3 August 2023
Colombia
Bangladesh
India
In this What to Read digest, we review four recent articles that focus on how rural communities in the Global South are dealing with climate disasters, including cases from Bangladesh, Colombia, and India.
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What to Read is the new name of an existing series formerly called "Country Insights Digest". What to Read is a periodic blog in which Land Portal researchers share their reading list and tell you why the selected pieces stand out in a sea of information. It is a reflection on some of the most important new articles and reports that aims to identify the most current points of discussion around land, distill key messages and points of debate, and offer you an entry point to learn more. We changed the name because our reading lists go beyond country borders. |
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20 April 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
This What to Read digest examines livestock keeping in pastoral systems and features recent research that reviews the relationship between pastoral livelihoods and global climate change.
21 February 2023
Tanzania
Zambia
Senegal
Laos
Global
A review of four recent articles about an underexplored issue: the reasons for large-scale land deals to fail and what that means for communities and society
20 October 2022
Malawi
Mozambique
Zimbabwe
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Southern Africa
South Africa
A review of initiatives and reports which examine the impacts of mining in four countries in Southern and Central Africa
12 September 2022
Central Asia
Western Asia
Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, this What to Read digest reviews three articles that explore different, lesser-known territorial disputes - all of them in Asia.
19 April 2022
Tanzania
Global
This What to Read digest introduces three recent articles that take a different view on urban Africa. The publications refer to innovative ways to secure tenure in cities, obstacles to urban agriculture, and bring insights into the agency and opportunities of urban refugees.
23 March 2022
Africa
This Country Insights Digest explores the challenges faced by informal spouses and other "invisible" women to secure their land tenure, particularly in the context of land rights formalization and land titling campaigns.
14 February 2022
Guatemala
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Timor-Leste
This Country Insights Digest discusses the topic of microfinance in relation to land loss. Daniel Hayward reviews three articles on the topic and adds some concluding thoughts and questions. Has microfinance merely warped into other forms of rural credit, where the profit margin trumps all other aims?
14 October 2021
Burundi
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Colombia
Timor-Leste
Sri Lanka
Over the last month the news all over the world broke with stories about the departure of US forces from Afghanistan and its takeover by the Taliban. Many wonder what the future will bring to those who remained and to those who fled the country. This thought immediately raises all sorts of questions which include 'what will happen to access, control, and ownership of land in states of transition?'
22 June 2021
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Nigeria
Securing women’s land rights remains high in the news and in the development agenda in recent months. A quick search on Land Portal shows since March this year more than 250 resources related to land & gender, including news articles, blogs and publications.
18 May 2021
South-Eastern Asia
Cambodia
Laos
Malaysia
Thailand
Vietnam
In this first edition, Daniel Hayward brings you four articles that talk about customary land tenure and responsible agricultural investment. It’s a prelude to the 3rd Mekong Regional Land Forum with each article unfolding the topic of each session.