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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
My 2012 Annual Letter
Landesa is pleased to post Bill Gates’s Annual Letter as a guest blog feature. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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
Land rights for women can help ease India’s child malnutrition crisis
This post originally appeared in the Guardian’s Poverty Matters Blog Despite progress on many fronts, India’s child malnutrition rate rivals
Women’s Access to Legal Information
National governments across the world continue the slow march toward legislating gender equality, but in countries with gendered patterns of
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,
Web-based Education Tool Aims to Mainstream Land Rights into International Development Thinking
Regardless of what matters to you – access to education, universal food security, strengthening women’s rights, or a healthier environment
The Next Big Idea
“Exchanging ideas that matter” – Big Ideas. That phrase sums up the Aspen Ideas Festival 2011, which I had the
On Daughters and Dowries: How Land Rights Can Help Girls around the World
Land is a critical asset in rural areas, where three-quarters of the world’s poor reside. It can provide shelter, the