The World Bank Group Forest Carbon Partnership Facility commissioned Resource Equity to undertake these studies for the project, Understanding and Strengthening Gender Equity in Land and Forest Tenure in REDD+. These previously unpublished studies were used to inform the project’s final synthesis report. Included Countries: Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Republic of Congo, Vietnam. Authors: Giovarelli, R.
Record Country: Vietnam
Decree on the Organization and Management of the Special-Use Forest System (No. 117/2010/ND-CP)
Vietnam Law on Forestry
Directive on the Instructions of the Security Board on Enhancing the Party’s Leadership for Forest Management, Protection and Development (No. 13-CT/TW) [Directive 13]
Decree on Mechanism and Policy of Forest Development Associated with the Policy on Sustainable and Rapid Poverty Reduction and Assistance to Ethnic Minorities for the Period 2015-2020 (No. 75/2015/ND-CP)
Decision promulgating the regulation on forest management (No. 186/2006/QD-TTg)
Decree on the Policy on Payment for Forest Environment Services (No. 99/2010/ND-CP)
Gender Action Learning (GAL)
Compendium of Most Significant Change (MSC) Stories from Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Vietnam, and Cambodia.
Vietnam Marriage and Family Law
Property Rights and Productivity: The Case of Joint Land Titling in Vietnam
Full citation: Newman, C., Tarp, F., and Broek, K. (2015). “Property Rights and Productivity: The Case of Joint Land Titling in Vietnam.” Vol.91(1), pp.91-105. – This paper explores the effect of land titling on agricultural productivity in Vietnam and the productivity effects of single versus joint titling for spouses. The results show that obtaining a land title is associated with higher yields, for both individually and jointly held titles. The study concludes that there is no tradeoff between joint titling and productivity, and so joint titles are potentially an effective way to improve women’s bargaining power within the household with […]