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Land: A Foundation for Development
The Council on Foreign Relations Development Channel recently posted an exciting article by Stephanie Hanson of the One Acre Fund on empowering female smallholder
Northern Uganda & Women’s Rights to Land
It is late afternoon in Parwech, northern Uganda, and a sizeable crowd has gathered under a large banyan tree. The community has
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
Social Entrepreneurs “Refreshingly Uncynical” — But Not At All Delusional (guest post)
Partner post by Sally Osberg, CEO of Skoll Foundation. This article originally appeared on the Huffington Post. Just as I
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
Chinese Government Bans Time Travel
The most popular TV shows in China feature modern Chinese characters who travel back in time to the Qing Dynasty,
Washington State’s Most Important Export: Hope
Think of Washington state and you probably picture a rainy emerald region with an economy powered by airplanes, timber, software,
Uprooting Families to Save Trees
Much has been written about the global land rush –the trend in which investors, eager to establish plantations to produce
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
