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    natural resources poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Finance
    Insights
    April 2, 2014

    Injecting Urgency into the World Bank's Climate Change Efforts

    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    • Plans for the Metro Colombo Urban Development project in Colombo, Sri Lanka, acknowledge that the metro area is highly vulnerable to flooding. Photo credit: Travlr, Flickr 2006
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • climate finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • multilateral development banks
    Finance
    Research
    April 2, 2014

    Designed for the Future?

    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Data
    January 14, 2014

    Rights to Resources Interactive Map

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    December 11, 2013

    Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Data
    November 19, 2013

    Rights to Resources Map: Data Set

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    October 11, 2013

    The World Bank’s New Strategy: A Call for Equity and Sustainability

    • Finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    The World Bank's two new goals focus on ending extreme poverty and fostering shared prosperity. Photo credit: Jankie, Flickr
    • Finance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America North America Europe
    Insights
    September 23, 2013

    Global Efforts to Tackle Poverty and Climate Change Must Come Together

    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    This week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon will address two of the most pressing challenges of our time: poverty and climate change. Photo credit: M. DeFreese/CIMMYT
    • Climate
    • Food
    • climate change
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    July 31, 2013

    3 Unexpected Ways to Improve Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    • climate change
    • Food
    • food security
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • world resources report
    Finance
    News
    July 17, 2013

    STATEMENT: World Bank: Promote Clean Energy Sources to End Energy Poverty

    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • Energy
    • fossil fuels
    • development
    • climate finance
    • Finance
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Africa North America
    Insights
    June 13, 2013

    Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • Business
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 5, 2013

    The Post-2015 Development Agenda: Linking Sustainability and Poverty Eradication

    • Climate
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Climate
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Food
    Research
    June 4, 2013

    Reducing Food Loss and Waste

    Insights
    June 4, 2013

    Demystifying the Role of Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessments

    • natural infrastructure
    • multilateral development banks
    • natural resources
    • corporate sustainability
    • natural infrastructure
    • multilateral development banks
    • natural resources
    • corporate sustainability
    Food
    Insights
    May 30, 2013

    The Great Balancing Act: 3 Needs for a Sustainable Food Future

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Gender
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • world resources report
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • Gender
    • natural resources
    • low carbon development
    • world resources report
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    May 29, 2013

    4 Issues to Watch: Recommendations for the Post-2015 Development Agenda

    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    • Equity & Governance
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • United Nations
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    April 26, 2013

    The End of Poverty? The World Bank and the Shared Prosperity Agenda

    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    • multilateral development banks
    • poverty
    • low carbon development
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    April 15, 2013

    An Action Plan for Environmental Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • poverty
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    April 10, 2013

    Without Land, What Would a Farmer Do?

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty

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