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  1. Library Resource
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    Journal Articles & Books
    January, 2002
    Philippines

    This article summarizes the nature of land-related conflicts in the Philippines within the context of the prevailing agrarian situation throughout the country. An analysis of the agrarian institutions and different types of development that have occurred in a number of regions provide a broad representation of the current situation.

  2. Library Resource
    Learning Modules
    Training Resources & Tools
    January, 2019
    Global

    These learning modules provide training material for Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities’ advocates on how to operationalise benefit-sharing and concluding benefit-sharing agreements. There are three modules covering these broad issues in relation to natural resources, traditional knowledge and farmers' rights.

  3. Library Resource
    Assessment Toolkit: Assessing gender-sensitive implementation and country-level monitoring of the Tenure Governance and Africa Land Policy Guidelines cover image
    Manuals & Guidelines
    Training Resources & Tools
    November, 2017
    Africa

    This gender-sensitive toolkit enables civil society organisations, women and communities, as well as other actors to assess each country’s current legal framework and tenure governance arrangements in line with the provisions of the VGGTS and the AU F&G.

  4. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This is a Regional Program Review (RPR)
    of the World Bank's support for the MBC. The review is
    framed around an assessment of five Global Environment
    Facility (GEF)-financed World Bank implemented projects in
    Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama that had
    the common objective of consolidating the Mesoamerican
    Biological Corridor (MBC). It also reports on the
    achievements of trust fund activities, financed by the Bank

  5. Library Resource
    March, 2012

    This is a Regional Program Review (RPR)
    of the World Bank's support for the MBC. The review is
    framed around an assessment of five Global Environment
    Facility (GEF)-financed World Bank implemented projects in
    Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama that had
    the common objective of consolidating the Mesoamerican
    Biological Corridor (MBC). It also reports on the
    achievements of trust fund activities, financed by the Bank

  6. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Global

    In July 2013, the World Bank Group
    launched its Strategy, outlining how it will partner more
    effectively with clients to help them achieve the ambitious
    goals of eradicating extreme poverty and boosting shared
    prosperity through economic growth, inclusion,
    sustainability and resilience. In April 2014, the World Bank
    Group Corporate Scorecard was launched for the first time
    and the World Bank Scorecard revised to monitor the

  7. Library Resource
    Conflicts over land
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Asia

    This briefing paper makes the case for proactive business engagement in respecting land rights and ensuring legal, fair and inclusive practices on land use, access to natural resources and equitable development opportunities. It outlines key challenges, provides an overview of existing instruments that can help companies address issues related to land, and points to practical entry points for improved business practices.

  8. Library Resource

    GRAIN and La Vía Campesina

    Reports & Research
    May, 2014
    Global
  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Northern America

    Food First Backgrounder, Spring 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1


    Introduction: Land, Race and the Agrarian Crisis


    The disastrous effects of widespread land grabbing and land concentration sweeping the globe do not affect all farmers equally. The degree of vulnerability to these threats is highest for smallholders, women and people of color—the ones who grow, harvest, process and prepare most of the world’s food.


  10. Library Resource

    Empirical evidence from Ondo and Kano states

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Nigeria

    In line with the conventional view that customary land rights impede agricultural development, the traditional tenure system in Nigeria has been perceived to obstruct the achievement of efficient development and agricultural transformation. This led to the Land Use Act (LUA) of 1978.

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