At least one state infrastructure official said this week that lack of funds, lack of land, general lawlessness and environmental policy were hindering investment in railway development.

FORBES: Oppenheimer Chief Economist "Cautiously Optimistic" on India

Key to driving forward the delivery of MDGs in BiH will be two funding windows, one supporting the implementation of Local Environmental Action Plan priority projects at local level, and a second providing assistance for innovative proposals that link environmental management and poverty reduction, and provide lessons to inform further policy development at national level.

UNESCO: Water

The principal aim of these policy instruments was to promote development, social empowerment (poverty alleviation) and environmental conservation through participatory or community-based management and exploitation or utilisation of forests and forest resources.

UNESCO: Community-Based Forestry Management Programme