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Monitoring payments for watershed services schemes in developing countries
Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankPayments for watershed services (PWS) are schemes that use funds from water users (including governments) as an incentive for landholders to improve their land management practices. They are increasingly seen as a viable policy alternative to watershed management issues, and a means of addressing chronic problems such as declining water flows, deteriorating water quality and flooding. In some...
The Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI 2012) Measuring the Political Commitment to Reduce Hunger and Undernutrition in Developing Countries
Civil Society, Global Index, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankThe HANCI compares 45 developing countries for their performance on 22 indicators of political commitment to reduce hunger and undernutrition. It looks at three areas of government action: Policies and programmes Legal frameworks Public expenditures The HANCI separately measures commitment to reduce hunger and commitment to reduce undernutrition, because hunger...
The Land Governance Assessment Framework : Identifying and Monitoring Good Practice in the Land Sector
Framework, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankAuthors/Editors: Klaus Deininger, Harris Selod, and Anthony Burns The Land Governance Assessment Framework (LGAF) is intended as a first step to help countries deal with these issues. It is a diagnostic tool that is to be implemented at the local level in a collaborative fashion, that addresses the need for guidance to diagnose and benchmark land governance, and that can help...
Effect of cropping policy on landowner reactions towards wildlife: a case of Naivasha area, Kenya
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankWildlife policy in Kenya has in most part been protectionist with little incentives to private landowners, who host wildlife in their farms to participate in their conservation. However, in recognition of the role of incentives in conservation, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) piloted a wildlife utilization policy in which organized landowners were allowed a cropping quota based on the number of...
Program evaluation of agricultural input subsidies in Malawi using treatment effects: methods and practicability based on propensity scores
Africa, Land Governance, Public Administration, Report, Academic/Think TankThe study evaluates the impact of two agricultural input subsidies in Malawi during the 2003/04 and 2006/07 production periods on household income. The study employs quasi-experimental econometric techniques that use propensity score matching to control for selection bias on beneficiaries. A household model for each dataset is estimated together with Average Treatment Effects on the...
Quality of Government and Quality of Water
Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Public Administration, Academic/Think TankAccording to a conservative estimation by the World Health Organization, 1.2 billion people lack access to sufficient quantities of safe water, and 2,6 billion people are without adequate sanitation. Consequently, 80 percent of all illnesses in the developing world are estimated to be the result of waterborne diseases claiming the lives of 1,8 million children every year. This paper...
Gouvernance locale et biens publics au Niger
Africa, Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think Tank, Inter-Governmental OrganizationCe rapport est un des produits du groupe de recherche sur la « Gouvernance locale et les dirigeants locaux » du programme APP (Africa Power and Politics) qui comprend des études de recherche dans sept pays africains : Malawi, Niger, Ouganda, Rwanda, Sénégal, Sierra Leone et Tanzanie. Il propose une synthèse des résultats préliminaires...
Abstract: Quantifying the Impacts of the quality of governance on deforestation
Article / Working Paper, Land Governance, Academic/Think TankThe quality of governance is known to have effects on deforestation, together with other social and economic factors. However, assessing the impact of governance quality is a challenging task due to the complex and diverse mechanisms of deforestation as well as limited data availability. In this paper, interrelations between governance quality and deforestation rates are analysed on a global...