Growing the Wealth of the Poor - World Resources Institute

IndexItalic page numbers refer to figures, tables, and boxes.AAalbersberg, Bill, 41Access, 10to financial services, 6, 17, 179–185to natural resource information, 198, 200need for, 16–17, 190Accountability. See also Transparencydemand for, 32, 167downward accountability, 26lack of, 76of legislatures, 175–176of line agencies, 177, 199third-party evaluations for, 196ACOFOP. See Asociación de Comunidades Forestales del Petén(Guatemala)Action plans, preparation of, 66Adaptability, 28–29. See also ResilienceAdjusted Net Savings, 205AdobeTerra, 181Advocacy, 72, 176Africa. See also individual countries and regionsEquator Prize finalists from, 58–59honey bees in. See Beekeepinginsurance industry in, 184legislatures in, 175political reform in, 176poverty reduction in, 20secure tenure systems in, 53small-scale producers in, 168technological assistance in, 174titled property rights in, 51Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP, Pakistan), 27,84–85, 86, 89, 90Agriculture. See also specific crops (e.g., coffee)in Bangladesh, 113, 123in Burkina Faso, 107CBNRM and. See Community-based natural resourcemanagementclimate change and, 12, 192, 193definition of agricultural land, 212enterprise and, 14farmers’ unions and cooperatives, 31, 33, 73, 97, 100–102,107, 108. See also specific organizations by namefood consumption and, 204, 210–213forestry management and, 35, 127, 134, 138, 139, 164horizontal evaluations and, 87as income source crucial to the poor, 9ISOs and, 81, 90–92. See also Intermediary supportorganizationslearning networks and, 105–106local crop processing, 96marketing activities, 11, 16, 28, 171, 198–199in Namibia, 30–36in Niger. See Niger’s re-greening movementorganic farming, 104, 106product standards and market research, 103–104resilience and, 28, 36, 192smallholders, 5, 28, 47, 89, 107, 168social capital investment and, 25sustainable. See Sustainable agriculturein watersheds, 13, 19, 201in Zambia, 103Agroforestry, 17, 28, 47, 82, 105, 164, 165Aguié District Rural Development project (Niger), 152AIDER. See Asociación para la Investigación yDesarrollo Integral (Peru)AIDS. See HIV/AIDSAIG Uganda, 184AKRSP. See Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (Pakistan)Alimentos Nutri-Naturales (Guatemala), 56–57, 59, 60Alter Eco, 93AmazonLife (Brazil), 59American International Group, 180ANAI Association (Costa Rica), 82, 89, 90, 106ANAP. See National Association of Small Farmers (Cuba)Andavadoaka Fisherman’s Cooperative (Madagascar), 18ANSAB. See Asian Network for Sustainable Agriculture andBioresources (Nepal)Apkindo (Indonesia plywood trade association), 169APRAINORES (El Salvador), 96Arbol Verde (Mexico and Caribbean), 129, 130, 135Asia. See also individual countries and regionsEquator Prize finalists from, 58insurance industry in, 184secure tenure systems in, 53Asian Development Bank, 107Asian Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources(ANSAB, Nepal), 81, 85, 90, 99, 107Asociación de Comunidades Forestales del Petén (ACOFOP,Guatemala), 90, 129, 139Asociación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Integral(AIDER, Peru), 90Association of Palqui Producers (APROPALQUI, Bolivia), 104Associations. See Networks and associationsAwards and prizes, role of, 55, 162, 195. See also Equator PrizeAx, Floridalma, 135BBangladeshclimate change and, 192community investment requirement in, 62infrastructure investment in, 178, 179245