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Is land governance a regional issue?

Asia du sud-est
Cambodge
Laos
Myanmar
Thaïlande
Viet Nam
concession (foncière)
gouvernance foncière
gestion des ressources naturelles

This blog was written as a contribution to the Mekong Regional Land Forum taking place from June 21-23 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Philip Hirsch is a keynote speaker at this event.


By Philip Hirsch, Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geosciences at the University of Sydney

Local shops provided rural households with an alternative source of income and became part of farmers’ coping strategy to sustain their livelihoods in the aftermath of land dispossession. Photo Credit: Diana Suhardiman/IWMI.

Farmers' strategies to cope with land loss

Global
Laos
agriculteur
concession (foncière)
investissement foncier

By Diana Suhardiman and Emily Koo







Laos has conceded a significant amount of land to foreign investors, with estimates placing 15% of the country’s land under foreign control. Such land concessions, or the granting of rights to land, are positioned by the government as critical to economic growth and poverty reduction.


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