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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2002
    Mozambique

    The poor in Mozambique survive off the land, but what would the consequences be if the land was privatised? This paper looks at how Mozambique is approaching issues surrounding land usage and ownership as market reforms take place and the land becomes increasingly susceptible to being opened up to the market.A historical background to the issue of land use and ownership in Africa is given, from colonisation to the impact of globalisation and the market in present day Africa.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Cambodia

    A news article reporting on the opening of a new rubber processing factory by state-owned Peam Cheang Rubber Plantation in Kampong Cham.

  3. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2001
    Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Thailand

    ABSTRACTED FROM INTRODUCTION: How have national and state governments the world over come to “own” huge expanses of territory under the rubric of “national forest,” “national parks”, or “wastelands”? The two contradictory statements in the above epigraph illustrate that not all colonial administrators agreed that forests should be taken away from local people and “protected” by the state. The assumption of state authority over forests is based on a relatively recent convergence of historical circumstances.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    Kyrgyzstan, Europe, Central Asia

    The study reviews the macroeconomic developments in the Kyrgyz Republic following the collapse of the Soviet Union, when adjustments were required since output fell by fifty percent between 1991-95, resulting in adverse fiscal consequences, which triggered losses in tax revenues, along with the implicit end of energy subsidies.

  5. Library Resource
    Agreements & Contracts
    January, 2002
    Mozambique

    Contrato de prospecção , pesquisa, desenvolvimento e produção de mineras pesados nas áreas de Moma, Congolene e Quinga entre o Ministério dos Recursos Minerais e Kemmare Moma Mining Lda.

  6. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001

    When a national park is created, the people who are forced to leave the area can increase the pressure on the surrounding communities. How can governments balance both the need for foreign exchange and environmental conservation, with the livelihood needs of the local people?

  7. Library Resource
    Multimedia
    December, 2001
    Malawi, Southern Africa, Africa

    Dan Chirwa explaining to Patrick Mphaka how the water of Lake Malawi is a natural birthright for all Malawians.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2001
    China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Portugal, United States of America, Eastern Africa

    More irrigated land is devoted to rice than to any other crop. A method to save water in irrigated rice cultivation is the intermittent drying of the rice fields, known as alternate wet/dry irrigation (AWDI). This report reviews previous studies in AWDI, with a focus on mosquito vector control, water saving, and rice yields. Examples are provided from a number of countries.

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