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I N D E XInterAmerican Development Bank, 140Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 194Intermediary support organizations (ISOs), 6, 7, 80–93, 94ability to facilitate partnerships with governmentand NGOs, 86–89access to markets, 89equity and transparency, 80, 92–93financial sources, 89, 92focus and credibility of, 166–167horizontal networking, 7, 15, 57, 86–88list of (by region), 90–92private sector, 93role of, 15, 77–80, 174, 190, 195–196, 200social capacity building, 81–83staff exchanges and partnerships and, 86success stories of, value of, 161–162technical capacity building, 80–81training and dialogue and, 85–86“upward” capacity building and, 83, 84–85, 85–86vertical networking, 15, 88–89Watershed Organisation Trust. See Watershed OrganisationTrust (WOTR, India)International Co-operative Alliance, 108, 197International Development Research Centre, 56International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 145,148, 149, 152, 154, 155, 184International Institute for Environment and Development, 52International Labour Organization (ILO), 108, 197International Potato Center, 87Investments. See also Infrastructurecommunity investment, 7, 49, 117, 187.See also Cost-sharing; Labor contributionmicrofinance and, 182property rights and, 50IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), 194Iqoliqoli Management Support Teams (QMSTs, Fiji), 42Iqoliqolis (controlling groups of Fiji fishing grounds), 38, 40, 43, 45Islam, Toyobul, 120ISOs. See Intermediary support organizationsItalian Cooperation, 145JJethua Resource Management Organization (Bangladesh), 117Jiwa, Farouk, 57Joint action. See Networks and associationsJoint ecosystem management. See Community-based naturalresource management (CBNRM)JuWa Farmers Union, 31KKalinga Mission for Indigenous Communities andYouth development (Philippines), 81Karaya gum, 171KenyaHoney Care Africa, Ltd., 56, 57, 58, 60networks in, 104poverty gap in, 23Khoadi Hoas Conservancy (Namibia), 31, 32, 33, 36Kim, Y., 50Klongnarai Women’s Group (Thailand), 104Kolloma Baba Women’s Association (Niger), 153LLabor activity, defined, 212Labor contribution, 6, 15, 61–62, 79Lagos State Fish Farmers’ Association (Nigeria), 104Land and resource tenure, 6, 13, 50–54, 51, 67, 191.See also Ownershipin Bangladesh, 115, 123useful even when not perfect, 160–161, 200Land disputes, resolution of, 7, 53, 191Land leasing arrangements, 53, 191Landless, rights of, 53Lao People’s Democratic Republic, 104Latin America. See also individual countriescooperatives in, 97Equator Prize finalists from, 56–57, 59, 60insurance industry in, 184networking in, 87poverty in, 22secure tenure systems in, 53small forest enterprises in, 168sustainable forest management and, 141LeadershipEquator Initiative and, 57, 60local demand and commitment and, 55training for, 195Learning networks, 105–106, 197Leasing arrangements for land, 53, 191Legislatures. See GovernanceLife expectancy, 208Line agencies. See GovernmentLiteracyadult literacy rate, 208, 209in Bangladesh, 116, 123, 124in Benin, 26Women on the Move (women’s savings groups in Niger) and, 74Livelihood security, 6Living in Finite Environment (LIFE) program (Namibia), 37Lobo, Crispino, 68, 68–70, 201Local commitment, 7, 15, 61–62253