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  1. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    November, 2013
    South Africa, Guatemala, Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand, India

    USAID welcomes The Coca-Cola Company’s recently announced commitments to ensure that its sugar suppliers protect the land rights of local communities. Coca-Cola - the world’s largest purchaser of sugar - agreed to revise its corporate Supplier Guiding Principles to incorporate principles that recognize and safeguard local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ rights to land and natural resources.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2014
    Myanmar

    A guest post by Robert Oberndorf, Resource Law Specialist, Tenure and Global Climate Change Project. Recent rapid changes in Burma have led to concerns related to the land tenure and property rights (LTPR) of smallholder farmers and communities throughout the country. The limited harmonization and dated nature of the overall legal and governance frameworks related to land use management and tenure security in the country adds to these concerns.

  3. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Cambodia

    This brief considers the current state and practice of dispute resolution mechanisms in Cambodia, which have been formed to address land disputes and conflicts. The first section introduces land rights abuses in the context of economic land concessions and land grabs, and discusses the relevance for studying land dispute resolution mechanisms in Cambodia. The second section describes the five main dispute resolution mechanisms and the jurisdiction of each mechanism depending on the type of land dispute involved.

  4. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Cambodia

    A fact sheet on the involvement of the GIZ in Cambodia's social land concessions program. Since 2007, the Royal Government of Cambodia has implemented the “Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development” (LASED) program with technical support from GIZ and financial support from the World Bank. In rural areas, many households are landless and often lose their land as a result of economic and social hardship.

  5. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Cambodia

    This report takes a snapshot look at how urbanisation is impacting three of Cambodia's secondary cities – Sihanoukville, Battambang, and Siem Reap – and, in particular, their urban poor settlements. The report is based on desk review and field research. The report provides information on history, urban planning, urban poor settlements and interventions for each city.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012
    Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

    Paper prepared by Roel R. Ravanera for the Asian
    NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural
    Development (ANGOC) and Land Watch Asia
    (LWA) examines progress in land reform in 8 countries n Asia.

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Timor-Leste, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

    More than 40 organisations collaborated in this global research project through
    case studies, thematic studies, and regional overviews,
    from which the content and analysis of this report are
    drawn. Several organisations, in particular SWAC, Oxfam
    and RRI, contributed significantly out of their own
    resources. The writing of this report involved an initial
    writing workshop in November 2010 with co-authors
    and contributing authors, and a second in June 2011
    with co-authors. This report also draws on the extensive

  8. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2014
    Cambodia

    Since 1990, over 29,700 Cambodian families have been evicted or displaced from their homes in Phnom Penh. This document provides a list of evicted communities, collating information on year, settlement name, description of the event and numbers of households affected. Includes maps of displaced communities and relocation sites. Available in Khmer and English.

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