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In Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, a decentralized approach to land administration promises more accessible dispute resolution and a better deal for women. Among the challenges however, are old social attitudes that pre-empt discussion about women’s right to control land.
The objective is to record current living customary law and ways in which it is moving in progressive directions so that this information can be used towards justice, as evidence in court cases, and in policy development and political engagement from local to national levels.
Summary of EEPSEA research report: Econometric analysis of the causes of forest land use changes in Hainan, China
For decades, efforts to distribute agricultural land more equitably consistently excluded women. Then, a groundbreaking research project made women part of the discussion. It set the stage for a provincial campaign that for the first time in Pakistan’s history transferred land to poor women.
Across South Asia, many rural people use common land to harvest naturally-growing plants, grow crops and feed their livestock. Increasingly this activity is being commercialized as farmers move to sell the produce they obtain.
Library has French version: Chaque paysan sa parcelle
Study of the urbanization problem of slums and squatters in six urban areas of the Philippines - describes the communities and their social problems (e.g., unemployment, housing, social services); similarities between the communities in such characteristics as reasons for rural migration, educati
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