USAID Poverty Reduction
&
Natural Resources Management Seminars

Seminar Reading Lists

Seminar 1: Why an Interest in the Links between Natural Resources Management & Poverty?

CORE:

• Bojö, J. and R. Reddy. 2003. Status and Evolution of Environmental Priorities in the Poverty Reduction Strategies: An assessment of fifty poverty reduction strategy papers. Environment Department Paper No. 93 (208KB PDF). World Bank. Washington, D.C. 48 p.
• DFID, EC, UNDP and World Bank. 2002. Linking Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management: Policy challenges and opportunities. World Bank. Washington, D.C. 94 p.
• Vedeld, P, A. Angelsen, E. Sjaastad and G. Kobugabe-Berg. 2004. Counting on the Environment: Forest Incomes and the Rural Poor. Environment Department Paper No. 98 (499KB PDF). World Bank. Washington, D.C. 114 p.
• McNeely, J. and S. Scherr. 2001. Common Ground, Common Future: How ecoagriculture can help feed the world and save wild biodiversity. IUCN and Future Harvest, Washington, D.C. 24 p.
• Scherr, S. 2000. A Downward Spiral? Research evidence on the relationship between poverty and natural resource degradation. Food Policy 25: 479-498.
  (This journal is available at USAID’s Information Center Library.)
• Scherr, S. 1999. Poverty-Environment Interactions in Agriculture: Key factors and policy implications. 3, Poverty and Environment Initiative. New York: United Nations Development Program and the European Economic Commission.
• Scherr, S., A. White and D. Kaimowitz. 2003. A New Agenda for Forest Conservation and Poverty Reduction: Making markets work for low-income producers (884KB PDF). Forest Trends and CIFOR: Washington, D.C. June 2003. 99 p.

SUGGESTED:

• Chronic Poverty Research Centre. 2004. Chronic Poverty Report 2004 - 2005. Chronic Poverty Research Centre. Manchester, England, 152 p.
• Ford Foundation. 2002. Building Assets to Reduce Poverty and Injustice. Ford Foundation. New York City, NY. 29 p.
• USAID et al., 2002. Nature, Wealth and Power (727KB PDF). USAID. Washington, D.C. 36 p.
• Woodhouse, P. 2002. Natural Resource Management and Chronic Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: An overview paper. Working Paper no.14. Chronic Poverty Research Centre. Manchester, England. 24 p.
• World Bank Poverty Net web site: www.worldbank.org/poverty/index.htm

Seminar 2: Power & the Social Dimensions of Poverty & Natural Resource Management

CORE:

• An example of looking at a stakeholder in a case study, through the lens of clientelism: SWAPO (22KB PDF).
• Crosby, B. L. 1991. Stakeholder Analysis: A vital tool for strategic managers (57KB PDF). Technical Notes: A publication of USAID’s Implementing Policy Change Project, No.2 (March 1991).
• Di Gregorio, M., K. Hagedorn, M. Kirk, et al. 2004. Property Rights, Collective Action, and Poverty: The role of institutions for poverty reduction (410KB PDF). Paper prepared for the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Oaxaca, Mexico, 9-13 August 2004.
• Kane, M. 2004. TIPS for Stakeholder Analysis from a Field Perspective (25KB PDF). Prepared for USAID Seminar Series: Natural Resource Management and Poverty Reduction.

SUGGESTED:

• Akin L. Mabogunje and Robert W. Kates. January 2004. Sustainable Development in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria: the role of social capital, participation, and science and technology. CID Working Paper No. 102. Center for International Development, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 22 p.

Seminar 3: Assets, Poverty Traps and Rights

• Barrett, C.B. 2005. Rural Poverty Dynamics: Development policy implications. Agricultural Economics (2004), 43-58.
• Barrett, C.B., J. Lynam, F. Place, T. Reardon, and A. A. Aboud. 2002. Towards Improved Management in African Agriculture. CAB International, Natural Resources Management in African Agriculture, 287-96.
• Barrett, C.B. and Festus Murithi. 2003. Rural Poverty Dynamics: Development policy implications (PowerPoint). Presentation at USAID - BASIS CRSP Meeting. Umzumbe, South Africa.
• Barrett, C.B. and B.M. Swallow. 2003 revision (v.1.0.). Fractal Poverty Traps (345KB PDF).
• Carter, M. and C.B. Barrett. 2004. The Economics of Poverty Traps and Persistent Poverty: An asset-based approach (275KB PDF).
• Lybbert, T.J., C.B. Barrett, S. Desta, and D. L. Coppock. 2004. Stochastic Wealth Dynamics and Risk Management Among a Poor Population (248KB PDF). The Economic Journal, 114 (October), 750-77.
• Lybbert, T.J., C.B. Barrett, and H. Narjisse. 2002. Market-Based Conservation and Local Benefits: The case of argan oil in Morocco (295KB PDF). Ecological Economics 41 (2002), 125-44.
• Pell, A.N., D.M. Mbuga, L.V. Verchot, C.B. Barrett, et al. The Interplay Between Smallholder Farmers and Tropical Agroecosystems in the Kenyan Highlands (436KB PDF).

