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    Decentralization in Nepal: Laws and Practices

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2011
    This report analyses the legal framework for local governance in Nepal and how its is practiced in six districts. It focuses specifically on transfer of resources and delivery of services, how various groups participate in local planning, decicion-making and implementation of projects and programmes, and relations between local governance institutions and the central government.
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    The mighty few vs. the silent majority - Barriers to resource extraction for poverty reduction in Peru

    Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2012
    Peru is rich in natural resources and the former president García believed extraction would lead to development. However, he had only limited success in spite a strong presidential system. This paper analysis social and judicial forces that limited the level of resources extraction.
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    Can Litigation Clean Rivers? Assessing the Policy Impact of "the Mendoza Case" in Argentina

    2012
    The people of the Matanza-Riachuelo river basin in Argentina live in one of the most polluted places on earth. They suffer from severe health problems, and claim it is because of the polluted air, water and soil. After a public interest litigation process, the authorities were sentenced to clean the river in 2008.
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    Mulanje Mountain Biodiversity Conservation Project - Mid-Term Review for the Norwegian Government

    Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2010
    Mulanje Mountain, located in south-eastern Malawi, is a unique mountain massif with highly valuable environment, natural resources and biodiversity which play a significant role in the lives of the more than a hundred thousand people who live in its immediate surroundings and which have received global recognition.
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    REDD Integrity: Addressing governance and corruption challenges in schemes for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2011
    This U4 Report aims to add nuance to discussions on how donors might approach challenges of governance and corruption with special reference to REDD schemes.
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    Analysing REDD+. Challenges and choices

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2012
    This is the third book in a series of highly recognised REDD+ volumes from CIFOR. It provides an analysis of actual REDD+ design and early implementation, based on a large research project – the Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (GCS).
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    Safeguarding REDD+ finance: ensuring transparent and accountable international financial flows

    Global Witness, 2012
    Funding forest protection in developing countries poses numerous financial risks, from inefficient allocation through to mismanagement of funds, misappropriation and corruption; detailed measures will be needed to ensure effective, transparent and accountable financial flows if greenhouse gas emissions from forest loss are to be reduced.
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    Political economy of the petroleum sector in Nigeria

    World Bank, 2011
    The relatively slow pace of Nigeria's development has often been attributed to the phenomenon of the resource curse whereby the nature of the state as a "rentier" dilutes accountability for development and political actors are able to manipulate institutions to sustain poor governance.
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    Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
    The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the timing of water flows, hydropower rivalries and persistently unsafe drinking water.
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    Brazil’s emergence and the potential for Norwegian peacebuilding diplomacy

    Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2010
    The past decade has seen Brazil play an increasingly important role on the international stage. While always respected because of the reputation of its career diplomats and its commitment to multilateralism and peaceful conflict resolution, its new global clout has turned it into a major pillar of the emerging international system.

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