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Country Partnership Framework for Myanmar for the Period FY15-17

November, 2015
Myanmar
Land & Corruption
capacity development
climate change
corruption
farmers
land degradation
land ownership
land reform
land rights
property rights
rural areas
rural development
urban areas
urbanization
The Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
will succeed the Myanmar interim strategy note (FY13-14) and
be the first full country strategy for Myanmar since 1984.
This CPF comes at a time of great opportunity for Myanmar;
over the three year period covered in this CPF, the reforms
initiated in 2011 have the potential to bring Myanmar into a
new era of peace and prosperity. Myanmar s history, ethnic
diversity, and geography combine into a unique set of
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An Ecological and Historical Perspective on Agricultural Development in Southeast Asia

July, 2015
Asia, South-Eastern Asia
agriculture
contract farming
farmers
land access
land distribution
land ownership
land reform
property rights
rural development
According to Myint's "vent-for-surplus"
theory, development of the economies of Indonesia, the
Philippines, and Thailand from the nineteenth century on
depended on the natural advantage of large tracts of unused
"empty land" with low population density and abundant natural
resources of the type typically found in Southeast Asia and
Africa at the outset of Western colonization. When these
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A Regional Workshop on Land Monitoring Initiatives: Proceedings

Reports & Research
April, 2015
Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Vietnam
development agencies
land access
land reform
tenure security
This publication contains the major highlights of the Land Watch Asia's "Regional Workshop on Land Monitoring Initiatives: Towards an Accountable Governance on Land" held in Manila, Philippines on 21-22 April 2015. These include the land monitoring country reports (in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and Philippines) prepared by Land Watch Asia campaign using the Land Reform Monitoring Framework, which was its landmark contribution towards assessing land issues across the region.
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2014 CSO Land Reform Monitoring: Towards an Accountable Governance on Land in Asia

Reports & Research
January, 2015
Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines
land governance
land reform
This publication is a collection of 2014 CSO land reform monitoring reports on the status of land tenure and access to land from seven Asian countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, and the Philippines). The book also reflects the recent expansion of the monitoring initiative to a ridge-to-reef framework providing a more holistic approach in addressing ancestral lands, rural lands, and marine resource concerns.
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The fragmentation of land tenure systems in Cambodia: peasants and the formalization of land rights

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Cambodia
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
land distribution
land reform
land investments
land acquisitions
land grabbing
title deeds
land titling
farmers
land policies
land law
ABSTRACTED FROM THE INTRODUCTION: This working paper is an examination of current land formalization processes against the backdrop of Cambodian history and the political economy of land and agrarian change. I... critique the land property right formalisation processes at play under the current land reforms. I present their rationales, mechanisms and influences on Cambodian peasants. I then detail the dynamics of land differentiation in the central rice plain and reveal how it has initiated a large migration to the peripheral uplands.
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Convergence under pressure

Different routes to private ownership through land reforms in four Mekong countries (Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam)

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2015
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Land & Investments
land grabbing
land law
land policies
land reform
land tenure systems
private ownership
All four countries in continental South-East Asia featured in this paper (Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) are experiencing land conflicts that could potentially destabilise their governments.1 Thailand is in a similar situation in many respects, as it has faced mounting tensions over land tenure since the 1990s (Hall et al., 2011). These conflicts are escalating, sometimes violent, and are attracting more and more attention from the media. They have mobilized numerous local and international NGOs, and often triggered the development of an increasingly visible national civil society.
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Myanmar: Land Tenure Issues and the Impact on Rural Development

Reports & Research
December, 2015
Myanmar
Land & Investments
Urban Tenure
legal empowerment
development agencies
land grabbing
extractive industries
tenure security
land ownership
land distribution
land reform
land investments
land acquisitions
title deeds
land titling
land policies
land law
urban areas
ABSTRACTED FROM THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Myanmar’s agricultural sector has for long suffered due to multiplicity of laws and regulations, deficient and degraded infrastructure, poor policies and planning, a chronic lack of credit, and an absence of tenure security for cultivators. These woes negate Myanmar’s bountiful natural endowments and immense agricultural potential, pushing its rural populace towards dire poverty. This review hopes to contribute to the ongoing debate on land issues in Myanmar.
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The Neoliberal Agricultural Modernization Model: A Fundamental Cause for Large-Scale Land Acquisition and Counter Land Reform Policies in the Mekong Region

Conference Papers & Reports
May, 2015
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Land & Investments
agrarian reform
agricultural land management
farmers
farming systems
land investments
land reform
rural development
This conference paper examines how the ideology and programmatic set of policies coined in the term ‘neoliberal modernization’ applies to agriculture and practices in the Mekong region.
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The Political Economy of Land Governance in Lao PDR

Conference Papers & Reports
November, 2015
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam
Land & Investments
advocacy
farmers
farming systems
land governance
land reform
local communities
mining
poverty
rural development
tenure security
women
This country level analysis addresses land governance in Laos in two ways. First, it summarises what the existing body of knowledge tells us about power and configurations that shape access to and exclusion from land, particularly among smallholders, the rural poor, ethnic minorities and women. Second, it draws upon existing literature and expert assessment to provide a preliminary analysis of the openings for and obstacles to land governance reform afforded by the political economic structures and dynamics in the country.
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RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PRO-POOR LAND POLICY AND LAND LAW IN MYANMAR: NATIONAL DATA AND REGIONAL PRACTICES

Reports & Research
October, 2015
South-Eastern Asia, Myanmar
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
land access
land policies
land reform
poverty
Myanmar is undergoing a major transition, opening space for significant change for the first time in decades. Secure land tenure for smallholder farmers and rural communities is essential in a heavily agrarian nation like Myanmar, where millions in the rural population – nearly 70% of the country – depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.