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1. Library Resource

   

   Social exclusion and Africa south of the Sahara: A review of the literature

   January, 1994

   Sub-Saharan Africa

   Land & Food Security

   food security

   poverty

   land tenure

   Review for sub-Saharan Africa, examines the English-language literature and focuses on four important dimensions of exclusion: (i) exclusion from agricultural land; (ii) exclusion from agricultural livelihood; (iii) exclusion from formal and informal employment; (iv) exclusion from organization and representation.Paper is organized in six sections. The first section discusses concepts of exclusion. The main body of the review examines the four dimensions of exclusion listed above.

2. Library Resource

   

   United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa: full text of Convention

   January, 1994

   Sub-Saharan Africa

   Land, Climate Change & Environment

   environment

   desertification

   poverty

   capacity development

   Full text of the Convention to Combat Desertification, which was elaborated by the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INCD) and signed in June 1994.Also available from the CCD WWW site in French and English