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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 1974
    Philippines

    IDRC personnel. Address on the evaluation of martial law in the Philippines - analyses the effects of martial law (e.g., lower crime rate, land reform, increased foreign investment, curtailment of civil liberties, higher cost of living, slow pace of social reform); discusses current events in the Philippines (e.g., political ideologycal trends, political power of the technocracy), and pressures that will probably lead to the lifting of martial law. Bibliographic notes.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    Indonesia

    While external forces can take many forms, such as the shock of a natural disaster which destroys productive assets, or the long-term ‘trend’ of consistently declining market prices which limits net incomes, the focus of this research is on the policy and institutional environment both within and outside the local community. The following village report examines linkages between micro-level livelihood realities and macro-level policy and institutional contexts. The project is based on a rural case study site of Saninten village in western Java, Indonesia.

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2005
    South America

    The review reveals watershed management research as an interdisciplinary effort at multiple scales within a long-term movement towards informed participatory decision-making. Watersheds, together with aquifers, are the most important units for data collection and modeling in water management. Common property resources (CPRs) are of central importance, especially for low-income inhabitants. The exclusion of women from decision-making is a barrier to proper management as women often have the best understanding of CPR interrelations and management practices.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Uganda

    In Uganda’s Kabale district, too many people had been trying to make a living from too little land. Because of overpopulation and exhaustion of the soil by intense cultivation, the area had gone into decline. Then, researchers and farmers — supported by the International Development Research Centre — joined forces to revitalize the region.

  5. Library Resource
    Conference Papers & Reports
    December, 2011
    Sub-Saharan Africa

    After three days of deliberations on the findings of a decade of research and initiatives across Africa, conference participants presented this series of recommendations affirming women’s rights to ownership, access, and control of land. Specific recommendations are directed towards actions to be taken by governments, intergovernmental organizations, and civil society organizations that focus on customary law; women’s economic empowerment, food security and the environment; political conflicts; and in relation to poor women and urban land.

  6. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2006
    Cambodia

    Uncontrolled development was threatening to destroy the forest environment
    and the traditional way of life of the hill people of Ratanakiri. Researchers
    worked with the villagers to produce unique maps and resource use plans
    that convinced the government of the people’s traditional resource use and
    management rights, and eventually set an example for inclusion in new land
    tenure legislation for the nation.

  7. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2006
    Asia

    This Working Paper reviews the literature on the equity implications of different arrangements of natural resource management. The focus is on gender, ethnic and economic differences in access to natural resources in Asia, where two-thirds of the world’s poor live. First, the importance of common pool resources for the poor, women and minority groups is set out along with the implications of reduced or lost access to these resources.

  8. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    December, 2007

    Library has French version: Egalité pour les femmes et les filles

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