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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003India, Southern Asia
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2003
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003China, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka
Regional study implemented by IWMI with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (RETA 5812)
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksFebruary, 2003Kenya
Forced evictions are widespread in Kenyan cities and are, on the surface, caused by conflicts in land rights, non–payment of excessive land and house rents, and urban redevelopment. But, more fundamentally, evictions are due to factors embedded in the country’s political economy, in particular, the grossly inequitable land ownership structure which makes it difficult for the poor to access land and decent shelter. Evictions cause significant socioeconomic hardship to individuals, affecting cities and whole nations.
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Library ResourceRegulationsMarch, 2003Namibia
These Regulations, made in terms of section 45 of the Communal Land Reform Act, provide with respect to a wide variety of matters concerning communal land and communal land rights. Part I deals with (application for) customary land rights. It specifies the maximum size of land that may be held under customary land right and specifies particulars pertaining to allocation of customary land right.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2003Global
Land Tenure and Legal Pluralism
in the Peace Process,
Jon D. Unruh
Peace and Change, Vol. 28, No. 3, June 2003 -
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Laos Land Law & Decree
Legislation & PoliciesNational PoliciesOctober, 2003Laos"Article 1. Objectives of the Land Law:
The objectives of the Land Law are to determine the regime on the management, protection and use of land in order to ensure efficiency and conformity with [land-use] objectives1 and with laws and regulations[,] and to contribute to national socio-economic development as well as to the protection of the environment and national borders of the Lao People's Democratic Republic."
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2003Tanzania
This study documents the plight of the Maasai pastoralists who have moved to Morogoro and Kilosa districts as a result of the recent socio-economic developments and environmental changes in Maasailand. The objective of this study was to analyse how the Maasai migrants have adapted themselves to the new ecological conditions and the impact of such adaptations on their livelihoods.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchNovember, 2003Africa
Contains introduction; background; the principle orientations of Praia; status of implementation of the Praia orientation in CILSS member states (Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Chad); land tenure situation of the underprivileged groups; management of land conflicts; implementation difficulties and lessons learned; overview of the land tenure situation in some coastal West African countries (Benin, Ghana, Togo); emerging land issues; towards regional charter on rural land in the Sahel and West Africa; appendices with summary table of the policies, legislations an
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2003Mozambique
The political ecology of recovery from armed
conflict: the case of landmines in Mozambique
JonD. Unruh , Nikolas C. Heynen, Peter Hossler
Political Geography 22 (2003) 841–861
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