Natural Resource Management
Good Practices in Urban Water Management: Decoding Good Practices for a Successful Future
This report from the Asian Development Bank highlights the issues in water resource management in Asia, as well as strategies that can improve the outlook for water in the years to come.
Governance in State-Owned Enterprises Revisited: The Cases of Water and Electricity in Latin America and the Caribbean
This World Bank working paper takes a renewed look at governance issues in state owned enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean, providing useful recommendations for improvement in the electricity and water sectors.
Climate Change, Water and Conflict in the Niger River Basin
This report describes the critical situation in the Niger River Basin and the critical need to analyze the water security issue.
Global Water Security
This report discusses impacts of water security of the U.S. through 2040.
Anti-government Networks in Civil Conflicts: How Network Structures Affect Conflictual Behavior
This paper takes a unique analytical approach to discuss the behavior of anti-government networks in the midst of conflict.
What Peace and Whose? Envisioning a More Comprehensive, More Stable Peace in South Sudan and Sudan
This paper uses International Alert’s peacebuilding framework to explore questions about peace and peacebuilding in South Sudan and Sudan.
Enforcing the Rules
This report examines the monitoring of mining obligations, characterizes the main gaps, identifies policy options and good practices, and proposes practical ways for both government and civil society to improve monitoring and enforcement.
Turning Point: What Future for Forest Peoples and Resources in the Emerging World Order?
This report takes stock of the current status of forest rights and tenure globally, assesses the key issues and events of 2011 that shape possibilities to improve local rights and livelihoods, and identifies key questions and challenges that the world will face in 2012 and beyond.
Responsible Mineral Development Initiative 2011
This report offers a series of realistic, practical building blocks for creating the stable operating environment between companies, governments and other stakeholders – essential to a responsible, sustainable future.

