There is wide engagement with large-scale land deals in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly from the perspectives of development and international political economy. Recently, scholars have increasingly pointed to a gendered lacuna in this literature. Engagement with gender tends to focus on potential differential impacts for men and women, and it also flags the need for more detailed empirical research of specific land deals.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosDiciembre, 2018Sierra Leona, África
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Library ResourceVideosJunio, 2018Sierra Leona
‘Voices from the mine’ is a new 33-minute documentary film by University of Bath researcher, Dr Roy Maconachie. It focuses on resource governance in Sierra Leone's artisanal diamond mining sector, tracing the pathway of diamonds from pit to market, and documenting the stories of different stakeholders along the way. In doing so, the film depicts the challenges of local level governance in the sector, shows why benefits do not accrue to those working at the bottom of the chain, and sheds light on why it is so difficult to formalize artisanal mining.
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosNoviembre, 2018Sierra Leona, Camboya
Much has been written on land deals, their impact and challenges of contestation in the Global South. Multiple studies show that communities are high-spirited as long as they oppose the actual conversion of their land. My findings illustrate, however, how companies, local authorities, communities, civil society and the government mitigate conflicts, re-shape resource governance, and negotiate terms of development in operating plantations and local-global dynamics thereof.
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Library ResourceVideosEnero, 2018Sierra Leona
Our new feature film from Roy Maconachie and Simon Wharf explores the pathway of a diamond from mine to market, and asks the question, who really benefits?
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Library ResourceArtículos de revistas y librosNoviembre, 2018Serbia, Nepal, Marruecos, Guatemala, Filipinas, Uganda, Albania, Omán, Perú, Azerbaiyán, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Colombia, Camboya, Congo, Argentina, Sierra Leona, Tanzania, China, México, Kenya
Goal 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” recognizes the fundamental role of women in achieving poverty reduction, food security and nutrition.
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesMayo, 2018Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudáfrica, Guinea, Liberia, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, Senegal, Sierra Leona, Guatemala, Colombia, Kirguistán, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Filipinas, Nepal, Suecia, Bélgica, Países Bajos
Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Malawi is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in the country, and information on activities undertaken in the country in collaboration with local CSOs and grassroots organizations.
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Library ResourceMateriales institucionales y promocionalesJunio, 2018Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Sudáfrica, Guinea, Liberia, Malí, Mauritania, Níger, Senegal, Sierra Leona, Guatemala, Colombia, Kirguistán, Mongolia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Filipinas, Nepal, Bélgica, Países Bajos
Increase the use of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations – Mongolia is a country factsheet that provides information on the project “Increase the use of the VGGT among CSOs and Grassroots Organizations”, a general overview of governance of natural resources in the country, and information on activities undertaken in the country in collaboration with local CSOs and grassroots organizations.
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Library ResourceDocumentos de política y resúmenesMarzo, 2018África, Sierra Leona
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) set out internationally-accepted principles and standards for responsible practices, providing a framework for governments, the private sector and civil society to use when developing policies and programmes for improving food security.
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