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  Pakistan: energy sector appraisal

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2013

  The Economic Survey of Pakistan notes that during 2011-12 around USD 4.8 billion or 2 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) was lost due to power sector outages. This is a major factor behind Pakistan’s disappointing economic performance over the past 5 years, with GDP growth averaging under 3 per cent (GoP 2013).
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  Importing liquefied natural gas (LNG): a policy analysis

  Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2014

  Pakistan is in the midst of a severe energy crisis that largely stemmed from a mismanagement of natural resources in the country. Weak regulatory and pricing mechanisms in the natural gas sector have led to huge disparities between demand and supply.
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  Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.
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  The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.
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  State-directed multi-national enterprises and transnational governance: Chinese investments, corporate responsibility and sustainability norms

  Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014

  Africa clearly needs foreign investments for its development. But such investments in extractive industries and hydropower projects should not cause ecological degradation and threaten the livelihoods of many Africans.
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  Africa energy outlook - a focus on energy prospects in sub-Saharan Africa

  International Energy Agency, 2014

  Sub-Saharan Africa’s energy sector can be improved to unlock a better life for its citizens.
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  Technological catch-up and indigenous institutional infrastructures in latecomer natural resource-related industries: an exploration of the role of EMBRAPA in Brazil’s soybeans and forestry-based pulp and paper industries

  International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014

  This article reports the results of an exploratory study on the role of indigenous institutional infrastructures in the accumulation of world-leading innovative capabilities (technological catch-up) in natural resource-related industries in the context of developing/emerging economies.
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  A strategic agricultural sector and food security diagnostic for Burma

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2013

  Despite its enormous potential, Myanmar’s agriculture has underperformed over the past fifty years. Furthermore, given that two-thirds of the population works primarily in agriculture, low farm productivity translates into high rates of poverty and food insecurity.
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  Farmer demand for soil fertility management practices in Kenya’s grain basket

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2013

  Land degradation cripples smallholder crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa, including those found in the densely populated, grain basket areas of Kenya.
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  Agribusiness models for inclusive growth in Myanmar: diagnosis and ways forward

  Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 2014

  Successful development experiences have demonstrated the greater efficiency achieved with a growth strategy based on small and medium-scale farmers (SMFs). This study is sought to identify potential agribusiness models for enhancing inclusive growth through NGOs partnerships with SMFs in Myanmar.

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