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The key to peace and security is right under our feet: Land
Across India, where I live and work, I can clearly see the connection between land rights and peace and security.
Micro-plots: A Foundation for Development
By Sanjoy Patnaik Most of the world’s poor share two traits: they rely on agriculture to survive, but they don’t
Growing a Greener Planet: The Connection Between Conservation and Landownership
By: Pinaki Halder, Landesa West Bengal State Director The planting of a tree has long been understood as an act
Connecting the Dots between Nutrition and Land Rights
By: Dr. S.B. Lokesh, Landesa India state director of Karnataka Karnataka, India–It is a little known fact that the best predictor
Impact of Forestland Reforms on Rural Women in China
By Xiaobei Wang, China Gender Specialist, and Elisa Scalise, Director of the Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights. Thirty years ago, in
Spotlight on Gender: Ensuring Poor Women Benefit from Forestland Reform in China
The paper is part of “The Challenges of Securing Women’s Tenure and Leadership for Forest Management,” published by Rights and
Land Law Advocacy for Farmers in China
This blog originally appeared on the World Bank Development Marketplace Blog. Even though Chinese law offers farmers protection from land
How Small Plots Of Land Helped Lift An Entire Indian Village Out Of Poverty
Guest post by Ariel Schwartz, Senior Editor of FastCompany’s Co.Exist site. This article was originally published on July 10, 2012
China: One fire may be out, but tensions over rural land rights are still smoldering
After months of protests and rioting in the small Chinese village of Wukan, life is returning to normal. As roadblocks
A Development Practitioner’s Perspective on Reducing Malnutrition
The findings of a new study released this month showing that 42 percent of children under five in India are
