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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Mali

    Does climate change drive conflict over land use in Mali?

    This study investigates the alleged relationship between climate change and conflicts, using the Inland Delta of the Niger River in Mali as a case study, where this region is an African hotspot area in terms of land use conflicts.

    The author emphasises that, despite the clear climate developments in the region throughout the last century, researchers are much less sure about future changes. Moreover, the paper finds that:

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Global

    The recent Secretary General’s “Report on Peacebuilding in the Immediate Aftermath of Conflict” warns of the threats posed by the failure to restore state authority to lead the peacebuilding process in early post‐conflict situations. This report advocates for coherent and well coordinated early action to support post‐conflict governments to build core state capacities that will help to restore legitimacy and effectiveness. This paper lays out a framework for reconsidering the unique challenges post‐conflict contexts pose to processes of state capacity development.

  3. Library Resource

    A case study

    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Africa, South Africa

    In 2007 Urban LandMark undertook a series of consultations as part of the Voices of the Poor project. Four workshops were held in the centres listed above. The workshops were attended mostly by civil society organisations as well as NGOs. In all, 105 participants from more than 30 different civil society organisations participated. This case study presents the perspectives and experiences of civil society organisations with regard to access to urban land by the poor as derived from the consultations. These perspectives are fairly representative of urban community organisations as a whole.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    International Conventions or Treaties
    January, 2010
    Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, South America

    En este trabajo se analiza con un método teórico descriptivo la actitud asumida por la Argentina frente a los procesos UNASUR y MERCOSUR a través de tres acontecimientos que ilustrativos: la incorporación de Venezuela al Mercosur, la falta de articulación estratégica en el plano comercial externo por parte de Argentina y Brasil y el conflicto sobre las papeleras mantenido por Argentina con el Uruguay.

  5. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Brazil

    A partir de una visión alternativa de la izquierda, que privilegia aquellos procesos colectivos no capturados por las lógicas sistémicas de los partidos, el mercado o el Estado, los authores presentan un recorrido de las conquistas y perspectivas del Movimiento de los Trabajadores Rurales Sin Tierra (MST) a lo largo de sus 25 años de existencia, esbozando una interpretación de los límites, contradicciones y potencialidades de la actuación más reciente del MST, y de su compleja relación establecida con el gobierno de Lula.

  6. Library Resource
    Governance of Land Tenure in Eastern Europe and CIS
    Reports & Research
    January, 2010
    Central Asia, Eastern Europe

    The present study – looking at the land governance situation in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) – has been prepared to provide a base for discussion for the regional consultation meetings on the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land and other Natural Resources.

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