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    Review of three programmes for natural resource management and disaster risk reduction in Departement du Sud, Haiti. Final report.

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013
    This report presents a review of three programmes that were set up to address natural  resource management and disaster risk reduction in the aftermath of the January 2010  earthquake in Haiti. The Government of Norway funds the programmes through the Haiti Reconstruction Fund (HRF). The programmes are:
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    Terminal review of the Sustainable Use of Wildlife in Namibia Project

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2012
    Building on the foundations prepared over several years by pioneers in the field of rights-based CBNRM, and operating within the broader Namibian CBNRM Programme, the Sustainable Use Project supports the Namibia CBNRM Natural Resources Working Group to build capacity in natural resource management and monitoring capabilities in the CBNRM staff of member NGOs and the MET.
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    Zambezi River Basin - atlas of the changing environment

    GRID Arendal, 2012
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    A qualitative reframing of private sector corruption: considerations from the natural resource sectors in South Africa

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013
    The currently used concept of private sector corruption does not cover new types of corruption that have emerged in response to the increasing complexity of the public-private boundary and the effects of more liberalized markets.
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    Rights-based rainforest protection Why securing the rights of forest peoples is the right way to save the forest

    2012
    The loss of the world’s rainforest has for decades been recognised as a serious, global environmental problem, both by rainforest nations and the international community. Still, 13 million hectares of tropical forest disappear every year. There is, thus, an urgent need for intensified efforts at the appropriate scale and with the right approach.
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    National REDD+ Strategy Development and Implementation Process in Tanzania. Mid Term Review. Final Report

    2013
    The Norwegian Government funded REDD+ project portfolio in Tanzania is creating significant positive results across Tanzania. Along with the research project on climate change and a selection of pilot projects, the REDD+ Policy Project is helping lay the foundation for Tanzania’s future REDD activities. The mid-term review was carried out during March 2013, by independent consultants, Nordeco.
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    Evaluation of Norway’s Bilateral Agricultural Support to Food Security

    Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2013
    The purpose of this evaluation was “to assess to what extent Norwegian funds for agriculture have contributed to food security, with a view to get recommendations for future support”. The period under evaluation was 2005-2011. The evaluation focused on four aspects (clusters): 1. Contribution to food security. 2. Monitoring, evaluation and documentation. 3. Sustainability and scaling-up. 4.
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    Evaluation of NDF's progress under the climate mandate

    2012
    Background: In 2009 the Nordic Development Fund (NDF) was given a new mandate to provide financing to projects addressing the challenges posed by climate change. At the same time, NDF was given grants as a new financing instrument. Based on an assessment carried out by the NDF staff in early 2011, NDF’s Board decided to undertake an independent evaluation of NDF’s work under the climate mandate.
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    Human energy requirements in Jatropha oil production for rural electrification in Tanzania

    Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development, 2013
    Mini-grids connecting households to a generator can be a solution for providing rural communities in developing countries with electricity. Substituting diesel with locally produced Jatropha oil can improve economic and environmental sustainability of rural electrification.
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    Inequality watch

    Norwegian People's Aid, 2012
    This report is a contribution to the development policy debate. It shows that it is a too narrow approach to limit the targets of development policy to growth or to lifting a population above an artificial poverty line. A clear prioritization of power and resources is needed. The report gives a thorough analysis of inequality and development in Bolivia, El Salvador, South Africa, and Mozambique.

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