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Final review of the project "Hifadhi ya Misitu ya Asali (HIMA) - Piloting REDD+ in Zanzibar through Community Forest Management" implemented by CARE International and partners
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015BackgroundDocumentHeat, light and power for refugees: Saving lives, reducing costs
Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2015Displacement of people as a result of conflict is not a new phenomenon – but today it represents an unprecedented global challenge. The gap between the needs of growing numbers of displaced people and the resources and political will to meet their needs is widening.DocumentLessons learned from the implementation of REDD Pilot Projects in Tanzania
The Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania, 2015This document summarises key lessons learned in the implementation of seven REDD+ pilot projects in Tanzania between 2009 a,d 2014. The projects, implemented by Tanzanian and international NGOs, were designed to test local approaches to implementing REDD+ across a range of social, institutional, tenure and ecological conditions.DocumentCorruption and state-corporate crime in fisheries
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015This U4 Issue paper describes corruption in the fisheries sector through the lens of state-corporate crime. It presents a case study from Senegal where Russian, European and Asian fishing firms, supported by their home governments, gained access to overfished stocks that are vital to local food security and the artisanal fishing sector.DocumentBy the gun or by the bribe: Firm size, environmental governance and corruption among mining companies in Guatemala
U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2015This U4 Issue discusses the corruption risks faced by mining companies in Guatemala, with a particular focus on the risks faced by small, “junior” mining companies primarily engaged in exploration.DocumentThe eternal conflict: Land, peasants, and the military in Mexico
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015Land has always been an important site of struggle in Mexico, often bringing peasant movements and peasant communities into conflicts with the Mexican military. This CMI Insight focuses on the key conflict dimensions since the Mexican revolution (1910-1917) and up till today.DocumentAfar Resilience Study
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2015This paper has been prepared in conjunction with a project for resilience building in Afar National Regional State, Ethiopia under the auspices of the Afar Region Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Food Security Coordination Office and the Agriculture Knowledge Learning Documentation and Policy Project (AKLDP), Ethiopia which is implemented by the Feinstein International Center, Tufts UniverDocumentAlternatives to local content
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2015This paper by Ivar Kolstad and Abel Kinyondo suggests that an optimal local content policy in the context of flawed institutions is a more minimal one than those typically pursued by developing countries with recently discovered petroleum reserves.DocumentResponses to weather and climate: A cross-section analysis of rural incomes
World Bank, 2015This paper was commissioned by the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Cross-Cutting Solutions Area and is a background paper for the World Bank Group’s flagship report: “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty.” It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discusDocumentMainstreaming climate change in Norwegian development aid: Reconciling climate priorities with aid delivery procedures
Stockholm Environment Institute, 2015This brief examines Norway’s approach to integrating climate issues into all of its official development assistance.Pages