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  The darker side of green: plantation forestry and carbon violence in Uganda.

  The Oakland Institute, 2014

  In recent years, there has been a significant trend toward land acquisition in developing countries, establishing forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution generated in the Global North.
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  Irrigation Management, Institutions and Local Livelihood Adaptation on Usangu Plains, Tanzania

  Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2014

  This paper studies the evolution of irrigation water management in Usangu Plains and evaluates present irrigation schemes using Ostrom’s design principles for long-enduring common pool resources (CPR) and their influence on farmers’ livelihood. Three types of schemes were identified for comparative analysis.
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  End review of FDC’s project to strengthen the Exp anded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Zambézia province, Mozambique

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014

  This report is an end review of Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade (FDC)’s project to support the implementation of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the Zambézia province. The purposes of the project were the following: • to improve the system of distribution and conservation of vaccines in health units
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  Added value. Added cost? Evaluation of Norwegian support through and to umbrella and network organisations in civil society

  Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014

  About five per cent of Norwegian support to civil society organisations is channelled via Norwegian umbrella and network organisations. These organisations serve as an intermediary between Norad and civil society organisations with regard to channeling funds, quality assurance, reporting and other functions, as well as engaging in advocacy on behalf of their members.
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  Global Estimates 2014: People displaced by disasters

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014

  IDMC’s latest Global Estimates report shows that 22 million people were displaced in 2013 by disasters brought on by natural hazard events. As in previous years, the worst affected region is Asia, where 19 million people, or 87.1 per cent of the global total, were displaced during the year.
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  The risk of disaster-induced displacement in south-east Asia and China

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014

  With a focus on countries in south-east Asia and China, this is IDMC’s fourth regional study on disaster-related displacement risk.
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  Unfinished business: Kenya’s efforts to address displacement and land issues in Coast Region

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2014

  The report analyses displacement in Coast region and identifies tensions over land tenure and poor land governance as key triggers, and obstacles to durable solutions. It provides examples of land issues underlying displacement caused by generalised violence, disasters and human rights violations, and establishes a close link between tenure insecurity and forced evictions.
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  Drugs, (dis)order and agrarian change: the political economy of drugs and its relevance to international drug policy

  Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2014

  n May 2014 the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) hosted a workshop, co-funded by NOREF and Christian Aid, designed to facilitate dialogue between scholars working on the political economy of drugs, conflict and development in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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  The political economy of corruption and REDD+: lessons from the Philippines' pilot sites

  U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2014

  Corruption is a continuing feature of the Philippines’ natural resource sectors. Given keen interest in the country’s REDD+ potential, it is useful to consider corruption risks related to REDD+ from a political economy perspective.
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  Local preferences for REDD+ payment formats in Brazil, The Bolsa Floresta Programme, RDS Rio Negro

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  Poverty and sustainable development impacts of REDD architecture is a multi-country project led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED, UK) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Aas, Norway).

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