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  Creating livelihoods under stress: some examples from India

  Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2002

  This report details the process of creating and managing livelihoods under stress in India, through three case studies.
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  Participatory biodiversity conservation in the South Asia region : proceedings of Regional Networking Seminar and Second General Assembly : February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2001

  This report documents the keynote presentations of the South Asian Participatory Biodiversity Conservation Forum in February 2001, Kathmandu, Nepal.The themes of the working papers include:participatory biodiversity conservation in the traditional farming systems of Kerala, southern Indiabiodiversity resource management in Bangladesh with special emphasis on ricelandscape biodiv
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  Should developing countries take on binding commitments in a climate agreements?

  Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, 2003

  This paper analyses the costs and benefits obtained when developing countries take on binding emission constraints in order to take part in emissions trading in a future climate agreement.Highlights of the paper include:developing countries could obtain substantial welfare improvements by making the transition from the Clean Development Mechanism to emissions tradingindustrialised c
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  Local government finances and financial management in Tanzania: analyses of data from six councils, 2000-2003

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This report presents and analyses data on finances and financial management in six councils in Tanzania, from 2000-2003.
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  Taxation, aid and democracy: research programme 2000-2003

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper, based on research carried out in Namibia, Tanzania and Uganda, discusses taxation, aid and democracy in aid-dependent African countries.
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  Private sector development study: Angola

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  This study summarises the historical, political and economical background in Angola of relevance to the prevailing conditions for private sector development.
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  Fighting poverty through agriculture: Norwegian plan of action for agriculture in Norwegian development policy

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2004

  Under this Norwegian strategy, development assistance for agricultural development will be scaled up considerably. The plan sets out 50 measures for promoting agricultural development in developing countries.It takes a holistic approach in which agricultural development is part of a broader strategy for private sector development that considers the entire production chain from field to table.
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  To pay or not to pay?: citizens’ views on taxation in local authorities in Tanzania

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  Widespread tax evasion reflected in persistent public resistance to pay is seen as part of the problem of raising local government revenues in Tanzania. Dealing with the policy problem of revenue enhancement and tax evasion requires some understanding of the factors underlying the individual’s decision whether to pay or evade taxes.
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  Housing mobilization in Calcutta: empowerment for the masses or awareness for the few?

  Norwegian Network for Asian Studies / Asianettverket, University of Oslo, 2004

  [No longer available online: published in Environment and Urbanization, 1 April 2004, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 129-137(9)]This paper describes the evolution of the Calcutta NGO Unnayan and the two related movements which it initiated and supported, Chhinnamul and the National Campaign for Housing Rights (NCHR).
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  Governance interventions in post-war situations: lessons learned

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004

  This paper addresses governance issues in post-war situations as these are dealt with in three sets of literature: the growing case-based knowledge arising from the experience in internationally-assisted transitions from war to peace since the early 1990s.insofar as these transitions typically intended to establish a democratic post-war order, important insights can be drawn from the

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