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  1. Library Resource
    English cover for road to ruins
    Reports & Research
    October, 2021
    Congo

    A report by RFUK reveals the growing extent, and impact, of transport and energy infrastructure development in the Congo Basin – which is on its way to becoming a major driver of deforestation in the world’s second largest rainforest. The eight case studies featured in this report show that, while certain projects may bring some economic benefits, environmental and social impacts have been overwhelmingly higher than necessary due to bad planning, corruption, failure to follow better practice, and simple negligence.

  2. Library Resource
    African Studies Review journal
    Journal Articles & Books
    September, 2021
    Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Senegal

     

    This publication serves as an introduction to a collection of articles published in the African Studies Review. It discusses the implications of as well as the question through what actors, processes, and relationships land deals become stalled or partially implemented. The reviewed articles draw on long-term, in-depth ethnographic research of land deals in Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia. 

  3. Library Resource
    Chad - An Analysis of Constraints and Opportunities in the Development of the Agriculture Subsector
    Reports & Research
    January, 2022
    Chad

    This Chad agriculture subsector review investigates the state of knowledge, key gaps and recent developments in relation to constraints to the sector and proposes policy actions and levers for future structural transformation of the sector. First, the report examines the opportunities for further development of the most important cash and staple crop value chains in Chad. Then it uses the latest open data and analytics available for Chad to better inform investment priorities for agriculture in the country.

  4. Library Resource
    Customary Land Rights Act 2022
    Legislation & Policies
    September, 2022
    Sierra Leone

    The Customary Land Rights Act, 2022 (Sierra Leone)

  5. Library Resource
    sierra leone  nlc act
    Legislation & Policies
    September, 2022
    Sierra Leone

    The National Land Commission Act, 2022 (Sierra Leone).

  6. Library Resource
    Study on the state of consumer welfare in the real estate industry
    Reports & Research
    December, 2020
    Gambia

    The Real Estate Industry is a key sector in the socio-economic development of The Gambia,
    and the sector has been rapidly growing in the past decade with over 1oo real estate
    companies operating in the Gambia (AREC 2020). The industry is under the purview of the
    Ministry of Lands and Local Government; however, it is not regulated by Government; which
    has led to consumers being vulnerable to various types of unfair, misleading and deceptive
    market practices by stakeholders in the transaction process.

  7. Library Resource
    Madagascar -Land Tenure and Property Rights Profile
    Reports & Research
    November, 2020
    Madagascar

    Madagascar is the world’s fourth largest island with a total land area of 581,800 km². The country’s unique wildlife and biodiversity resources have attracted tourists and significant donor investments over the last three decades. In 2003, the Government of Madagascar committed to tripling protected areas and, by 2016, the country’s total coverage of protected areas had increased from 1.6 million to 7.1 million hectares.Madagascar adopted a new approach to protected area management in 2006.

  8. Library Resource
    The Gambia
    Websites
    August, 2022
    Gambia

    In 2021, the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in the Gambia, which enjoys a 90 per cent public approval rating, according to a 2021 survey, completed its three-year mandate. It submitted a 17-volume final report to the President in November 2021, which was made public on 24 December. During its tenure, the Commission held 23 public hearings and received more than 2,500 statements with support from a $4.7 million project implemented by UNDP and OHCHR.

  9. Library Resource
    Booklet Just transition call for action on mining in South Africa
    Institutional & promotional materials
    May, 2022
    South Africa

    From 24 to 26 November 2020, the three organisations comprising the Life After Coal campaign, Earthlife Africa (Johannesburg), the Centre for Environmental Rights and ground Work, met virtually to develop a shared Open Agenda on the Just Transition. We used the Open Agenda for a Just Transition - developed at the National Coal Exchange in Middelburg, Mpumalanga, in July 2019 - as a starting point.

  10. Library Resource
    Report about tracing coloured gemstone flows from Mozambique and Malawi to Asia
    Reports & Research
    November, 2021
    Malawi, Mozambique, Thailand, Sri Lanka

    This paper provides an overview of the supply chains and flows that run from the mines of northern Mozambique and Malawi, to the international trade hubs of Sri Lanka and Thailand. Analysis of the political and economic environment in which mining and trading take place gives a contextual understanding of gemstone flows both within and out of the region as well as the various actors involved.

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