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Corruption in natural resource management: an introduction
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008Natural resources often provide fertile ground for corruption. Since a substantial number of partner countries in development cooperation are richly endowed with natural resources, these contexts pose a particular challenge for effective donor action.DocumentManual on the right to water and sanitation
Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions, 2007There is growing interest among water and sanitation policy makers and practitioners in the contributions of human rights approaches to efforts to extend access to water and sanitation to all. Many actors in the water and sanitation sectors are now aware of human rights-based approaches to development, but are unfamiliar with the precise content of human rights standards.DocumentThe legitimacy and effectiveness of global environment
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2007This working paper contains reports on the creation of more effective and legitimate multi-governance arrangements in various policy domains from the 8. Nordic Environmental Social Science Research Conference held in Norway in June, 2007.DocumentAuthority, responsibility and justice in environmental politics
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2007This working paper contains seven papers presented at the 8.Nordic Environmental Social Science Research conference held in Oslo in June 2007. The conference looked into how the international community, nations and local communities meet common challenges on the environmental area, particularly focussing on issues of authority, responsibility and justice in environmental politics.DocumentBeyond access: exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD
Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 2007This book seeks to analyse the application of access and benefit sharing (ABS) to genetic resources in the hands of users and researchers outside the provider country or country of origin.DocumentEnergy security in Asia: China, India, oil and peace
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo, 2006What is the composition of Indian and Chinese energy consumption and their relative dependence on imported energy (with a focus on oil and gas)?DocumentApproaches and financial models for scaling up Norwegian development assistance to clean energy
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007Norway has launched its Clean Energy for Development Initiative, thus initiating a process aimed at firmly establishing support to clean and renewable energy as a central pillar in its development cooperation.DocumentCan community conservation bring international goals down to Earth?: Chairman’s report from a workshop on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Nordic Council of Ministers, 2007This is a report from a workshop on the role of local communities and indigenous peoples in the follow-up of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment in environment and in development policy and practice. The event formed part of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Association of Impact Assessment in Stavanger, Norway, 23 - 25 May 2006.DocumentWomen in backyards: root crop production and biodiversity management in backyards: a case study in five selected woredas of Tigray regional state, Northern Ethiopia
Drylands Coordination Group, Norway, 2007How can women produce and benefit better from their backyards? How to introduce drought resistant and highly nutritional root crops along while maintaining the biodiversity of plants in backyards? This paper aims to contribute to food self-sufficiency and improve the nutritional status of poor women headed households and poor families in Tigray, Ethiopia.DocumentManagement of Natural Resources Programme, Tanzania TAN-0092 : final evaluation
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007This paper presents the findings of the final evaluation of the Management of Natural Resources Programme (MNRP) in Tanzania. The evaluation consisted of site visits to the programme’s eleven projects, interviews with project managers and beneficiaries, and a review of programme documents and other relevant literature.Pages