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[04/06/2013] TICAD: Conférence internationale de Tokyo sur le développement de l'Afrique (TICAD)
Entre le premier et le 3 Juin, à Yokohama, Japon, a eu lieu la Cinquième Conférence Internationale de Tokyo sur le développement de l’Afrique (TICAD V). La TICAD. Sur le site on peut lire...
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[04/06/2013] TICAD: Fifth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development
From 1st to 3rd June, in Yokohama, Japan, took place the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on Africa Development (TICAD V). The TICAD. TICAD was launched in 1993 to promote high-level...
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[30/01/2012] Making Rangelands Secure: Past Experience and Future Options
Significant progress has been made over the past decade or so in the development of policy and legislation that support the recognition of customary rights to land, with important legal rulings in...
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[02/12/2011] Biofuel Investments Threaten Local Land Rights in Tanzania
Just a couple weeks ago,  Iowa State University (ISU) withdrew from advising the Iowa-based firm AgriSol Energy on itsplanned land deal in Tanzania. AgriSol Energy is seeking...
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[22/11/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mozambique Lesson Brief, Delimitation of Land is Vital
Delimitation is the process of identifying the geographic boundaries of areas of land and preparing a record of that information. This lesson brief explains how delimitation helps...
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[22/11/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mozambique Lesson Brief, Mozambique's Land Law
This lesson brief presents the laws that give people access and secure rights to land. These laws encourage investment in the land and can establish a foundation on which rural families can...
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[14/10/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mali Lesson Brief, Tenure Insecurity in Urban Mali
This lesson brief focuses on how issues of unaffordable land and land formalization processes in Mali have fueled tenure insecurity for the urban poor.  It is part of the Focus on Land...
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[13/10/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mali Lesson Brief, Farmer-Herder Conflicts
This lesson brief explores the multiple independent phenomena that affect relationships between farmers and herders, as well as the nature of their conflicts over natural resources in Mali. It...
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[12/10/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mali Lesson Brief, The Challenge of Decentralization in Mali
This lesson brief examines the statutory frameworks governing decentralization in Mali and the challenges that have arisen. It is part of the Focus on Land in Africa: Land Tenure...
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[12/10/2011] Focus on Land in Africa: Mali Lesson Brief, Women, Inheritance, and Islam
This lesson brief discusses the stratutory, customary, and religious frameworks governing women’s rights to land in Mali and offers suggestions as to how these rights might be strenghtened....
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