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    Proyecto "Desarrollo Urbano, Autonomía Económica de las Mujeres y Políticas de Cuidados" (1545AK)

    Institutional & promotional materials
    June, 2016
    Uruguay

    El presente estudio pretende contribuir al debate sobre políticas de cuidados enfocando la mirada en las ciudades latinoamericanas, en esta ocasión específicamente en Montevideo.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    July, 2016
    Africa

    Examines options for strengthening women’s participatory rights in the face of increasing commercial pressures on land in 3 countries: Mozambique, Tanzania, and the Philippines. Focuses on how regulatory reform – reforms in the rules, regulations, guidelines, and procedures that implement national land acquisition and investment laws – can promote gender equity and allow women to realize the rights afforded by national legal frameworks and international standards.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2016
    Rwanda, Africa

    Report explores and analyses community perceptions of the obstacles facing women’s participation in decision-making about jointly held land. Also examines the factors that prevent women from participating in community-level decision-making structures, specifically those related to land. Conducted in 4  districts of Rwanda: Ngororero and Rutsiro (Western Province), Huye (Southern Province) and Ngoma (Eastern Province).

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2016
    Africa

    In much of sub-Saharan Africa, women have little say in decisions over land. Unless proactive steps are taken to enable women to have a stronger voice, large-scale agribusiness projects will leave them even more marginalised. Though there has been little research in this area, an emerging body of thinking and practice provides clear pointers as to how governments, NGOs and investors might mitigate such risks in future, particularly by explicitly addressing gender issues head-on from the very outset.

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    Removing Legal Barriers for Achieving Gender Equality.

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2016
    India

    Women’s land rights (WLR) have been and continue to be a live agenda in social development discourse of India. The importance of WLR has been discussed in the context of agriculture; poverty reduction; reduction in gender based violence; women’s well-being and agency.This policy brief outlines the gaps that exist in the realisation of women’s land rights on agricultural land and calls for immediate collective action aimed at removing the structural barriers in inheritance, leasing, and joint ownership of privately held land in favour of women.

  6. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    July, 2016
    Mozambique

    As desigualdades de desenvolvimento e suas dinâmicas possuem razões políticas, económicas e sociais de longa duração. Estes factores influenciam os percursos históricos sobre as quais as políticas económicas e os poderes políticos procuram influenciar conjunturalmente sem que, na maioria dos casos, sejam efectivas mudanças fundamentais nas sociedades.
    As desigualdades sociais e territoriais têm implicações sobre a estrutura e as dinâmicas do crescimento/desenvolvimento económico, sobre a estabilidade política e social e sobre a sustentabilidade ambiental, entre outros aspectos.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    June, 2016
    Bolivia

    Este es el caso de una propiedad familiar donde la necesidad del retorno a la tierra familiar impulsada por el peligro de pérdida del terreno ante la muerte del progenitor (propietario), y la mejora en las condiciones de vida que en este caso están expresadas en prácticas innovadoras, frente a los términos en los que el mercado convencional se desarrolla.

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2016
    Georgia

    This report presents to the Government
    of Georgia (GoG) an analysis of the implications of
    potential policy changes to internally displaced person
    (IDP) assistance. A pressing question for policy makers in
    Georgia is the sustainability of status-based IDP assistance
    and what efforts can be made to tailor this assistance to
    favor the poor and vulnerable. Elimination of the IDP
    benefit has been subject to debate among policymakers. The

  9. Library Resource
    June, 2016
    Mali

    Mali is a vast, land-locked country in
    West Africa with a population of approximately 14.9 million,
    and a GDP per capita of USD480. The economy is largely
    rural, with over two-thirds of the population living off
    agriculture, notably cotton. Gold is the country’s largest
    export, though production has been declining and the
    industry faces an uncertain future as proven reserves are
    limited. The service sector, which represents 40 percent of

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2016
    Malawi

    The Malawi Urbanization Review aims to
    provide fresh perspectives on urbanization in Malawi, by
    analyzing the current and potential contribution of
    urbanization to long-term national development and the
    current institutional and financial capacity of local
    governments to manage the process. Analyses presented in
    this report are particularly timely as Malawi is planning
    for the coming half decade through the Malawi Growth and

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