This working paper, Achieving Sustainable Development Goals on Socially Inclusive and Sustainable Water through Fiscal and Pricing Reforms in Uruguay, explores fiscal policies for agricultural uses of water resources in Uruguay and carries out a modelling exercise to analyse the impacts of agricultural water use charges.
China in Mozambique's Forests: A review of issues and progress for livelihoods and sustainability, compiles three years of work of the China-Africa Forest Governance project to develop evidence on constraints and opportunities for forest resources in productive and resilient land use and trade, to develop capacity and dialogue among relevant stakeholders in China and Mozambique, and to deliver policy and practice improvement opportunities.
This report summarises progress made by the IIED China-Africa Forest Governance Project, and shares insights from project experiences into the state of China’s role in African forest governance and provides suggestions for the next steps in the China-Africa relationship.
This report, Beyond Crop per Drop: Assessing agricultural water productivity and efficiency in a maturing water economy, aims to shed further light on conceptual issues as, the methods used for measuring agricultural water productivity and efficiency, and the application of these concepts and methods in different contexts—all of which influence the choice of interventions and the evaluation of their implementation.
The Role of Trade Policy in Enabling the Global Diffusion of Electric Vehicles identifies and explains trade-related issues and knowledge gaps related to the scale-up and global deployment of electric vehicles. This includes the impact of various types of trade and investment-related barriers on electric vehicle supply chains and the role that international trade governance can play in facilitating, or indeed accelerating, a global transition towards electric vehicles.