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1. Library Resource

   

   Land Disputes and Stalled Investments in India

   Reports & Research

   November, 2016

   India

   Land & Investments

   Land Conflicts

   common lands

   land acquisitions

   land conflicts

   land dispute

   land dispute resolution

   land economics

   land investments

   land ownership

   land tenure systems

   private ownership

   India’s ambitious development agenda involves facilitating investment for economic growth, infrastructure development, and social progress. Yet, thousands of investment projects have been stalled to date, raising red flags for the health of the country’s financial regulatory systems, public sector banks, and investment community. While official reasons given for stalled projects remain opaque, deep contestation leading to conflict on public (and private) lands must be better understood as a substantive risk to investments.

2. Library Resource

   

   The Impacts of Land Dispossession on Indigenous Women

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   February, 2015

   Cambodia, India, Indonesia

   Land & Investments

   capacity development

   extractive industries

   gender equity in access to land

   land grabbing

   land ownership

   land rights

   tenure security

   women

   This briefing paper is an outcome of the project "Strengthening the Documentation and Advocacy Capacity of Indigenous Women for the Advancement of their Rights and Welfare on Land" implemented in Cambodia, India and Indonesia in 2013-2014.