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A Jedi Approach for Companies to Manage Grievances and Land-Related Risk
This blog originally appeared on Cambridge Core. By Lukasz Czerwinski Doing business in the Global South can be a risky
Local Movement Leveraging the Sustainable Development Goals to Strengthen Women’s Land Rights in Brazil
This blog was originally published by SDG Funders. By Patricia Chaves, Jolyne Sanjak and Malcolm Childress On Feb. 1, 2017,
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
Next steps to put voluntary guidelines into action to address the global land rush
Since 2008, a global land rush—sparked initially by a dramatic rise in global food prices and now driven by a
Why Village Capacity Works
I’ve written here before about the need to develop and demonstrate practical programs for helping rural families gain access and
The Next Big Idea
“Exchanging ideas that matter” – Big Ideas. That phrase sums up the Aspen Ideas Festival 2011, which I had the
Rural Women & Agricultural Land Conversions in China
China’s unprecedented economic growth and rapid urbanization have created a massive demand for arable land to be converted to real
Takeaways from World Bank Conference on Land & Poverty
I just returned from the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty in Washington, DC. I was happy to
The Importance of Locally Legitimate Law Reform
I was recently reminded of the importance, and the potency, of locally legitimate law reform (law reform which is based
