Tag: poverty

• Global land grabbing : update from the International conference on global land grabbing

  Abstract: This paper summarizes the highlights of the Conference on Global Land Grabbing, which was held in 2011. Original estimates suggest that national governments and private investors purchased over 40 million hectares of land in just one year from 2008 to 2009, up from 4 million ha/year previously. Author(s): Borras, Jun Source(s): , 6 p.…

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  January 1, 2011

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  accountability, corrupt practices, foreign investments, human rights, land acquisition, land tenure, poverty, private sector, world bank

• Land and power : the growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land

  Abstract: This paper looks in detail at 5 land grabs: in Uganda, Indonesia, Guatemala, Honduras, and South Sudan. It seeks to understand their impact on poor people and their communities and to examine the roles played by international investors and home-country governments. Author(s): Zagema, Bertram Source(s): , Oxfam briefing paper; 151 50 p., ill., maps…

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  January 1, 2011

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  foreign investments, Governance, guatemala, honduras, indonesia, land acquisition, poverty, social justice, sudan, Uganda

• Outsourcing’s third wave : buying farmland abroad

  Abstract: The fear of rising food prices and trade bans have prompted rich food importers from the Middle East and China to acquire vast tracts of poor countries’ farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism? Author(s): Source(s): , The Economist [4] p., ill., graph, map, photogr The Economist Published: 2009 Economist newspaper, London (English…

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  January 1, 2009

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  Asia, colonialism, food security, foreign investments, land acquisition, poverty, Public Sector

• South Africa’s NGOs and the quest for development

  Abstract: Author(s): Nzimakwe, Thokozani Ian Source(s): , International NGO journal (INGOJ); Vol. 3, No. 5 p. 90-97 International NGO journal (INGOJ) Vol. 3, No. 5 Published: 2008 Academic journals, [Nairobi etc.] (English ISBN/ISSN: /1993-8225 Link: http://www.academicjournals.org/INGOJ/PDF/Pdf2008/May/Nzimakwe.pdf

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  January 1, 2008

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  development projects, Local Government, nongovernmental organizations, popular participation, poverty, public services, South Africa

• Will patients be better off with a decentralised basic health service? : effectiveness of a decentralizing basic health service in Burkina Faso

  Abstract: In Burkina Faso health services are being decentralized to municipalities after the local elections of 2006. Significant capacity strengthening, creation of new structures, and changing behaviour of the various stakeholders will be needed, or else the poorest patients risk paying the price. Author(s): Wal, Bertram Van Der Source(s): , SNV publications; H0702-10 32 p.,…

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  January 1, 2007

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  burkina faso, Capacity Building, decentralization in government, health care delivery, health policy, health services, Local Government, popular participation, poverty, social development

• School processes, local governance and community participation : understanding access

  Abstract: A literature review was conducted to look into inclusion and exclusion and the processes as well as events that influence improved access to education in poor countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Gaps in research on school governance and decentralization have been identified. Author(s): Dunne, Máiréad; Akyeampong, Kwame; Humphreys, Sara Source(s): , CREATE…

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  January 1, 2007

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  africa south of sahara, community participation, education, Governance, Local Government, poverty, south asia

• Challenges for a viable decentralisation process in rural Burkina Faso

  Abstract: This KIT bulletin considers the opportunities and risks that rural decentralization presents to the management of land and natural resources, particularly by groups with the least political muscle. Author(s): Bagré, Alain Sidpassamdé; Hilhorst, Dorothea H.M.; Baltissen, Gerard Source(s): , Bulletin / Royal tropical institute; 356 64 p., ill., maps, tabs, 24 cm Bulletin /…

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  January 1, 2003

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  burkina faso, decentralization in government, environmental management, land use, Local Government, natural resources, pastoralism, poverty, rural areas, social justice

• Decentralisation and poverty reduction in Africa : the politics of local-central relations

  Abstract: Evidence from Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Kenya, and Tanzania shows that decentralization is unlikely to lead to more pro-poor outcomes without a serious effort to strengthen and broaden accountability mechanisms at both local and national levels. Author(s): Crook, Richard C. Source(s): Public administration and development; 23(2003)1, p. 77-88 Public administration and development 23(2003)1 Published:…

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  January 1, 2003

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  accountability, africa south of sahara, decentralization in government, development strategies, elite, ghana, ivory coast, Kenya, Nigeria, political conditions, political ethics, poverty, poverty alleviation, tanzania

• Livelihoods and rural poverty reduction in Malawi : draft

  Abstract: The poor, landlocked, country of Malawi is pursuing the twin strategies of decentralization and the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). This paper reviews these macro level processes from a rural livelihoods perspective. Author(s): Ellis, Frank; Kutengule, Milton; Nyasulu, Alfred Source(s): , LADDER working paper; 17 27 p., ill., graphs, maps, tabs LADDER working paper…

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  January 1, 2002

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  decentralization in government, enterprise development, Fiscal policy, malawi, poverty