Informal settlements’ needs and environmental conservation in Mexico City: An unsolved challenge for land-use policy

The aim of this article is to analyze the effectiveness of land-use policy in Mexico City in controlling the expansion of informal human settlements in peri-urban zones of high ecological value. It is argued that Mexico City's land-use policy has been reactive and internally inconsistent, failing to take informal settlements into account, has not offered the poor access to housing with adequate services and greater security in terms of land tenure, and lacks the necessary financial resources and institutional capabilities for providing solutions to these problems. Through a case study of informal settlement management policy in the Tlalpan Delegation,¹ applied in what has been termed SC or “Conservation Land,”² we conclude that local government exhibits an inability to confront the new challenge of urban sustainability, that it resorts to conventional solutions which give rise to contradictory situations where political decision-making prevails over ecological considerations, so land-use policy is permissive and does not halt informal urban expansion in areas of high environmental value.     

Methods and tools for integrated assessment of land use policies on sustainable development in developing countries

For stimulating sustainable development in developing countries, land use patterns and land use changes are considered critical, and therefore effective and efficient land use policies are needed. In this paper we present a methodological framework that has been developed in a joint European and developing countries project (LUPIS – Land Use Policies and Sustainable Development in Developing Countries), to assess the impact of land use policies on sustainable development in developing countries. An illustrative application is presented for a case study in China, where water pollution due to agriculture in Taihu Basin is a major problem.     

Measuring quality performance of cadastral survey and deeds registration work processes

When land parcel boundaries are surveyed for purposes of registration in most southern African countries, the cadastral survey records and diagrams prepared have to be examined and approved by the Surveyor General first before they can be registered in the Deeds Registries. For such records to be approved, their quality must conform to requirements stipulated in relevant acts and regulations. Where regulatory requirements are not met, the records are rejected and returned for corrections and resubmission. From a cross-organizational context, poor quality documents lodged upstream have the effect of congesting examination processes downstream as records are rejected and returned backwards due to quality failure. The paper proposes a quality performance measurement model to analyze quality performance in land administration work processes. The developed model is tested on 2 survey examination and approval sites and 3 deeds registration sites in Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Based on below expected quality results obtained at one of the sites, a root cause analysis was conducted to establish recurring and underlying causal factors upon which quality improvement strategies can be built on.     

主体功能区战略下重点林区产业结构优化策略分析

以我国重点林区中内蒙古、黑龙江、四川、云南四省为研究对象,通过对研究对象进行主体功能区定位确定其发展要点,选取碳排放强度指标进行分析,证实其发展政策的合理性并直观、有力地说明产业结构调整所带来的生态、经济效益的影响,进而将该影响数据化得出碳排放强度的产业结构弹性以估算产业结构调整的减碳效应,结合分析结果提出符合主体功能区定位的相关产业建议,以实现重点林区的产业结构优化。     

非公有制企业参与国土绿化在应对气候变化中的作用——基于辽宁、广东、四川三省的调研

在对辽宁、广东和四川三省非公有制林业企业案例调研的基础上,介绍了当前我国非公有制经济参与国土绿化建设的现状,分析了目前存在国家对非公有制经济政策扶持力度小、非公有制企业融资贷款难、生态补偿标准偏低利益缺乏保障等问题,提出积极推进非公有制企业参与国土绿化,在应对气候变化中发挥重要作用的政策建议。     

关于中国开展森林认证的几点建议

森林认证作为促进森林可持续经营和林产品市场准入的一种有效途径,近年来在世界范围内发展迅速。介绍了森林认证在国内外的进展现状,分析了我国开展森林认证的意义和必要性,提出了开展国际互认、实施森林认证产品政府采购政策等7项进一步推进我国森林认证工作的建议。     

林区小额信贷实践与理论探索——中欧天然林管理项目小额信贷示范全析

论述了什么是小额信贷,中国小额信贷的发展轨迹,为什么要在中国林区发展小额信贷,并且以中欧天然林管理项目小额信贷专项基金试点实践为例,介绍了三种运作模式,即NGO模式、国有森工企业模式和村社区天然林管理协会模式。实践证明,小额信贷对于提高林区居民的环保意识、增加森林保护型生计项目、拓宽收入来源和增加林区居民收入、扶贫济困、减少林区居民对天然林的依赖和破坏起到了积极作用,实现了保护天然林的目标;在分析和总结中欧天然林管理项目小额信贷试点运行成果和经验的基础上,对在全国天然林保护工程区内推广中欧天然林管理项目小额信贷工作提出了政策措施;建议。     

货币政策透明度指数研究

近年来,提高货币政策的透明度正在成为一个国际趋势。本文从如何度量货币政策透明度的角度出发,介绍了国外关于货币政策透明度评估体系的研究,通过建立透明度指数来量化货币政策的透明度,以及对不同国家透明度进行评估和实证检验。文章还对目前透明度度量方法中的不足和改进进行了简要评析。     

功能观视角下的农村金融体系

“三农”问题的解决将有赖于农村金融体系改革的深入,本文将从金融功能观的角度,探讨我国农村金融体系在实现金融功能上存在的诸多不足,建议应从分析农村微观金融需求出发,得出恰当的金融功能要求,在此基础上构建多层次、梯度化的农村金融体系,同时宏观上通过完善金融基础设施和公共政策以保证金融体系更有效率地行使金融基本功能。     

主导设计:市场进入壁垒理论新范式

在经济全球一体化趋势下,主导设计作为决定与控制市场进入壁垒的根源性壁垒,成为市场进入壁垒的新范式.为此,在当今新技术和新兴产业不断涌现的技术经济规范转换期,及时较早进入新技术系统,形成自我支持的技术体系和市场支撑网络,是后进企业和后起国摆脱大型跨国公司控制,成功实施进入跨越和实现赶超的根本路径和机会窗口.