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Le lac Tchad et N’Djaména une relation porteuse de développement ?

Journal Articles & Books
Noviembre, 2010
Chad

Les sécheresses des années 1970-1980 et le réchauffement climatique attirent l’attention médiatique sur les risques de disparition du lac Tchad. Alors que la plupart des avis scientifiques contestent cette vision pessimiste, nous proposons ici d’étudier la dynamique des relations entre N’Djaména, capitale sahélienne de plus d’un million

Governance, Corruption, and Conflict

Policy Papers & Briefs
Training Resources & Tools
Agosto, 2010
Global

The international system has witnessed dramatic changes in the recent past. Questions relating to how and when ordinary citizens can stand against oppression, injustice, and abuse without resorting to violence challenge all of us to rethink our understanding of international peace and conflict. As academicians, educators, practitioners, private citizens, and students, what is our role in this increasingly complex global picture? What can we do to nurture and preserve international security and world peace?

The poverty of Restitution?

Conference Papers & Reports
Agosto, 2010
Sudáfrica

Land reform and rural development are routinely presented as key components of the poverty reduction strategy driven by the State. The restitution programme occupies a particular place in the broader land reform programme as it specifically seeks to redress the land dispossession which took place since 1913 and to alleviate the impoverishment and suffering it caused. Restitution is a hugely challenging undertaking which involves much more than the verification of claimants and the restoration of land.

Cadre législatif et réglementaire du Tchad

Reports & Research
Agosto, 2010
Chad

Vaste pays (1 284 000km²), très largement désertique, au moins au nord de la frontière naturelle que constitue le Chari, le Tchad comptait une population de 10 millions d’habitants en 2006, dont le taux de croissance est de 3,3 % la même année1. Comme le relevait déjà une étude de 1996, la part urbaine de cette population est en forte expansion (taux de croissance de 4,8 %, mais avec des pics pour N’Djamena, 6 %, et Moundou, la ville du pétrole, avec 4,8 %). Cette population urbaine représenterait àpeu près 20 % de la population2.

Hybrid Peace: The Interaction Between Top-Down and Bottom-Up Peace

Journal Articles & Books
Julio, 2010
Global

This article is interested in the interface between internationally supported peace operations and local approaches to peace that may draw on traditional, indigenous and customary practice. It argues that peace (and security, development and reconstruction) in societies emerging from violent conflict tends to be a hybrid between the external and the local. The article conceptualizes how this hybrid or composite peace is constructed and maintained. It proposes a four-part conceptual model to help visualize the interplay that leads to hybridized forms of peace.

Village Focus International; Bunong Community Center- Mondulkiri, Cambodia

Multimedia
Julio, 2010
Cambodia

The forces of globalization, especially private investors from China, Vietnam and Malaysia are accelerating pressures on Cambodia, putting enormous pressure on ethnic Bunong traditional lands, natural resources, and cultural heritage. Exacerbating the situation, the Cambodian government permits -- even encourages -- foreign interests access to Bunong lands for mining, agricultural concessions, hydro-power, and other uses. 

Laos - where Village Focus International works

Multimedia
Institutional & promotional materials
Mayo, 2010
Laos

Laos remains one of the poorest countries in Asia and least developed in Southeast Asia, eighty per cent of Laos public investment programs are funded by foreign aid. We work with villages along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which was bombed more heavily than any location on earth during the U.S.'s "Secret War" on Laos during the Vietnam War

Watch this BBC Earth Report about Laos PDR.

 

Extracción, territorio e inequidades: el gas en el Chaco boliviano

Journal Articles & Books
Marzo, 2010
Bolivia

Los conflictos relativos a la industria extractiva han surgido como uno de los terrenos más visibles y potencialmente explosivos de las luchas referidas a la distribución, el territorio y la desigualdad en los Andes. El texto explora estas relaciones para el caso boliviano, centrándose en la extracción del gas en la región del Chaco del departamento sudoriental de Tarija.