Seminar 4: Markets and Trade

• Anderson, K. and L.A. Jackson. 2004. Implications of Genetically Modified Food Technology Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa. World Bank. Washington, D.C. 36 p.
• Barghouri, S., S. Kane, K. Sorby, and A. Mubarik. 2004. Agricultural Diversification for the Poor: Guidelines for practitioners (205KB PDF). Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 1. World Bank. Washington, DC. 52 p.
• Cline, W.R. 2003. Trading Up: Strengthening AGOA’s development potential (91KB PDF). Center for Global Development Brief. Center for Global Development. Washington, DC. 8 p.
• Cosbey, A. 2004. A Capabilities Approach to Trade and Sustainable Development: Using Sen’s conception of development to re-examine the debates. International Institute for Sustainable Development. Winnipeg, Canada. 67 p.
• Cosbey, A. 2004. Lessons Learned on Trade and Sustainable Development. International Institute for Sustainable Development. Winnipeg, Canada. 52 p.
• Dollar, D. and A. Kraay. 2000. Growth is Good for the Poor. World Bank. Washington, DC. 51 p.
• Duraiappah, A.K. 2004. Exploring the Links: Human well-being, poverty and ecosystem services. International Institute for Sustainable Development. Winnipeg, Canada. 46 p.
• Farrington, J. 2004. Recognizing and Tackling Risk and Vulnerability Constraints to Pro-poor Agricultural Growth (132KB PDF). Paper presented at OECD POVNET Agricultural Group Meeting, Helsinki, June 17-18, 2004. 24 p.
• Food & Agriculture Organization materials:
  1. Non-Wood Forest Products page
  2. Non-Wood Forest Products Publications
     • 6. FAO: Non-Wood Forest Products Activities
     • 11. Non Timber Forest Products/UNEP-WCMC
     • 12. Non-Timber Forest Products - NTFP.org
• Institute of Development Studies publications
• Mansuri, G. and V. Rao. 2004. Community-Based (and Driven) Development: A critical review. World Bank. Washington, D.C. 77 p.
• Orden, D., M. Torero and A. Gulati. 2004. Agricultural Markets and the Rural Poor (406KB PDF). Draft paper for Poverty Reduction Network (POVNET) workshop, March 5, 2004. 35 p.
• Pinstrup-Andersen,P. and R. Pandya-Lorch. n.d. Agriculture is the Key to Poverty Alleviation in Low Income Developing Countries (116KB PDF). International Food Policy Research Institute. Washington, DC. 6 p.
• Timmer, P. 2003. Agriculture and Pro-Poor Growth (30KB PDF). 2003. From Panel 4 of a Pro-Poor Economic Growth Studies discussion session held at USAID on February 25, 2003. 3 p.

