Since the 1960s, and particularly in the last decade, Southeast Asia has been attracting significant foreign investments. Myanmar, despite its land titling and registration tangles, is no exception. Investors all across the globe are vying for a piece of the “Golden Land” and the country is responding with equal fervor. The building of a modern industrialized nation through agricultural development is one of the country's economic objectives. Foreign investments are being encouraged, private businesses are being pushed, and attractive tax and duty rebates are being offered.

Over the last 50 years, most Asian countries have gone through a shift from subsistence agricultural systems to industrialized economies. In Indonesia, the major shift came in 1966, when General Suharto successfully staged a military coup. Under his presidency, Indonesia experienced the “New Order”. A key aspect of this regime was trade and industrial expansion. Changes were made to foreign and domestic investment laws to facilitate growth, including the removal of most controls on private investments.

O objetivo desta dissertação é compreender os significados atribuídos à moradia pelas famílias do bairro Loteamento São Francisco, no município de Camaragibe –PE, que tiveram suas casas demolidas por causa do grande projeto de investimento associado à realização da Copa do Mundo de 2014.

One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humano presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.

The report finds that:

La investigación como un tejido de relaciones, complicidad y empatía
Ruth Bautista Durán

Tierra, violencia y desplazamiento 
 Malkya Tudela
Periodista, trabajó en el periódico La Prensa y el periódico digital del PIEB, cuenta con Maestría en Estudios Críticos del Desarrollo en CIDES- UMSA. Actualmente trabaja en la Unidad de Investigación del IPDRS.
 
 
 

La paz, Bolivia
30 de noviembre del 2016
Argumentos para fortalecer la propiedad colectiva de la tierra en Sudamérica
Juan Pablo Chumacero R.
 
Economista, con especialización en estudios latinoamericanos. Ha trabajado durante 14 años en la Fundación TIERRA, siendo su Director Ejecutivo entre 2012 y 2014. Actualmente trabaja como investigador en el IPDRS.
 

Entre el 6 y el 10 de agosto del presente año, 2018, se realizó la visita de una misión internacional a Guatemala integrada por miembros de la Coalición Internacional para el Acceso a la Tierra (ILC, por sus siglas en inglés), de la Alianza Mundial por la Participación Ciudadana (Civicus), de Frontline Defenders y por un reportero del periódico británico The Guardian. Asimismo, la Pastoral de la Tierra Nacional de la Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala, y la Unidad de Protección a Defensoras y Defensores de Derechos Humanos Guatemala (Udefegua) acompañaron a la misión.

In addition to global events and food policy changes, 2015 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments across the major regions: Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

In addition to global developments and food policy changes, 2014 also saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions. This chapter offers perspectives on major food policy developments in various regions including Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

The humanitarian crisis in the Lake Chad Basin (LCB) is among the most severe in the world, with more than 10 million people in urgent need of life-saving assistance and protection. As the crisis enters its ninth year, attacks by non-state armed groups remain frequent, and the violent conflict continues to fuel large-scale human suffering, including massive violations of human rights, especially for women and girls, who are often victims of abuse and sexual violence. Communities and individuals in the LCB, especially women, are accustomed to shocks and

La historia colombiana de la última mitad del siglo anterior se caracterizó por un fuerte conflicto armado en donde confluyeron múltiples fuerzas, tales como la insurgencia, el paramilitarismo, el narcotráfico y la violencia social. Como consecuencia de lo anterior, se generó al interior del territorio colombiano una gran cantidad de víctimas del conflicto que conformaron un universo de alrededor de 7 millones de personas, que constituyen la población desplazada más grande de la historia institucional colombiana.