This issue brief first examines the causes of land-related conflict, then examines how the issues and opportunities change through the conflict cycle: before, during and after violent conflict. This approach gives less attention to staples of the post-conflict land literature such as restitution and dispute management, but provides a more robust understanding of the longer-term challenges that are typically addressed by development rather than relief agencies.
Release Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2013File: Land Disputes and Land Conflict
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsJune, 2012
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Library ResourceOctober, 2011
USAID's property rights project in Timor Leste plays a key role in helping settle land disputes on the small island in Southeast Asia. A recent article written by IRIN, the humanitarian news and analysis service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, describes the history of conflict surrounding land by highlighting one woman's story and outlining current progress to establishing land rights.
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Library ResourceAugust, 2012Colombia
A recent Poverty Matters post highlights some of the differences that mark the Santos regime in Colombia from that of his predecessor Alvaro Uribe. In some ways the two leaders share a vision for their country. The post puts it this way, both want to “attract foreign skills and investment to expand natural resource exports to pay for social investments.” But, author Jonathan Glennie points out that what distinguishes Santos is his decency and his willingness to embrace modernization.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2002Global
Unruh JD (2002) Local land tenure in the peace process. Peace Review 14: 337-342
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2005Ethiopia
Changing conflict resolution institutions in the Ethiopian pastoral commons:
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2008Liberia
CATALYZING THE SOCIO-LEGAL
SPACE FOR ARMED CONFLICT:
LAND AND LEGAL PLURALISM IN
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2009Liberia
Land rights in postwar Liberia: The volatile
part of the peace process. Land Use Policy 26 (2009) 425–433 -
Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2009Liberia
Territorial Tensions: Rainforest Conservation, Postconflict Recovery, and
Land Tenure in Liberia
Leif Brottem a; Jon Unruh b
a Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin, Madison b Department of Geography, McGill
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2003Global
Land Tenure and Legal Pluralism
in the Peace Process,
Jon D. Unruh
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2001Mozambique
Unruh JD (2001) Postwar land dispute resolution: land tenure and the peace process in
Mozambique. International Journal of World Peace. 18: 3-30
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