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  1. Library Resource
    Follow the money to justice logo
    Recursos y herramientas de capacitación
    Octubre, 2016
    Global

  2. Library Resource
    Informes e investigaciones
    Enero, 2014
    Global

    This report draws on 10 case studies of recent large-scale land deals and aims to improve understanding of the investment chains that underpin the deals, and to identify ‘pressure points’ for effective public action to ensure that investments respond to local and national development agendas and promote inclusive sustainable development. The findings of this research demonstrate the wide scope for strategies to be targeted at diverse actors, by a wide range of players, to ensure that investments uphold the Voluntary Guidelines (VGGT).

  3. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Marzo, 2017
    Global

    This article reflects on the Tenure Guidelines as a tool for addressing resource governance challenges. It outlines the process through which the Tenure Guidelines were developed and reviews key features of their content, and then focuses on two issues: the legal significance of the VGGT, and the nature of initiatives to advance their implementation.

  4. Library Resource
    Manual y guías
    Enero, 2013
    Global

    This guide offers a three-point framework for companies seeking to integrate FPIC principles into their policies and apply them in the operations. This includes


    • complying with the requirements for FPIC under international and national law,


    • implementing FPIC principles throughout the project life-cycle, and


    • extending FPIC processes to all project-affected communities in line with good practice guidance. It also seeks to


  5. Library Resource
    Trends in global land use investment: implications for legal empowerment cover image
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Informes e investigaciones
    Enero, 2018
    Global

    From the mid-2000s, a commodity boom underpinned a wave of land use investments in low- and middle-income countries. While agribusiness, mining and petroleum concessions often involve promises of jobs and public revenues, they have also prompted concerns about land dispossession, exclusionary investment models and infringements of the rights of vulnerable groups. 

  6. Library Resource
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    Informes e investigaciones
    Diciembre, 2016
    Tanzania

    Despite progressive provisions on gender equality in Tanzania’s land laws, women have little representation in land allocation decisions, including meetings of village councils and village assemblies. Mainstreaming gender in local regulations can help to address this problem.


  7. Library Resource
    Artículos de revistas y libros
    Octubre, 2016
    América del Sur, África, Europa, Estados Unidos de América

    This yearbook chapter discusses the link between international investment law and commercial pressures on the world’s natural resources. It argues that changes in legal frameworks are redefining control over natural resources, and facilitating transitions toward more commercialised land relations. As pressures on resources increase, many national laws undermine the rights of people impacted by investments. If not properly thought through, international treaties to protect foreign investment could compound shortcomings of local and national governance.

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