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Not Your Land: How the Development Community Evicted the Poor
The World Bank recently acknowledged a troubling fact: While working to rid the world of poverty through projects that required
The coming African miracle
This post originally appeared on the Devex blog on December 19, 2014 Can the Asian economic miracle be replicated in
Depriving women farmers of land rights will set back China
This article was first published by the South China Morning Post on November 3, 2014. China is launching what is
Commentary Series, Part IV: The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure and Large-Scale, Land-Based Agricultural Investment
This post is part of a series developed by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Landesa to highlight the importance of securing land
Balancing Protection for China’s Forests and the Livelihoods of Surrounding Communities
By Yu Gao and Michael Lufkin Amid all the coverage of the Communist Party’s third plenum last November, one important
China’s polluted farmlands carry the seeds of change
This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as “A clean start” and on scmp.com. Gao Yu
A Prosperous New Year for China’s Farmers
As more than 200 million people board buses, trains, and planes for lunar New Year celebrations in their ancestral homes
Partner Guest Blog: Why Land Rights Should Be on the Rio+20 Agenda
This article was authored by Peter Veit and Janet Ranganathan of Landesa partner, World Resources Institute (WRI), and was originally posted
Poor Land Tenure: A Key Component to Why Nations Fail
This article was originally posted on The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars’ New Security Beat blog The murder of five
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
