http://www.search4dev.nlOnline library for Dutch development cooperationenwww.kit.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nldpcmedewerkers-uba@uva.nlTue, 21 May 2013 23:10:52 CEST/d/dprn/graphics/bbhead.gifhttp://www.search4dev.nlhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/429519http://www.search4dev.nl/record/429519This is the 2011 annual report of SNV. The aim of SNV is to alleviate poverty by enabling those with the lowest incomes to be part of social and economic networks and so increase their income and employment opportunities. More than half of SNV’s work focuses on economic and private sector development. Alongside this, SNV contributes to improving people’s access to basic services like water and sanitation, energy and education. SNV achieves both by strengthening local organisations.SNVhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/429518http://www.search4dev.nl/record/429518This Working Paper presents key findings and case studies from the partnership on Domestic Accountability between the Minister for Development Cooperation of The Netherlands and SNV. The partnership was initiated in 2008, and has been operational since in four countries in East and Southern Africa, i.e. Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. The domestic accountability agenda for the Minister was mainly guided by concerns over aid effectiveness. While aid harmonisation (the Paris agenda) is a strong component of improving aid effectiveness, it also tends to privilege government over other stakeholders. Attention for domestic accountability can counter-balance this dominant governmental role by bringing other players into the picture. This concern of the Minister dovetailed with the SNV approach, working at the local level. The design of the partnership took account of these complementarities in mandate and approach, with local Embassies (EKN) addressing macro-policy issues and SNV dealing with local level concerns.K. de GraafR. van Klinkenhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/429517http://www.search4dev.nl/record/429517This study examines the determinants of farmers’ behavioural change with regard to agricultural practices in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia, to understand why some farmers grow vegetables and why others do not. It tests the assumption that behaviour change (the switch/diversification from just rice production to vegetable cultivation) is multi-dimensional, and is an outcome of several factors such as physical and social distance, assessments of risk, quality of relationships and status. This includes a lack of confidence among farmers, and other household members, in their capacity to do so. That is, they lack a knowledge base with which to compare their skills and have limited access to market information, water, labour and extension services. The study uses a mixed methods approach among a sample of over 200 farmers in 20 villages in Svay Rieng province. This report presents a number of recommendations to address the challenges that have been identified with regard to markets, access to information and knowledge, linkages, relationships and trust between farmers, and between farmers and other stakeholders, and the empowerment of women as vegetable growers.E. Santoyo Riohttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419125http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419125Mangrove forests have been destroyed at an alarming rate globally, faster than terrestrial forest. The importance of mangroves in providing ecological services has been highlighted in discussions on REDD+. Mangroves have a relatively high Greenhouse Gas removal capacity and thus higher potential to earn carbon revenues. The aim of this paper is to examine the potential for mangrove carbon projects in Vietnam. Based on this assessment a number of conclusions and recommendation are provided.R. McNallyA. McEwinT. Hollandhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419124http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419124This document contains the findings of a study conducted by the SNV to assess the feasibility of implementing a national domestic biogas programme in Nicaragua.S. FilomenoM. FernándezW. van Neshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419123http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419123Bhutan has a unique position, as a developing country with a very high forest cover and a history of limited deforestation and forest degradation. Bhutan has committed itself to become carbon neutral to negative and intends to safeguard the carbon sequestration function of its forests. It became a member of the UN-REDD programme in April 2010 and is especially interested in the opportunities from REDD+ that will include financial compensation for the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stock in developing countries. This scoping study explores the feasibility of different REDD+ options for Bhutan.H. van Noordhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419122http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419122This paper describes characteristics of latrines that have been built with financial support from a development program in rural Cambodia. But it does not intend to capture the outcome of any specific program or project. On the contrary, the analysis is based on the database of the comprehensive multi-stakeholder KAP Household Survey led by MRD in 2010. The objective is to better understand the effects that the act of subsidising may or may not have on the behaviour of rural households and communities. The KAP Survey was conducted with a total sample size of 1,620 households.H. Güllemannhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419121http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419121This document contains the findings of a study conducted by the SNV to assess the feasibility of implementing a national domestic biogas programme in Honduras.S. FilomenoW. BronB. SosaW. van Neshttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/419112http://www.search4dev.nl/record/419112In West Africa, domestic investors acquire plots of farm land using their connections, powers and resources. Some policy makers view these investments as a shift towards agribusiness and state that these “new actors” will modernise and professionalize farming and smallholders are asked to make space. Who are those new actors, how did they obtain the land, under what conditions, and how are they investing? Why are customary authorities engaging in these land transactions and what are the consequences for local farming, rural livelihoods and the environment? This paper presents results of a 2010 survey on the acquisition of rural land by agro-investors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. We explore implications for agricultural “modernisation” and discuss local responses to regulate this phenomenon.D.H.M. HilhorstJ. NelenN. Traoréhttp://www.search4dev.nl/record/418177http://www.search4dev.nl/record/418177This report provides an overview of experiences from Benin, Mali, and Niger with regard to supporting the integration of the gender dimension in the local planning process following the decentralization reform in these countries.S. Asare-KokouB. CoulibalyB. KiwalloZ. OuédraogoM. Alidou