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    “Why would anyone leave?”: Development, overindebtedness, and migration in Guatemala
    Peer-reviewed publication
    November, 2021
    Guatemala

    Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala.

  2. Library Resource
    Policy Brief: Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples

    An opportunity for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Policy Papers & Briefs
    March, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    Indigenous and tribal peoples control about one third of Latin America and the Caribbean’s forests. Supporting their efforts to control, sustainably manage, and benefit from these forests can greatly help to solve the problems of climate change, loss of biological and cultural diversity, rural vulnerability, and food insecurity.

  3. Library Resource
    Los pueblos indígenas y tribales y la gobernanza de los bosques
    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    El propósito de este informe es dejar en claro la importancia y urgencia para la acción climática de proteger a los bosques de los territorios indígenas y tribales y a las comunidades que los cuidan. Con base en la experiencia reciente, se propone un conjunto de inversiones y políticas para ser adoptadas por los financiadores climáticos y decisores gubernamentales, en coordinación con los pueblos indígenas y tribales.

  4. Library Resource
    Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples

    An opportunity for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Reports & Research
    March, 2021
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    This report highlights the importance and urgency for climate action initiatives of protecting the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories1 and the communities that look after them. Based on recent experience, it proposes a package of investments and policies for climate funders and government decision-makers to adopt, in coordination with the indigenous and tribal peoples.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2015
    Colombia

    Esta nueva publicación del Instituto Pensar y la Editorial Javeriana propone pensar el género y sus implicaciones con las políticas públicas para el sector rural. Así, se visibilizan las construcciones de los roles de mujeres campesinas en relación y la incorporación del género en las políticas agrarias.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2016
    Brazil

    Até quando?

    Dom Roque Paloschi*
    * Presidente do Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi) e arcebispo de Porto Velho

    “Quero ver o direito brotar como fonte e correr a justiça qual riacho que não seca”
    Profeta Amós 5,24

    O Conselho Indigenista Missionário (Cimi) acolhe com carinho o apelo do Papa Francisco quando nos diz:  

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    August, 2016
    Brazil

    Nota do Secretariado

    O Secretariado tem a honra de transmitir ao Conselho de Direitos Humanos o relatório da Relatora Especial sobre os direitos dos Povos Indígenas, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz sobre sua missão ao Brasil de -7 a 17 de março de 2016. O objetivo principal da visita foi identificar e avaliar os assuntos mais importantes que atualmente enfrentam os povos indígenas no país e acompanhar as principais recomendações feitas em 2009 pelo anterior titular do mandato.

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