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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2015
    Africa, Zambia

    The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) assessed the legal frameworks that govern land-use activities and investments in Zambia. The economy of Zambia relies significantly on land and natural resource capital. The Government of Zambia has identified land-use investments as essential to the development of key economic sectors – energy, forestry, mining and agriculture. Land-use investments are increasing in Zambia, led by both foreign and domestic private investors.

  2. Library Resource

    Working paper

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    June, 2012
    Ethiopia

    Although early attempts at land titling
    in Africa were often unsuccessful, the need to secure rights
    in view of increased demand for land, options for
    registration of a continuum of individual or communal rights
    under new laws, and the scope for reducing costs by
    combining information technology with participatory methods
    have led to renewed interest. This paper uses a
    difference-in-difference approach to assess economic impacts

  3. Library Resource
    Stakeholder Assessment of Opportunities and Constraints to Sustainable Land Management in Ethiopia cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2012
    Ethiopia

    Stakeholders' perceptions of
    opportunities and constraints to sustainable land management
    in Ethiopia was assessed through interviews and a review of
    secondary data. Stakeholders included farmers as well as
    representatives of development agencies, agricultural
    organizations, donors, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),
    and agricultural research systems. Stakeholders generally
    perceive that the numerous, well-intentioned but piecemeal

  4. Library Resource
    Land Degradation and Population Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : The Machakos Experience cover image
    Reports & Research
    August, 2012
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa

    An issue which has generated much
    concern has been the potential link between low incomes and
    resource degradation. This report presents the results of a
    study which investigated this question. Machakos District is
    a relatively low income and agriculturally marginal district
    in Kenya. Before World War II the colonial administration
    was concerned that land degradation was becoming severe
    under the pressure of population, aggravated by drought. The

  5. Library Resource
    Road Improvement and Deforestation in the Congo Basin Countries cover image
    Reports & Research
    June, 2015
    Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

    Road construction has often been viewed
    as the precursor to deforestation, especially in tropical
    forests. Traditional responses to such threats have been
    reactive, with attempts to mitigate impacts through physical
    measures, or the establishment of protected areas. These
    approaches often have not been entirely successful,
    especially in areas where economic potential is significant.
    This paper seeks to mitigate such conflicts by proposing a

  6. Library Resource
    Protected Areas and Deforestation : New Results from High Resolution Panel Data cover image
    Reports & Research
    December, 2014
    Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia

    This paper investigates the
    effectiveness of protected areas in slowing tropical forest
    clearing in 64 countries in Asia/Pacific, Africa, and Latin
    America for the period 2001-2012. The investigation compares
    deforestation rates inside and within 10 kilometers outside
    the boundary of protected areas. Annual time series of these
    deforestation rates were constructed from recently published
    high-resolution data on forest clearing. For 4,028 parks,

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2016
    Democratic Republic of the Congo

    European and US development funds are bankrolling palm oil company Feronia Inc despite land and labour conflicts at its plantations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). New information now raises questions as to whether the Canadian-based company misused millions of taxpayer dollars destined for international aid by way of companies connected to a high-level DRC politician.


  8. Library Resource
    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
  9. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2016
    Western Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Africa, Ghana

    Contract farming (CF) is attractive as a possible private-sector-led strategy for improving smallholder farmers’ welfare. Yet many CF schemes suffer from high turnover of participating farmers and struggle to survive. So far, the dynamics of CF participation have remained largely unexplored. We employ duration analysis to examine factors affecting entry into and exit from different maize CF schemes in northern Ghana, focusing specifically on the impact of development projects on CF entry and exit.

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