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The role of corruption in the misappropriation of tropical forest resources and in tropical forest destruction
Transparency International, 1998There exists broad evidence that in many countries corruption has been, or still is, a driving force behind misappropriation of forest resources and tropical forest destruction. The following examples were gathered rather randomly and are far from giving a complete picture of corruption in relation with tropical forests.DocumentThe WWF-World Bank Alliance Global Collaboration for Forest Conservation and Sustainable Use -- Thoughts on Making It Work
Macroeconomics for Sustainable Development Programme Office, WWF, 1998Taking the broad objectives and specific instruments of the WWF-World Bank Alliance as a starting point, the purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of major economic and political forces driving the deforestation/degradation process which need to be considered and addressed to maximize the achievement and effectiveness of the Alliance.DocumentMainstreaming Public Participation in Economic Infrastructure Projects
Overseas Development Institute, 1998In the last ten years, participation has become central to the social development sectors of official development assistance – smallholder agriculture, community forestry, health care, education, urban sanitation, small-scale water supplies, etc.DocumentContestation over Political Space: The State and Demobilisation of Party Politics in Kenya
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Appraises political liberalization and subsequent contestation over political space in Kenya. The discussion centres on how, from the colonial period, elite politics have precluded organization and crystallization of popular democracy.The paper specifically examines the historicity of political factionalism and attendant decline of multi-partyism.DocumentHitosa Water Supply Project, Ethiopia
Wateraid, 1997Describes a large scale community-managed gravity water supply scheme in EthiopiaDocumentGlobalization, Uneven Development and Poverty: Recent Trends and Policy Implications
Poverty Elimination Programme, UNDP, 1998Paper outlines recent trends in economic growth, income distribution and poverty in the context of globalization.DocumentEthical Trading Initiatives and Forest Dependent People
Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998Discusses some of the schemes that promote environmentally sustainable trade in forest products and highlights some concerns about their impact on forest dependent people. The trading chains of many forest products, particularly non-timber forest products, are highly complex and people are involved in the marketing of these products in a variety of ways.DocumentProcesses and Production Methods (PPMs): Conceptual Framework and Considerations on Use of PPM-based Trade Measures
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1997Consumers in many countries are increasingly seeking information on how the PPMs of the products they buy affect the environment. Negative impacts of PPMs can be of two sorts. A process or production method can affect the characteristics of a product so that the product itself may pollute or degrade the environment when it is consumed or used (product-related PPMs).DocumentGoing places: Cambodia's future on the move [illegal logging]
Global Witness, 1998Report on illegal logging of Cambodia's forest resources, the government's complicity and the role of Thailand and Vietnam in the export of logs.