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   Agrarian change, gender and land rights: a Brazilian case study

   January, 2003

   Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

   Land & Gender

   land

   land tenure

   land rights

   poverty

   women

   This paper examines the marginalization of women's land rights by governmental institutions and rural women's movements in Brazil.

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   Effects of land titling on child health and education

   January, 2004

   Argentina, Latin America and the Caribbean

   land

   land tenure

   poverty

   land registration

   land titling

   This paper analyzes the impact of land titling on child health and education in Argentina. The authors exploit a natural experiment in the allocation of land titles across squatters in a poor suburban area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to evaluate the impact of property rights on child health and education outcomes.

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   Reforestation and control of landslides in Macacos Hill, a slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   January, 2006

   Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   climate change

   land

   poverty

   The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when they do occur. Project activities will include: 1. Identifying critical points of erosion and deforestation in Macacos Hill; 2. Promoting Reforestation of Macacos Hill, with the help of residents; 3.