Policies to devolve responsibility for natural resource management to local bodies have become wi... more Policies to devolve responsibility for natural resource management to local bodies have become widespread in the past 20 years. Although the theoretical advantages of user management have been convincing and the impetus for devolution policies strong, the actual outcomes of devolution programs in various sectors and countries have been mixed. This paper summarizes key research findings on factors that contribute to effective devolution programs in the forestry, fisheries, irrigation, and rangelands sectors, which were presented and discussed at an international Policy Workshop on Property Rights, Collective Action and Devolution of Natural Resource Management, June 21-25, 1999, in Puerto Azul, the Philippines.Non-PRIFPRI2; Environment and Natural Resource Management; CAPRiEPT
The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addre... more The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations. The Sourcebook aims to deliver practical advice, guidelines, principles, and descriptions and illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of development agencies. It captures and expands the main messages of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development and is considered an important tool to facilitate the operationalization and implementation of the report's key principles on gender equality and women's empowerment
The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored a workshop on... more The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored a workshop on Watershed Management Institutions, March 13-16, 1999 in Managua, Nicaragua. The workshop focused on methodologies for undertaking research on watersheds, particularly those issues and tools that enable a more thorough understanding of the complex interactions between the biophysical factors and socioeconomic institutions of watersheds. Both social and biophysical scientists from CGIAR and other research institutions were brought together to present research and participate in focused discussions on methodologies for addressing collective action and property rights, scale, participation, and impact assessment. The forum also provided an opportunity for participants to visit and learn from a watershed project being implemented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and to discuss one another's ongoing watershed research project experience and explore opportunitie...
The past decade has witnessed a major policy trend of devolving control over natural resources fr... more The past decade has witnessed a major policy trend of devolving control over natural resources from government agencies to user groups. This type of devolution has not only cut across countries from Asia, Africa, and the Americas, but also across
In Mali, many of the urban poor face tenure insecurity which leaves them vulnerable to expropriat... more In Mali, many of the urban poor face tenure insecurity which leaves them vulnerable to expropriation, landlessness and poverty. This insecurity is perpetuated by two distinct but interrelated issues. First, a scarcity of affordable land in urban areas forces the poor to illegally squat on public land or to enter into informal land use agreements with traditional authorities on the urban periphery. Second, land formalization processes are expensive and accessible to only a few, leaving many of the poor vulnerable to government expropriation. These issues – aided by corruption, cronyism in land allocation and opaque and expensive land registration processes – have fueled tenure insecurity for the majority of the urban poor in Mali.
Policies to devolve responsibility for natural resource management to local bodies have become wi... more Policies to devolve responsibility for natural resource management to local bodies have become widespread in the past 20 years. Although the theoretical advantages of user management have been convincing and the impetus for devolution policies strong, the actual outcomes of devolution programs in various sectors and countries have been mixed. This paper summarizes key research findings on factors that contribute to effective devolution programs in the forestry, fisheries, irrigation, and rangelands sectors, which were presented and discussed at an international Policy Workshop on Property Rights, Collective Action and Devolution of Natural Resource Management, June 21-25, 1999, in Puerto Azul, the Philippines.Non-PRIFPRI2; Environment and Natural Resource Management; CAPRiEPT
The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addre... more The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the design and implementation of agricultural projects and programs. It speaks not with gender specialists on how to improve their skills but rather reaches out to technical experts to guide them in thinking through how to integrate gender dimensions into their operations. The Sourcebook aims to deliver practical advice, guidelines, principles, and descriptions and illustrations of approaches that have worked so far to achieve the goal of effective gender mainstreaming in the agricultural operations of development agencies. It captures and expands the main messages of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development and is considered an important tool to facilitate the operationalization and implementation of the report's key principles on gender equality and women's empowerment
The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored a workshop on... more The System-wide Program for Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) sponsored a workshop on Watershed Management Institutions, March 13-16, 1999 in Managua, Nicaragua. The workshop focused on methodologies for undertaking research on watersheds, particularly those issues and tools that enable a more thorough understanding of the complex interactions between the biophysical factors and socioeconomic institutions of watersheds. Both social and biophysical scientists from CGIAR and other research institutions were brought together to present research and participate in focused discussions on methodologies for addressing collective action and property rights, scale, participation, and impact assessment. The forum also provided an opportunity for participants to visit and learn from a watershed project being implemented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), and to discuss one another's ongoing watershed research project experience and explore opportunitie...
The past decade has witnessed a major policy trend of devolving control over natural resources fr... more The past decade has witnessed a major policy trend of devolving control over natural resources from government agencies to user groups. This type of devolution has not only cut across countries from Asia, Africa, and the Americas, but also across
In Mali, many of the urban poor face tenure insecurity which leaves them vulnerable to expropriat... more In Mali, many of the urban poor face tenure insecurity which leaves them vulnerable to expropriation, landlessness and poverty. This insecurity is perpetuated by two distinct but interrelated issues. First, a scarcity of affordable land in urban areas forces the poor to illegally squat on public land or to enter into informal land use agreements with traditional authorities on the urban periphery. Second, land formalization processes are expensive and accessible to only a few, leaving many of the poor vulnerable to government expropriation. These issues – aided by corruption, cronyism in land allocation and opaque and expensive land registration processes – have fueled tenure insecurity for the majority of the urban poor in Mali.
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