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Strong Institutions in Weak States: Institution Building, Natural Resource Governance, and Conflict in Ghana and Sierra Leone

Journal Articles & Books
March, 2017
Ghana, Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land governance
land policies
environment
natural resources management
land conflicts
land dispute
Since the end of the Cold War, natural resources have assumed an increasingly prominent role in security, conflict, and peace studies. Scholars and development practitioners alike view the development of strong institutions, which aim to domesticate global regulatory regimes that foster neoliberal principles like privatization, transparency, and accountability, as necessary to mitigate natural resource conflict in resource-rich states, as well as enhance opportunities for peace and social justice.
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TOWARDS A NEW AGRIBUSINESS INVESTMENT APPROVAL PROCESS FOR SIERRA LEONE

Legislation & Policies
October, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land & Investments
land governance
land policies
land rights
land tenure
land use
Representatives of government institutions, civil society, NGOs and the private sector
attended a validation workshop in Freetown on October 18-19, 2017. One and One-half days
of discussions provided suggested revisions to the draft AIAP. Based on this input, the working group prepared a revised AIAP.
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The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017

Legislation
June, 2017
Sierra Leone
land administration
land governance
Bein an Act to amend the Local Governemnt ACT, 2004, to provide the addition of new Districts created under the Provinces (Administrative Division) Order, 2017 and other related matters.
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The Local Government (Amendment) Act, 2017

Legislation
June, 2017
Sierra Leone
land administration
land governance
Bein an Act to amend the Local Governemnt ACT, 2004, to provide the addition of new Districts created under the Provinces (Administrative Division) Order, 2017 and other related matters.
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Spatial Monitoring Report on SOCFIN Agricultural Company Sierra Leone Ltd. in Malen Chiefdom, Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

Reports & Research
May, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land acquisitions
land investments
land deals
land grabbing
land rights
land dispute
monitoring
Since the onset of the phenomenon of large scale land acquisition for agri-business in Sierra Leone, after the first whistle was blown by Green Scenery, many studies have been conducted by various researchers, some to meet requirements for degree thesis, others for policy and development purposes. There is the fear in a school of thought opposed to large scale land acquisition that there is danger in corporate entities ascribing huge portions of land to themselves in the guise of investment and annihilating the actual land owners.
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Large-scale land deals in Sierra Leone at the intersection of gender and lineage

Journal Articles & Books
July, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
land acquisitions
land deals
land dispute
land rights
There is wide engagement with large-scale land deals in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from the perspectives of development and international political economy. Recently, scholars have increasingly pointed to a gendered lacuna in this literature. Engagement with gender tends to focus on potential differential impacts for men and women, and it also flags the need for more detailed empirical research of specific land deals.
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Port Loko Declaration: Women say “We want our lands back!”

Training Resources & Tools
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
gender equity in access to land
land dispute
land policies
land rights
local communities
women
We, leaders of groups of women affected by the expansion of industrial monoculture plantations, particularly oil palm plantations, coming from all regions in Sierra Leone and different countries from West and Central Africa;

We, national and international organizations involved in the struggle for the rights of women and local communities in Africa, Latin America and Asia, signatories of this declaration, met from 14 to 15 August 2017 in Port Loko, Sierra Leone.
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The political economy of fragility: Business, conflict and peace in Sierra Leone

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2017
Sierra Leone
Land in post-conflict settings
informal settlements
land conflicts
land dispute
This paper was written as part of the research initiative entitled Engaging the Business Community as a New Peacebuilding Actor. It is a joint project of the Africa Centre for Dispute Settlement (ACDS), CDA Collaborative Learning Projects (CDA), and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Alternative Agricultural Business models for Large-scale Private Investments in Sierra Leone

Insights from emerging cocoa and oil palm cases

Reports & Research
August, 2017
Sierra Leone
land investments
The report focuses on Sierra Leone (SL), which has placed a high priority on private sector investments over the last decade to support agricultural development. The country has experienced a significant increase of (mainly foreign) investments based on LSLAs, yet few of which are in an advanced stage. The study is based on several of palm oil and cocoa sector investment case studies. Both sectors are very relevant for SL’s economy and have seen several private sector investments.
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The SPIRAL Project Brief

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2017
Sierra Leone
land investments
land rights
land tenure
The UK Department for International Development (the “DFID”) plays a strong role in driving changes towards improving land rights protection, land-tenure information and responsible private sector land investments in developing countries. With funding from DFID’s LEGEND Challenge Program, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (“WHH”) currently tests the CPCModel in partnership with a Sierra Leonean Investor under the SPIRAL-Project (the “Project”).