesised to be more instrumental thaDocumentSelf-Governance and Forest Resources
Center for International Forestry Research, 1999Outline of theory on community-based institutions and IFPRI’s ongoing efforts to test empirically the theory’s relevance for forest management.Destruction or degradation of forest resources is most likely to occur in open-access forests where those involved, or external authorities, have not established effective governance.DocumentDevolution and decentralisation of forest management in Asia and the Pacific
Unasylva, FAO, 1999Decentralization and devolution are dominant themes in the contemporary discussion of forest policy.DocumentGodsend, sleight of hand or just muddling through: joint water and forest management in India
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2000This paper lays out the complex politics underpinning joint management and identifies the potential for, and route towards more, if gradual, decentralisation in the future.The paper draws the following conclusions: Conventional analyses of joint management are rooted in organisational theory; their apolitical character severely limits their explanatory powerJoint management arrangePages