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Tree Planting in Indonesia: Trends, Impacts and Directions
Center for International Forestry Research, 1998The aims of the project were as a follows: to identify tree planting activities currently prominent in Indonesiato seek reasons for their ascendancy, with specific reference to influential actors capable of favouring certain activities and holding back others; of particular interest were the activities of regional government agencies which were hypothesised to be more instrumental thaDocumentSelf-Governance and Forest Resources
Center for International Forestry Research, 1999Outline of theory on community-based institutions and IFPRI’s ongoing efforts to test empirically the theory’s relevance for forest management.Destruction or degradation of forest resources is most likely to occur in open-access forests where those involved, or external authorities, have not established effective governance.DocumentKnowledge and Information for Food Security in Africa: from traditional Media to the Internet
Communication for Development (ComDev), FAO, 1998Draws on experiences with a range of communication technologies in Africa - from traditional media to the Internet - to examine the important role of knowledge and information for food security.DocumentFailed Magic or Social Context?: Market Liberalization and the Rural Poor in Malawi
Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge Mass., 1996One of the key questions in the debates swirling around structural adjustment programs in Africa is their effects on the poor. Have these programs "benefited ... the rural poor disproportionately", as concluded in Adjustment in Africa (World Bank 1994)? The answer for rural families studied over a period of years in Malawi is no.DocumentExternal Evaluation of IMF Surveillance
International Monetary Fund, 1999Independent report of the policy impact of IMF monitoring reports on the economic policy of its member countries.DocumentEntering the 21st Century: World Development Report 1999/2000
World Development Report, World Bank, 1999Localization—the growing economic and political power of cities, provinces, and other sub-national entities—will be one of the most important new trends in the 21st century.DocumentCan China feed itself?: A System for Evaluation of Policy Options
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1999Decision-support application for planners and policymakers.DocumentCrop Biotechnology in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework for Ex Ante Economic Analyses
Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, Bonn, 1998Presents a framework within which the potential costs (including negative outcomes) and benefits of specific biotechnologies can be analysed within a developing country context.Method takes into account institutional arrangements and political support systems, and aims to support policy decision making at various stages of the technology adoption path.DocumentFamily Influences on Zimbabwean Women’ s Reproductive Decisions and their Participation in the Wider Society
Family Health International, 1999Explores the roles of husbands and mothers-in-law in reproductive decision-making and women’s participation in development. It addresses the question of whether women and their families believe lower fertility should enable young mothers to engage in activity outside the domestic sphere.DocumentMonitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from Governance Programming
Institute on Governance, 1999Review of experience of projects aimed at developing governance and policy-forming capacity in Africa (particularly World Bank experience).Finds that governance failures in SSA are often attributable in whole or in part to:governments’ unwillingness to make themselves accountable to the citizens they are supposed to servethe inability of citizens and of the organizations and instituPages