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Hernando De Soto’s Op-ed in the Feb. 3rd Wall Street Journal rightly points out that “Egypt’s legal institutions fail the majority of the people.

Sia and Polet work for a small Cambodian NGO. They have some funding from a New Zealand charity, but barely enough to pay basic expenses.

This post was commissioned by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship blog.

Hernando De Soto’s Op-ed in the Feb. 3rd Wall Street Journal rightly points out that “Egypt’s legal institutions fail the majority of the people.

Neil MacFarquhar’s recent piece in the New York Times describing how African farmers are being displaced by large-scale land investments raises some important issues.  As he points out, large-scale investment in land in developing countries has accelerated rapidly in recent &#8230; <a href="

This post was commissioned by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship blog.

Pakistan’s land-tenure problems are more severe and have been more persistently ignored than nearly any others found on the planet. Though last year’s flood altered Pakistan’s landscape, it did not alter  the fact that the vast majority of land in …

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Neil MacFarquhar’s recent piece in the New York Times describing how African farmers are being displaced by large-scale land investments raises some important issues.  As he points out, large-scale investment in land in developing countries has accelerated rapidly in recent &#8230; <a href="

Pakistan&#8217;s land-tenure problems are more severe and have been more persistently ignored than nearly any others found on the planet.

The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) is launching a new research programme on climate compatible development (CCD).

The new Food Security Portal, facilitated by IFPRI, offers new tools to support the global food security discussion.

Key sections of the Portal include:

In a new paper, Shiney Varghese of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) examines proven agricultural practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen resilience to climate change through a case study of the Tamilnadu Women’s Collective in India.