| Environment - Policy and management |
| Status of environment and natural resources in Small Island Developing States |
| This article reviews the status of the environment and natural resources in small island developing states. The information has been extracted from "Environment and Natural Resources in Small Island Developing States", prepared for the Special Ministerial Conference On Agriculture In Small Island Developing States (Rome, 12 March 1999). |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EPdirect/EPan0015.htm |
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| Environment - Energy and environmental technology |
| Biomass Energy in ASEAN Member Countries |
| Biomass is an important source of energy in the member countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Managed properly, biomass energy can be sustainable, environmentally benign and economically sound. Moreover, biomass energy creates substantial local employment. However, constraints to optimal use as an energy source are still to be resolved. Main issues are legal and institut... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/EGdirect/EGan0008.htm |
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| Institutions - Social capital |
| Rural household income strategies and interactions with the local institutional environment: a methodological framework |
| This article reports on a research programme on rural household income strategies and interactions with the local institutional environment. Its focus on both the household and local institutions explores the income strategies of rural households and the manifold ways in which households - and members of the household - are linked to different institutional settings. The purpose of this pilot proj... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/ROdirect/ROan0021.htm |
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| Institutions - Social capital |
| Institutions and organising practices: Conceptual discussion |
| This document presents a
discussion of the ways in which institutions are defined in different debates on development issues. It argues that the study of
institutions should be combined with the study of organising practices based on recent anthropological insights. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/ROdirect/ROan0020.htm |
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| Institutions - Social capital |
| Rural poverty: population dynamics, local institutions and access to resources |
| This discussion paper analyses two examples of changing
institution-resource access relationships in Africa and Latin America. The Africa
case highlights the resource endowments and problems associated with the
participation of individuals in multiple institutions, whereas the Latin America
case focuses on the changes in a sin... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/ROdirect/ROan0016.htm |
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| Institutions - Social capital |
| Institutions - Public institutions |
| Decentralization process and traditional powers: typologies of policies |
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| French: http://www.fao.org/sd/frdirect/ROan0014.htm |
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| Institutions - Public institutions |
| Options for further reform in China's farmland system |
| The contents of the article were extracted from "Report of a pilot study on poverty, land abandonment and rural institutions", produced by the Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, People's Republic of China, in collaboration with the FAO Rural Development Division. |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/rodirect/ROan0012.htm |
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| Institutions - Social capital |
| Participatory institutional development |
| Much emphasis has been paid in development literature to the importance of capital: natural, man-made and human capital. Yet little attention has been given to its fourth dimension: social capital. According to this article, social capital theory aims at developing propositions about the conditions under which governments and communities can cooperate to achieve common ends. It states that horizon... more |
| English: http://www.fao.org/sd/PPdirect/PPan0012.htm |
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