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Agricultural extension in Ethiopia through a gender and governance lens:
Mogues, Tewodaj; Cohen, Marc J.; Birner, Regina; Lemma, … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
Drawing on a household survey collected in eight woredas in seven Ethiopian regions in 2009, as well as on qualitative fieldwork in four of the eight woredas, this paper provides analysis of agricultural extension delivery in Ethiopia. While overall extension services are relatively accessible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933115
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Resilience Programming among Nongovernmental Organizations: Lessons for Policymakers
Frankenberger, Timothy R.; Constas, Mark A.; Nelson, Suzanne - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This food policy report reviews resilience processes, activities, and outcomes by examining a number of case studies of initiatives by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enhance resilience capacity, and draws implications for policymakers and other stakeholders looking to strengthen resilience.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933124
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The Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean: Progress, Priorities and IDB Support for their Implementation
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
The Millennium Development Goals were formalized in the Millennium Declaration, which was endorsed by 189 Heads of State and Government at the United Nations Millennium Summit of 2000. Achieving these Goals through sustainable growth and advances in key areas such as education, health,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943588
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A Matter of Development: How to Reduce Vulnerability in the Face of Natural Disasters
America, Economic Commission for Latin; Caribbean, the - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
This document was prepared by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for the "Confronting Natural Disasters: A Matter of Development" Seminar held in New Orleans on 25 and 26 March 2000. Vulnerability reduction is a key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216215
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Measuring corruption: perception surveys or victimization surveys?
Roca, Thomas - HAL - 2011
While methodologies and survey techniques recorded progress over the years, corruption measurement remains a many-headed monster. Since 2003 and the first publication of Transparency International's Global Corruption Barometer, researchers have access to population's feeling about the corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323507
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Common-pool resources, livelihoods, and resilience: Critical challenges for governance in Cambodia
Ratner, Blake D. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. This paper examines strategic policy choices and governance challenges … initiatives depends on more systemic governance reforms that address issues of stakeholder representation, mechanisms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395596
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Different tiers of government in port governance: some general remarks on the institutional geography of ports in Europe and Canada
Debrie, Jean - HAL - 2010
For the last thirty years, port governance has been marked by a new level of complexity which has resulted in the … modes of governance and is now attempting to explain how they are linked to port performance Models of port governance … on public decision-making and the institutional models applied in port governance in 7 European countries and Canada. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278323
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Assessing the World Bank's influence on the good governance paradigm
Diarra, Gaoussou; Plane, Patrick - HAL - 2011
What does governance mean for the World Bank and to what extent does the organization succeed in diffusing the paradigm … worldwide? The World Bank primarily focused on economic aspects of governance in the 1980s, and progressively moved to its … knowledge on this specific issue. The potential influence of the World Bank's main governance indicators: Country Policy and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278331
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Public Debt Accumulation and Institutional Quality: Can Corruption Improve Welfare?
Faure, Pierre-Henri - HAL - 2009
We explore the consequences of bad governance and corruption for public debt and welfare in a model of policymaking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278335
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Entre gouvernance et leadership : la palabre et le chef
Arnal, Juliette; Galavielle, Jean-Pierre - HAL - 2004
La question du champ couvert par la gouvernance d'entreprise n'est pas définitivement tranchée pas plus que ne l'est celle de la limite entre gouvernance et leadership. La question se pose donc bien de savoir ce que l'on entend par gouvernance aujourd'hui. Serait-elle à opposer à cet autre...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750541