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Saturnino M. Borras Jr. and Terry McKinley, 2006-11-30 - Policy Research Brief: The unresolved land reform debate: Beyond state-led or market-led models
UNDP International Poverty Centre, Brasilia, 4 pages
Sharp inequalities in the distribution of land have remained a major cause of extreme poverty in many developing countries. Much of the rural workforce in these countries is landless or near-landless while many small farmers cultivate meagre, marginal plots. How can this persistent problem be addressed? ...
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UNDP Drylands Development Centre, 2006-10-01 - Dryland futures: East and Southern Africa – Three critical factors
Haramata - Bulletin of the Drylands, Issue 50, IIED, October 2006, 2 pages
***** Article in "Haramata - Bulletin of the Drylands", Issue 50, IIED, October 2006. *****
The prospects for the East and Southern African drylands need to be seen in the context of recent history and the changes that have occurred in the realms of policy, economic and social conditions and the ...
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Liz Alden Wily, 2006-03-30 - Land Rights Reform and Governance in Africa: How to make it work in the 21st Century?
UNDP Drylands Development Centre & UNDP Oslo Governance Centre, 51 pages
The main argument of this paper is that insecurity of land tenure is a socio-political condition that can be made – and unmade. Its origins lie in 19th and 20th century policies which failed to accord indigenous and customary occupancy their deserved status as private property interests. This has deprived ...
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| Posted: 2006-04-03 |
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Discussion Paper, 2005-01-31 - Drought Risk and Development Policy
UNDP Drylands Development Centre, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and UN-ISDR, 33 pages
Discussion Paper for the UNDP Drylands Development Centre, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery and UN-ISDR Expert Workshop "Drought Risk and Development Policy", Nairobi.
The principle objective of this discussion paper is to propose that drought should be managed as an aspect of development, ...
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2003-08 - Challenge Paper: Increasing Capabilities through an Ecosystems Approach for the Drylands, 2003
UNDP / UNEP, 26 pages
Authors: Thierry de Oliveira, Anantha Kumar Duraiappah and Gemma Shepherd
Paper presented by UNDP's Global Drylands Initiative (GDI) as a challenge paper for the Global Biodiversity Forum at the Convention to Combat Desertification's (CCD) Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP-6) in 2003. The paper, ...
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| Posted: 2005-02-08 |
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2003-04 - Challenge Paper: Land Tenure Reform and the Drylands
UNDP Drylands Development Centre's Global Drylands Initiative, 26 pages
Land is a critical productive asset on which many livelihoods depend, particularly in the developing world. For the poorest drylands populations, land degradation is a major factor that affects the ability to achieve food security and enhance livelihoods. Because drylands typically have low vegetation ...
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2003-03-26 - Challenge Paper: Pastoralism and Mobility in the Drylands
UND Drylands Development Centre, 25 pages
Nomadic pastoralists and the dryland ecosystems they occupy form a critically important but little known livelihood system. Pastoralists have been ill-served by development policies and actions so far, since planners have almost without exception tried to convert the pastoralists into something else, ...
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2001-09 - Challenge Paper: Poverty and the Drylands
UNDP Drylands Development Centre, 20 pages
Author: Philip Dobie, Director, Drylands Development Centre
Part of UNDP's Global Development Imperative Challenge Paper Series, intended is to challenge existing myths & current assumptions about dryland areas, to change conventional perceptions of the drylands & to provide a reliable source of ...
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2001-09 - Challenge Paper: Strategies for the Sustainable Development of Dryland Areas
UNDP Drylands Development Centre, 15 pages
Author: Peter Hazell (IFPRI)
This paper addresses two key policy questions for drylands areas. First, can greater levels of investment be justified in dryland and other LPAs? Second, how should the resources allocated to dryland areas be used to promote development that is beneficial to the poor ...
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| Posted: 2005-02-08 |
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The Global Drylands Initiative, 2001-09 - Challenge Paper: Biodiversity in the Drylands: Challenges and opportunities for conservation and sustainable use
The Global Drylands Partnership: UNDP / CIDA / IIED / IUCN / WWF / NEF, 20 pages
Author: Edouard G. Bonkoungou, IUCN - Editor: Maryam-Naimir-Fuller, UNDP/GEF
One of a series of challenge papers by the Global Drylands Partnership, this paper presents a review of the status and trends of dryland biodiversity and explores options for its conservation and sustainable use. Findings ...
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