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This study focuses on Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (SOIL), a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO), and its operations mostly in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, and to a lesser extent in Port-au-Prince. SOIL, through its container-based program known as EkoLakay, operates mainly in the...
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Land use initiatives that distribute result-based payments for emission reductions need to define transparent and equitable benefit-sharing plans for how these incentives flow to a diverse range of stakeholders. This study synthesizes good practices for benefit sharing in jurisdictional land use...
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The Mekong Delta (MKD) is Vietnam's most productive agricultural region, and its agroeconomy is well integrated into international markets. Nevertheless, there are increasing threats to the MKD's agricultural achievements, and other serious questions are emerging about the sustainability of many...
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Despite the significant potential of soil to sequester organic carbon, there are challenges to implementing carbon sequestration projects. For example, changes in soil carbon can be relatively small in magnitude per unit area and slow to be fully achieved, while its measurement and monitoring...
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The Ugandan economy is recovering from a sharp contraction due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) shock that had slowed growth to its lowest pace in over three decades. Real GDP growth is estimated to reach above 3 percent during FY21, following the modest recovery of 0.7 percent in the first half of...
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The current downturn in commodity prices provides an opportunity for Indonesia to shift away from its dependence on … commodity-driven growth towards higher value-added activities in manufacturing and services. However, Indonesia faces both … agreements, especially the TPP, but also from structurally lower global trade growth. In addition, Indonesia's manufacturing …
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characteristics, challenges, and opportunities of women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. By understanding the real condition of women micro …-entrepreneurs in Indonesia, it is expected to be able to define the right policy recommendation and supports to promote the women … women entrepreneurs in Indonesia across provinces that cover java and non-java regions. In addition, the study also shifts …
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This assessment of insurance regulation in Indonesia was carried out as part of the 2016-17 Financial Sector Assessment …
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Since 2010, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) has set official poverty reduction targets and emphasized the importance … coverage of the social protection system, the pace of poverty reduction in Indonesia has slowed significantly in recent years … opportunities remain unequal. This report reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Indonesia's main social assistance programs …
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Indonesia is one of the main agriculture producers globally and largely relies on domestic staples for its growing … population. Projections of climate change models for Indonesia point towards increasing temperatures and more extreme … distributions of precipitation with more frequent dry and wet periods. The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has been focusing on …
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