Seminar 5: Migration, Marginal Lands and Least-Favored Areas

• Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group (ABCG) & Community Conservation Coalition. April 2004. Migration and Conservation: Issues and interventions - proceedings of a meeting.
• Fan, S., and C. Chan-Kang. 2004. Returns to Investment in Less-Favored Areas in Developing Countries: A synthesis of evidence and implications for Africa. Food Policy 29: 431-444. (This journal is available at USAID’s Information Center Library.)
• Fan, S. & P. Hazell. 2000. Returns to Public Investment: Evidence from India & China. 2020 Focus 4 (Promoting Sustainable Development in Less-Favored Areas), Brief 5 of 9. IFPRI. Washington, DC. 2 p.
• Gammeltoft, P. 2002. Remittances and Other Financial Flows to Developing Countries. CDR Working Paper 02.11. Centre for Development Research. Copenhagen. 28 p.
• Hazell, P. Strategies for the Sustainable Development of Dryland Areas (393KB PDF). 2001. Partnership Challenge Paper prepared for UNDP Office to Combat Desertification and Drought (UNSO). 14 p.
• Migration Policy Institute. 2005. Migration Information Source: Selected readings on migration and development (846KB PDF). Migration Policy Institute. Washington, D.C. 115p.
• Newland, K. and E. Patrick. 2004. Beyond Remittances: The role of diaspora in poverty reduction in their countries of origin. Department for International Development. London. 59 p.
• Nkonya, E., J. Pender, P. Jagger, D. Sserunkuuma, C. Kaizzi, and H. Ssali. 2004. Strategies for Sustainable Land Management and Poverty Reduction in Uganda. IFPRI. Washington, DC. 136 p.
• O’Neil, K. 2003. Using Remittances and Circular Migration to Drive Development. Migration Policy Institute. Washington, DC. 7 p.
• Pender, J. 2004. Development Pathways for Hillsides and Highlands: Some lessons from Central America and East Africa. Food Policy 29: 339-367. (This journal is available at USAID’s Information Center Library.)
• Pender, J. and B. Gebremedhin. 2004. Impacts of Policies and Technologies in Dryland Agriculture: Evidence from northern Ethiopia. In: S.C. Rao (Ed.), Challenges and Strategies for Dryland Agriculture. American Society of Agronomy and Crop Science Society of America. CSSA Special Publication 32. Madison, WI.
• Pender, J., F. Place, & S. Ehui. 1999. Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Development in the East African Highlands (232KB PDF). EPTD Discussion Paper 41. IFPRI. Washington, DC. 89 p.
• Ruben, R., J. Pender and A. Kuyvenhoven. 2004. Editorial: Development Strategies for Less-Favoured Areas. Food Policy 29: 295-302. (This journal is available at USAID’s Information Center Library.)
• Stark, O. and Yong Wang. 2001. Inducing Human Capital Formation: Migration as a substitute for subsidies. Economics Paper Series No. 100. Institute for Advanced Studies. Vienna. 26 p.
• Walker, T., S. Swinton, R. Hijmans, R. Quiroz, R. Valdivia, M. Holle, C. Leon-Velarde, and J. Posner. 2000. Technologies for the Tropical Andes. IFPRI. Washington, DC . 2020 Focus 4 (Promoting Sustainable Development in Less-Favored Areas), Brief 3 of 9. 3 p.

Seminar 6: Key Macro and National Level Issues

• Jenkins, M., S. Scherr and M. Inbar. 2004. Payment Where It's Due (417KB PDF). Forest Trends. Washington, D.C. 1 p.
• Killick, T. 2002. Responding to Inequality (87KB PDF). Inequality Briefing Paper No. 3. Overseas Development Institute. London. 6 p.
• McKay, A. 2002. Defining and Measuring Inequality (127KB PDF). Inequality Briefing. Overseas Development Institute. London. 6 p.
• Naschold, F. 2002. Why Inequality Matters for Poverty (93KB PDF). Inequality Briefing Paper No. 2. Overseas Development Institute. London. 6 p.
• Warner, K, M. Huang and D. Middleton. 2004. Financial Incentives to Communities for Stewardship of Environmental Resources: Feasibility study (2.309MB PDF). Winrock International. Washington, D.C. 48 p.

Seminar 7: Programmatic Issues and Tools

• Famine Early Warnings System Network
• FRAME: Background materials for KM component of Tools Presentation

Seminar 8: Conflict, Corruption, NRM and Poverty Reduction

• Africa Biodiversity Collaborative Group: Conservation and Corruption - Strategies and Tools for Confronting Conservation-Related Corruption in Africa
• Conca, K. and G. Dabelko, ed. 2002. Environmental Peacemaking. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. 200 p.
• Conca, K. and G. Dabelko. 2004. 3rd ed. Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Johannesburg. Westview Press.
• Kishor, N.M., and K.L. Rosenbaum. 2003. Indicators to monitor progress of forest law enforcement and governance initiatives to control illegal practices in the forest sector. International Forestry Review 5(3):211-218.
• Program on Forests (PROFOR)
• Rosenbaum, K.L. 2005. Tools for Civil Society Action to Reduce Forest Corruption: Drawing lessons from Transparency International (240KB PDF). World Bank Group. Washington, D.C. 34 p.
• Schloss, M. Resolving Conflicts by Building Governance and Transparency (Where the Rubber Hits the Road) (267KB PDF)
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2004. Understanding Environment, Conflict and Cooperation (2.014MB PDF). Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. Nairobi, Kenya. 60 p.
• UN Daily News. Issue DH/4353. UN News Centre: “Sustainable forest management can help avert conflicts,” says UN report (264KB PDF).
• USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. 2004. Land and Conflict: A toolkit for intervention (1.431MB PDF). Washington, DC. 28 p.
• USAID Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. 2004. Minerals and Conflict: A toolkit for intervention (997KB PDF). Washington, DC. 24 p.
• World Bank. 2004. Sustaining Forests: A development strategy (4.68MB PDF). World Bank Group. Washington, D.C. 99 p.

• Introduction
• Series Overview
• Schedule
• Presentations
• Seminar Reading Lists
• Namibia Case Study
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• Speaker Biosketches
• Participant Contact Info



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