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   L'exclusion sociale au Cameroun

   January, 1997

   Cameroon, Sub-Saharan Africa

   poverty

   land tenure

   Analyses the causes of social exclusion in Cameroon, its relationship to land tenure and the political structures through which it is being addressed

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   Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture. A case study of two communities in Huambo province

   January, 2011

   Angola, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa

   poverty

   land rights

   agriculture

   land tenure

   A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines rural communities’ rights to their land. However, the documentation of customary rights in Angolan agriculture is limited. This report describes and analyses customary land rights in two villages in Huambo province, both situated some 60 to 90 km from the provincial capital. The report demonstrates that despite of many similarities there exist huge differences in agricultural practices and in how customary land rights are conceived.

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   Hands off: why international financial institutions must stop drilling, piping and mining

   January, 2003

   Laos, Benin, Nigeria, Philippines, Peru, Togo, Cameroon, Colombia, Ghana, Chad, Romania, Papua New Guinea, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania, Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Asia

   mining

   poverty

   extractive industries

   This report reviews the experience and outcomes of the funding by International Financial Institutions (IFIs) of projects in the extractive industries. It presents short case studies of experiences in the Philippines, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Colombia, Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, which then uses to make recommendations.

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   Policies and strategies to address the vulnerability of pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa

   January, 2006

   Tanzania, Kenya, Chad, Sub-Saharan Africa

   Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism

   poverty

   pastoralists

   This paper makes a case for increased policy attention to pastoralists in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The paper presents:estimates of the numbers of agro-/pastoral populations globallytheir livestock and their contribution to national economiesthe incidence of poverty among agro-/pastoral populations.The author examines the causes and dynamics of poverty among pastoral populations in Africa drawing on the sustainable livelihoods framework and focusing on vulnerability to shocks.

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   Freeport McMoran versus the People of Fungurume: How the largest mining investment in DRC has brought poverty not prosperity

   January, 2012

   Democratic Republic of the Congo

   mining

   poverty

   extractive industries

   The Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) company controls a 1,600 square kilometre mining concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Tenke Fungurume deposits make up one of the most important reserves of copper and cobalt in the world with abundant quantities of high assay ore.

   This report looks at a consultation with a wide range of officials, members of institutions, groups and organisations, and other interested individuals living in the concession area about the impact of the TFM mine on their lives and livelihoods.