Hydropower development in the Lower Mekong Basin is occurring at a rapid pace. With partial funding from international financial institutions has come pressure on the riparian governments to ensure that the potential environmental and social impacts of hydropower projects are properly considered....
Campbell, Lauren
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Suhardiman, Diana
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Giordano, Mark
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McCornick, Peter G.
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[Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate]
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Environmental impact assessment: theory, practice and implications for Mekong hydropower debate
The first part of the paper describes the investment code in general and the agricultural code in particular. It lists the criteria to the issuance of operating license to domestic investors, and discusses about other licenses. The paper looks into the response by investors in commercial agricult...
Eastern and Southern Africa, in particular, have been burdened with chronic food insecurity, pervasive rural poverty and natural resource degradation. In many countries, agricultural research and Development (R&D) has had limited success in improving agricultural productivity and the livelihoods ...
Anandajayasekeram, P.
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Babu, S.
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Rukuni, M.
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Workneh, S.
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[The role of impact assessment in evaluating agricultural investments in Eastern and Southern Africa]
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The role of impact assessment in evaluating agricultural investments in Eastern and Southern Africa
Sadoff, C.W.
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Hall, J.W.
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Grey, D.
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Aerts, J.C.J.H.
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Ait-Kadi, M.
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Brown, C.
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Cox, A.
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Dadson, S.
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Garrick, D.
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Kelman, J.
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McCornick, Peter G.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Whittington, D.
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Wiberg, D.
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[Securing water, sustaining growth. Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth]
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Securing water, sustaining growth. Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth
Many development interventions target transfers to women. However, little evidence directly explores the “flypaper effects” of whether women retain control over these transfers once within the household and how reallocation of the transfers affects women's empowerment. We study these dynamics in ...
Roy, S.
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Ara, J.
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Das, N.
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Quisumbing, Agnes R.
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[“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh]
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“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh
Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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Price, Joseph P. G.
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[Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in the Philippines]
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Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in the Philippines
Horbulyk, Theodore M.
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Price, Joseph P. G.
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[Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in Vietnam]
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Pricing reforms for sustainable water use and management in Vietnam
This booklet explains how using the Agrobiodiversity Index, companies and governments can reduce operational and reputational risks and seize opportunities, by estimating and monitoring the agrobiodiversity impact of supply chain investments. The Agrobiodiversity Index can also help investors to ...
Negra, C.
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[Reducing risks and seizing opportunities: integrating biodiversity into food and agriculture investments]
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Reducing risks and seizing opportunities: integrating biodiversity into food and agriculture investments
Water management strategies and allocation policies that support agricultural intensification across agro-ecological zones and hydrologic basins are required for building resilient agrarian communities in sub-Saharan Africa.We provide an overview of the research and investments needed to enhance ...
Cofie, Olufunke O.
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Amede, Tilahun
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[Water management for sustainable agricultural intensification and smallholder resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Water management for sustainable agricultural intensification and smallholder resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa
Successful adaptation of agriculture to ongoing climate changes would help to maintain productivity growth and thereby reduce pressure to bring new lands into agriculture. In this paper we investigate the potential co-benefits of adaptation in terms of the avoided emissions from land use change. ...
Lobell, David B.
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Baldos ULC
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Hertel TW
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[Climate adaptation as mitigation: the case of agricultural investments]
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Climate adaptation as mitigation: the case of agricultural investments