Growing the Wealth of the Poor - World Resources Institute

I N D E XUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP)Bangladesh Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity ManagementProject and, 121Human Development Index, 204United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 13United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 157United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),97, 105, 108United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Bangladesh programs supported by, 112, 113, 117, 120, 121, 124Ethiopian coffee cooperatives and, 100, 102funding for programs from, 162, 167Guatemala forestry enterprises and, 127–133, 137, 138–139Living in Finite Environment (LIFE) program, 37Namibia conservancy program and, 34Nepal’s medicinal market and, 99Niger’s re-greening movement and, 145, 146, 150, 151, 154–155West Africa and, 156–157University of Manitoba, 56University of Namibia, 33University of South Pacific (USP), 39, 41Upazila Fisheries Committees, 115–116, 118, 163, 166Utkal Mahila Sanchaya Bikas (women’s self-help groups), 87VValexport producer association (Brazil), 103–104, 107Venezuela, land registration in, 53Vertical networking, 7, 15, 57, 88–89Vietnamclimate change and, 192infrastructure investment in, 178State Forest Enterprise, 171taxes on forest products in, 171, 171Village Land Commissions (Niger), 53Village organizations (VOs), 84Vitukawalu, Rata Aca, 41WWasundhara approach (India), 70, 82–83Water issues. See also Clean wateravailability of resources, 204, 212in Bangladesh, 123Water Poverty Indexing (WPI), 212Watershed managementin Bangladesh, 13, 13, 68community involvement, 55, 63in Haiti, 62in India, 13, 19, 61, 82, 85, 167. See also WatershedOrganisation Trust (WOTR, India)rehabilitation program, 11, 13, 17Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR, India), 66, 68, 77,78–79, 78–79, 80, 81, 82–83, 85, 162, 163, 192finance, facilitation by, 89horizontal networking and, 87as ISO, 91Wealth, distribution of, 25. See also Elite capturepoverty gap, 22–23Websites to show pilot programs’ success stories, 162, 191Wentling, Mark, 151West Africa. See also individual countriesgovernment and associations in, 108palm oil business in, 168titled property rights in, 51Wetlandslivelihoods in Bangladesh in. See Bangladesh inland fisheriesin Papua New Guinea, 59Where is the Wealth of Nations? (World Bank), 25WIDECAST, 82Wilderness Safaris Namibia, 36Wildlife conservancies. See Namibia’s Communal ConservancyProgram in Papua New Guinea, 59Wildlife Conservation Society, 131, 135Winrock International, 113, 121, 124, 162, 166Winterbottom, Bob, 157Womenin Bangladesh, 119–120, 124in Fiji, 41, 45in Guatemala, 133in Mexico, 184in Namibia, 35in Nepal, 64, 107in Niger, 74, 152–153Self-Employed Women’s Organization (India), 88, 89UN Development Fund for Women, 97Women on the Move (women’s savings groups in Niger), 74Women’s Network of Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Producersand Retailers (RMPCPMA, Colombia), 104Women’s organizations (WOs), 84World BankBangladesh fisheries project funded by, 123community-driven development and, 26–27in Ghana, 61on income equality, 23local institutions and, 77on long-term commitment by donors, 124medicinals market and, 99in Niger, 145, 148, 154on poverty levels, 23, 190, 192on remittances, 184, 184Where is the Wealth of Nations?, 25World Conservation Union on Bangladesh fish species, 113World Resources Institute’s New Ventures, 181261