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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Within corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG), there is a gap. This paper aims to fill that gap by building on a previous empirical study. It introduces the Land Governance Materiality Framework (LGMF), which redefines land governance as a critical governance skill that impacts ESG performance ...
Ifedayo Grace Malachi, Reza Eslamipoor
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Impact of land tenure and other socioeconomic factors on mountain terrace maintenance in Yemen: [PDF]
This paper describes the land property rights and tenure systems in the western escarpments of the Yemeni Highlands, and analyses the impact of land tenure arrangements and other socioeconomic factors on terrace maintenance.
Bamatraf, Abdul Rahman +2 more
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Responsible Banking Under Twin Transition: FinTech M&As, ESG Strategy, and Bank Performance
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates how banking innovation strategies, namely FinTech M&As and ESG practices, affect bank performance under rising competitive pressures and regulatory complexity. Using a unique dataset of 543 listed banks across 49 countries from 2000 to 2023, we analyse whether these strategic investments enhance banks' profitability ...
G. B. Ferilli, Y. Altunbas, E. Palmieri
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Impacts of land certification on tenure security, investment, and land markets : evidence from Ethiopia [PDF]
Although early attempts at land titling in Africa were often unsuccessful, the need to secure rights in view of increased demand for land, options for registration of a continuum of individual or communal rights under new laws, and the scope for reducing
Ali, Daniel Ayalew +2 more
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Collective Decision‐Making and Institutional Configurations in Polycentric Environmental Governance
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Why do formally similar polycentric governance arrangements differ in their governance performance, and how do institutional configurations of enabling conditions account for these differences? [Correction added on 07 July 2026, after first online publication: The preceding sentence has been updated.] This article examines variation in ...
Kirsten Hegsvold
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PATTERNS OF TENURE INSECURITY IN GUYANA [PDF]
As of 1998, the land tenure situation along Guyana's coast was marked by disarray and insecurity. Renewed interest in land following the economic and political liberalization of the early 1990s spawned land conflicts and exacerbated their severity.
Lemel, Harold
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The international conservation and natural resources communities have increasingly embraced the principle of community participation. This rhetoric around participation has gained power and influence in setting countries' agendas for natural resources governance, largely without a sound understanding of public opinion on the issues.
Rachel S. Friedman +3 more
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Women's land rights in the transition to individualized ownership [PDF]
This study explores the impact of changes in land tenure institutions on women's land rights and the efficiency of tree resource management in Western Ghana.
Payongayong, Ellen +3 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Thailand has announced ambitious plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a programme that allows private companies to earn carbon credits from protecting and restoring mangroves. In 2023, the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) began enrolling local communities and private firms in this scheme.
Danny Marks, Kittima Leeruttanawisut
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Who owns the land?: Perspectives from rural Ugandans and implications for land acquisitions [PDF]
Rapid growth of demand for agricultural land is putting pressure on property rights systems, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, where customary tenure systems have provided secure land access.
Bomuhangi, Allan +2 more
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