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Local governance and public goods provision in rural China

Reports & Research
December, 2001
China

In developing countries, identifying the most effective community-level governance structure is a key issue and, increasingly, empirical evaluation of the effects of democratization on the provision of local public goods is needed. Since the early 1990s, tens of thousands of villages in rural China have held local-government elections, providing a good opportunity to investigate the effect of democratization on the level of public goods provision.

Case studies on the effects of transferable fishing rights on fleet capacity and concentration of quota ownership

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2001
United States of America
Chile
Australia
Ireland
Netherlands
Iceland
United Kingdom
Norway
New Zealand

This report describes how the introduction of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas has affected the capacity of the fleet prosecuting the target fishery for which the harvesting rights apply. It consists of 16 national, or national fishery, studies, describes how the introduction of transferable fishing (effort) or fish (catch) quotas has affected the capacity of the fleet prosecuting the target fishery for which the harvesting rights apply. The case studies include two from the European Union (the U.K. and the Netherlands) and for Iceland.

Burmese Children in Thailand: Legal Aspects

Reports & Research
November, 2001
Myanmar

People from Burma have become the major group of displaced persons in Thailand. Most of them are currently being sheltered
along the Thai-Burma border, particularly in the Thai provinces of Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ranong. It is
estimated that there are some 40,000 children from Burma under the age of 15 accompanying their parents. In addition,
thousands of unaccompanied children are driven across the border by the desperate circumstances in Burma. ...

Burmese Migrant Workers in Thailand: Policy and Protection

Reports & Research
November, 2001
Myanmar

It is estimated that the overall number of Burmese migrants in Thailand is somewhere in between 800,000 and one million.
Cross-border migration into Thailand has steadily increased in recent years. Since the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of Thais
have gone to work abroad. Refugees from Burma, Laos and Cambodia have since filled this labour shortage in Thailand.
However, many of them are undocumented, illegal workers and thus constitute the most vulnerable section of the work force.

The Customary Ideology of Karenni People

Reports & Research
November, 2001
Myanmar

... Karenni people celebrated three kinds of pole festivals in a year. The first one is called Tya-Ee-Lu-Boe-Plya. During this festival, the people went to their paddy fields, vegetable farms, picked the premature fruits and brought it to the Ee-Lu-pole. They put the premature fruits on altar, thank god and then pray for good fruits and good harvest. The second one called Tya-Ee-Lu-Phu-Seh. In this festival they pray god to bless the teenagers with good conducts, and good healths. The third one is Tya-Ee-Lu-Du. The festival concerned to everyone.

A Review for LandNet Rwanda of the Draft National Land Policy – and beyond

Reports & Research
November, 2001
Africa

Comprises introduction; immediate background; Lisa Jones’ summary of the National Land Policy; thoughts on the Policy now; the future – the key question of resources; NGO experiences elsewhere of implementing land policy and law; annexes with extract on land and settlement from the PRSP, and extracts from previous comments on the draft Land Policy. Suggests that, since the Policy is likely soon to be approved, LandNet Rwanda should focus its attention on implementation.

Études de cas sur l’attribution des droits de quotas de pêches transférables

Journal Articles & Books
October, 2001
Belgium
Spain
Chile
Germany
Denmark
Australia
Ireland
Canada
Iceland
New Zealand
United States of America
South Africa
Poland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Mexico
Norway
Cuba
Europe
Americas
Oceania

Document technique de la FAO sur les pêches et l'aquaculture 411. Ce rapport, constitué de 23 études, décrit comment les attributions initiales de quotas de pêche (effort) ou de pêche (captures) transférables ont été effectuées dans le cadre de différents régimes de gestion des pêches à travers le monde. Disponible seulement en anglais.