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  Working with Gender in Rural Afghanistan: Experiences from Norwegian-funded NGO projects - norad.no

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014

  Gender equality and women’s rights is a key priority for Norway’s foreign and development policy in general and in Afghanistan in particular. Gender considerations are included in most of Norway’s development cooperation in the country but the substance and scale of it varies from agreement to agreement and from the different channels of funding.
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  Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.
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  The Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey

  Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 2012

  This report aims to synthesise information on current socioeconomic conditions within the villages that are to be involved in the Ecotrust Pro-Poor REDD+ pilot project in the Masindi district of western Uganda.
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  The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.
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  How does Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net program affect livestock accumulation and children’s education?

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014

  The report uses panel data from Northern Ethiopia to investigate the welfare impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program. We assess whether the program raised livestock asset levels and children’s education among participant households.
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  Land valuation and perceptions of land sales prohibition in Ethiopia

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014

  This study investigates attitudes towards legalizing land sales and Willingness to Accept (WTA) sales prices and compensation prices for land among smallholder households in four different areas in the Oromia and SNNP Regions in the southern highlands of Ethiopia.
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  Knowledge networks on the use of biodiversity for sustainable livestock production in Latin America: A model platform for capacity building

  Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, 2014

  Knowledge networks are self-organized struct ures where knowledge generation and exchange take place, thereby providing a basis which capacity building programs can build on by facilitating activities that promote knowledge exchange and mutual learning. The suitability of this kind of network relies on a series of characteristics.
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  Adaptable neighbours: movement patterns of GPS-collared leopards in human dominated landscapes in India

  PLoS ONE, 2014

  Understanding the nature of the interactions between humans and wildlife is of vital importance for conflict mitigation. We equipped five leopards with GPS-collars in Maharashtra (4) and Himachal Pradesh (1), India, to study movement patterns in human-dominated landscapes outside protected areas.
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  Going offshore: How development finance institutions support companies using the world’s most secretive financial centres

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2014

  Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are government-controlled institutions that, as this report shows, often support private sector projects that are routed through tax havens, using scarce public money. By supporting projects in this way, DFIs are helping to reinforce the offshore industry as they are providing income and legitimacy.
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  Thirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world

  Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014

  Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?

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