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  1. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Egypt

    The main objective of the Egypt Public
    Land Management Strategy is to provide the Government of
    Egypt (GOE) with practical and politically feasible policy
    recommendations to reform existing public land management
    policies and practices in the aim of improving the business
    climate in Egypt. This study is presented in two volumes:
    Volume one with the main policy note, supported by Volume
    two with background notes on access to public land by

  2. Library Resource
    December, 2014

    Evidence is mounting that secure
    property rights have positive effects for poor people in
    general and women in particular. The aim of this report is
    to review what is known about women s access to and control
    over land and real property in urban settings, identifying
    approaches to strengthening property rights that enhance
    women s agency, and sharing key lessons. Section two
    synthesizes the evidence on urban women s priorities with

  3. 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.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    May, 2014
    South America, Guyana

    Forest Peoples Programme and the Amerindian Peoples Association are pleased to announce the publication of a new special report:


    Edited by Kate Dooley and Tom Griffiths


    Authors: Oda Almås (FPP), Lawrence Anselmo (APA), Laura George (APA), Tom Griffiths (FPP), Solveig Firing Lunde (RFN) and Jean La Rose (APA)


    May 2014


    ISBN 978-0-9544252-8-9

  5. Library Resource

    UK pension funds and asset managers found to be investing at least £37.3bn in companies involved in, or associated with, large-scale land acquisitions, according to a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth.

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    Friends of the Earth’s report, ‘What’s your pension funding? How UK institutional investors finance the global land grab’, highlights the investments of UK institutional investors, such as British Airways Pension Fund, Legal & General and Standard Life, in companies accused of grabbing land, destroying the environment, and undermining sustainable livelihoods.


  6. Library Resource

    GRAIN and La Vía Campesina

    Reports & Research
    May, 2014
    Global
  7. Library Resource

    Madeleine Fairbairn

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2014
    Global

    At the turn of the 21st century, farmland was still considered an investment backwater by most of the financial sector. Although some insurance companies have had farmland holdings for years, most financial investors found farmland, and agricultural investment in general, unappealing compared to the much higher returns to be made in financial markets.


    Introduction: Farmland, A Safe Investment in Troubling Financial Times


  8. 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.


  9. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    "For millions of people living in the world’s poorest countries, access to land is a matter not of wealth, but of survival, identity and belonging. Most of the 1.4 billion people earning less than US$1.25 a day live in rural areas and depend largely on agriculture for their livelihoods, while an estimated 2.5 billion people are involved in full- or part-time smallholder agriculture.

  10. Library Resource

    28 April 2014

    Reports & Research
    January, 2014
    Global

    CIHEAM - Watch Letter N.28 released: "Land Issues in the Mediterranean Countries"


    Since 2007 CIHEAM is publishing a quarterly Watch Letter devoted to Major Issues in Mediterranean Agriculture, Food and Rural Areas. Each Issue contains a series of articles on a specific topic, together with information on CIHEAM current activities.


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