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Riverlink: directory of NGOs in river and watershed issues
International Rivers Network, 1999Riverworks is a directory of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), activists and experts working on river and watershed issues around the world. It is constantly updated and printed upon request. Riverworks is produced by International Rivers Network (IRN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the world's rivers and watersheds.DocumentSub-Saharan Africa science support programme
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1999The AAAS Sub-Saharan Africa Program was inaugurated by AAAS in 1987, representing a concerned response on the part of U.S. scientists and educators to the institutional crisis their African colleagues were facing. Its establishment also represents the commitment on the part of U.S. scientific societies and donors to attempt to work with African institutions in order to address that crisis.DocumentThe costs and benefits of Korean Unification
Institute for International Economics, USA, 1997"We construct the Korean Integration Model (KIM), a two-country computable general equilibrium (CGE) model linking the North and South Korean economies. Using KIM, we simulate the impact of a customs union and a monetary union of the two economies both in the presence and absence of cross-border factor mobility, treating technological transfer in three ways.DocumentThe Role of Agricultural Education in Improving the Performance of Support Services for the Renewable Natural Resources Sector
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997Whilst recent research (mainly in sub-Saharan Africa) has indicated a number of successful innovations in agricultural education and training (AET), it has generally been unresponsive to changing patterns of demand for trainees, which are influenced by the changing roles of public and private sectors.DocumentTragedy of the Commons for Community-based Forest Management in Latin America?
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evidence shows that there have been both positive and negative experiences, with a number of policy implications.DocumentAncestor Spirits and Land Reforms: Contradictory discourses and practices on rights on land in South India
Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, 1999This paper is about Untouchable ancestors' strong emotional attachment to their ancestral land. Ancestrors of Untouchables remain in their ancestral land at the margin of the village, whereas ancestors of high castes leave for the abode of ancestors, after expiating their sins by transferring them to Untouchables.DocumentHalting degradation of natural resources: is there a role for rural communities?
FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1996DocumentKey aspects of strategies for the sustainable development of drylands
FAO Hypermedia Collection on Desertification, 1993