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TARGETING OF TRANSFERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: REVIEW OF LESSONS AND EXPERIENCE. By David Coady, Margaret Grosh and John Hoddinott (World Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute). This joint book reviews the lessons learned from 122 antipoverty interventions in 47 transition and developing countries to quantify outcomes and their determinants and to inform the design and implementation of methods for targeting the beneficiaries of antipoverty programs. A comparative quantitative analysis of targeting outcomes is joined with a qualitative treatment of common targeting methods as well as a review of the benefits and costs of targeting in this book on the effective design of antipoverty interventions to reach the poor.
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES (IRES): SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE KYOTO PROTOCOL. The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)’ IRES journal this month features a survey of the varied effects of the Kyoto Protocol in a number of countries, regions and the world, to find out the impacts of the Kyoto Protocol to the society, its major issues, its barriers, and discusses how to incorporate their findings and perspectives into the future framework. Leading thinkers in the climate policy arena, such as Michael Grubb, Visiting Professor at Imperial College, and Michael Zammit Cutajar, Former UNFCCC Executive Secretary, give their views and assessments on the Kyoto Protocol, and its future implications, in this issue.
WATER GOVERNANCE IN WEST AFRICA: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS. Edited by Madiodio Niasse, Alejandro Iza, Amidou Garane and Olli Varis (IUCN, 2004). This bilingual report by the IUCN Environmental Law Programme draws from the an IUCN workshop held in Burkina Faso in 2002.It addresses a wide range of global, regional and local issues relating to water resources governance in West Africa, and contributes information on meeting the challenges and targets set in the Millennium Declaration and the WSSD Johannesburg Plan of Implementation.
A NET WITH HOLES: THE REGIONAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, 2004). This document, by a coalition calling on the United Nations General Assembly to agree to a moratorium on bottom trawl fishing on the high seas, suggests that current attempts by regional fisheries management organisations to solve the problems posed to deep sea biodiversity and ecosystems by overfishing are fragmented, inconsistent and insufficient.
GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON THE CONVENTIONS ON BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND DESERTIFICATION (FAO, 2004). This paper provides a gender-sensitive perspective on the three Rio Conventions. It places the Conventions in their historical context and their administrative and financial framework, identifies the main gender issues relevant to the three conventions, and provides a comparative overview of the level of gender mainstreaming in each of the international instruments relating to the Rio Conventions. The essay concludes with a review of several key issues in convention implementation, with regards to gender.
COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS: LINKIN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE LAND USE, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND WATER MANAGEMENT. By Ana Rojas. (BothENDS, 2004). This report examines the links between environmental policies and the development of comprehensive environmental projects, seeking to understand how climate change, sustainable land use, biodiversity conservation, and water management considerations can be linked to local actors’ activities in order to help local communities develop comprehensive environmental projects. Special focus is given to the issue of climate change adaptation.