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RightsThe Human Rights Situation of the Adibasis of Bangladesh
Project | Dec 2003 - Apr 2004
This study analyses the current situation for the adibasis (indigenous) people in north-west Bangladesh. Since the independence, the adibasis have experienced ...
Human rights, indigenous people, land laws, social discrimination, demography, violent confrontation, Asia: Bangladesh
The Mapuche People's Battle for Indigenous Land. Litigation as a Strategy to Defend Indigenous Land Rights
The Mapuche People's Battle for Indigenous Land. Litigation as a Strategy to Defend Indigenous Land RightsCMI Working Paper | Mar 2008
Land is the foundation for the economic sustenance of indigenous peoples and for the continued survival of their cultures. One of the major problems faced ...
Legal system, Land rights, Law, Chile
Land tenure and mining in Tanzania.
Commissioned Report | Nov 2007
This study is commissioned by the World Bank as part of the bank's initiative to build capacity in governance and benefit streams management in selected ...
Mining, Tanzania
Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agriculture
Social security, poverty dynamics and economic growth in Angola's smallholder agricultureCMI Report | Aug 2011
A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities and underlines ...
Customary land tenure, Agricultural development, Angola
Mid-term review of the programme of Norwegian People's Aid in Angola
Project | Aug 2005 - Feb 2006
The purpose of this review was to assist Norwegian People's Aid in adapting its Angola programme in view of reaching the objectives the organisation had ...
Land mines, partnership, rural development, land ownership, human rights, gender, HIV/Aids, civil society, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA), Angola
Indigenous peoples' land rights and REDD: a case study
Indigenous peoples' land rights and REDD: a case studyJournal Article | Jul 2011
With the development of REDD (‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation’) policies, determining who can claim rights over ...
Land Rights, Environmental Protection and Inclusive Development within India's Federal System
Land Rights, Environmental Protection and Inclusive Development within India's Federal SystemProject | Jan 2013 - Jun 2017
The main goal of the research project is to understand the consequences of the legal regime India has adopted to protect its indigenous peoples (so called ...
India
Land Tenure and Mining in Tanzania
Land Tenure and Mining in TanzaniaCMI Report | Apr 2008
Tanzania is a relatively new mining country, and mining has become a hotly debated issue in the country. There is a feeling among both local people and ...
Land tenure, Mining, Conflicts, Legal aspects, Tanzania
Communal Land Rights and Peace-Building in North Kordofan: Policy and Legislative Challenges
Communal Land Rights and Peace-Building in North Kordofan: Policy and Legislative ChallengesSudan Working Paper | Mar 2008
Land policies are of fundamental importance to the wellbeing of and the economic opportunities open to rural people, good governance, and peaceful coexistence. ...
Sudan
Tribal Peoples, Nationalism and the Human Rights Challenge. The Adivasis of Bangladesh
Tribal Peoples, Nationalism and the Human Rights Challenge. The Adivasis of BangladeshBook | Jan 2005
The mapping of the chaning historical relationships between people, lands and identities in the central tribal belt of India and in north-eastern parts ...
Ethnic minorities, Human rights, Violence, Adivasis, Asia: Bangladesh
Peasants, Land and Society. A Social History of Land Reform in Ethiopia
Journal Article | Jan 1983
Different systems of land tenure in Ethiopia under Haile Selassie and their history are explained and their economic and social consequences analysed. ...
Land tenure, Land reform, Resource management, Centralisation and access to resources, Land rights and rural society, Ethiopia
Tribal representation & local land governance in India: A case study from the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya
Tribal representation & local land governance in India: A case study from the Khasi Hills of MeghalayaCMI Working Paper | Apr 2017
In India, the Schedule Tribes have remained on the fringes of growth, but less so in the majority tribal areas of the North East. This has increased the ...
tribal areas, Sixth Schedule, rights of ownership, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Jaintia Hills, Shillong township, Mowtari Mowlang village, India
Joint Land Certification and Intra-household Decision-making: Towards Empowerment of Wives?
Joint Land Certification and Intra-household Decision-making: Towards Empowerment of Wives?Report in External Series | Jan 2013
We have used gender-disaggregated household panel data from 2007 and 2012 in combination with dictator games and hawk-dove games to assess the effects ...
joint land certification, gender, empowerment of wives, Ethiopia, Africa
Land reform and economic development strategy in Zimbabwe. State autonomy and the policy lobby
DERAP Working Paper | Jan 1990
The article reviews the discussion on the issue of land reform within Zimbabwe and the various explanations advanced in the literature of why redistribution ...
Land reform, Development strategy, State, Zimbabwe, Africa: Zimbabwe
Mid-term Review of the Angola Programme of Norwegian People's Aid
CMI Report | Jan 2006
The purpose of this review is to assist Norwegian People's Aid in adapting its Angola programme to reach the objectives it has set for the period from ...
Land mines, Rural development, Land ownership, Human rights, Gender, HIV/Aids, Civil society, Partnership approach, Angola, Norwegian People's Aid
Compromise over land takeover
Compromise over land takeoverNewspaper Op-Ed | Dec 2013
The Land Acquisition Bill passed by both houses of Parliament awaits presidential nod before it becomes law and replaces the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. ...
India
Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya, India
Legal limits to tribal governance: coal mining in Meghalaya, IndiaCMI Brief | Mar 2017
Land in Meghalaya, India, was traditionally agricultural land, owned by the community. With increasing privatization and rising commercial value of land ...
mining, coal mining, environment, India, Meghalaya
The evolution of private property rights in traditional agriculture: Theories and a study from Indonesia
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1997
The starting point of this paper is a universally observed tendency of common property to be replaced by private property in traditional agriculture. ...
Asia: Indonesia
Shifting cultivation and "deforestation". A study from Sumatra, Indonesia
CMI Working Paper | Jan 1994
About half of tropical deforestation is commonly explained by the expansion of traditional agriculture (shifting cultivation). This article first questions ...
Shifting cultivation, Agriculture, Deforestation, Indonesia
When Neighbours Become Killers: Ethnic Conflict and Communal Violence in Western Uganda
CMI Working Paper | Jul 2007
Across Africa land rights conflicts are escalating between indigenous and migrant ethnic groups. This paper analyses the communal violence that took place ...
Ethnic conflicts, Violence, Uganda